At 06:31 AM 1/18/2000 EST, you wrote: >Thank you for the information. Learn something everyday. That's why I love >genealogy!! >Carolyn > Similar to the Woodmen of the World I have been searching for information on the Junior Order of United American Mechanics that was active in the Bristol, VA/TN area in the late 1800s to early 1900s. My gr grandfather James Edward South (1862-1904) was a member of the Junior Order. The Lodge symbol of the Order is on his gravestone. The symbol looks like a carpenter's square cradling a compass with an arm with the hand holding a mallet. Fred