This flagholder was found in Schoharie County NY. It was the only one in
the small cemetery and I have not to date found others. It is on the grave of
John Houck 1832-1909, but there is no guarantee it is located on the right
grave. I found many others in a cemetery in Oneonta of the fancier design with
the train, also of Division 58. I suspect that this is an earlier version of
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen either adding Firemen to
their organization or merging with a group of Locomotive Firemen. At least one
of the markers had the full name of the organization engraved on the back of the
marker, so there is no question about the correct name.
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The fancier version on the left is common in several
color variations in a cemeteryin Oneonta NY. The one
above I have seen onlyh one instance of. Both are for
Div. 58 of the organization. |
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