Evy, Thank you for your response to my letter about the engraving on the grave stone in Piedmont, Oklahoma. The 3 interlocking circles with the letters F / L / T over the letter R are for the International Order of Odd Fellows. See: http://128.125.109.137/IOOF.shtml I am a 32nd Degree Mason being a member at the Guthrie Scottish Rite in Oklahoma and we have no connection with the Odd Fellows as we are two different fraternal orders. See my home page 4 - Masonic Links. The crescent "C" with the Bird and 7 Stars are completely foreign to me. There is no symbolism as such that I know of in Masonry. Fred Frederick Dittmar, 32nd KCCH http://www.dittmar.net/fred List Administrator: [email protected] [email protected] Genealogical Assistant & Board Member Oklahoma Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs