Friendship Cemetery

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Friendship Cemetery, near Iowa Avenue, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Photo by Pulaski County Obits.

Friendship Cemetery is located in Pulaski County, MO., on Fort Leonard Wood. Before Fort Leonard Wood was established, Friendship Baptist Church was located here. This a large, church cemetery. The father of Rev. T.J. Zumwalt is buried in Friendship Cemetery.

The Fort Leonard Wood Guidon published the following about Friendship Cemetery in 2008:

Friendship Cemetery holds several war veterans, with gravestones that tell tales of infant mortality and fantastically long life. One woman lived to 95 years of age before her death in 1911, and if the gravestone is to be believed, her relative lived until he was 114 before his death in 1929.

While there are only 15 gravestones for infants in Friendship Cemetery out of the 119 graves, there is still evidence of personal tragedy, with one couple’s three daughters all dying before 4 months of age. Military members buried there include two Missouri privates who may have served in World War I, and an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy and a Missouri infantryman that served in World War II.

Latitude: 37.7103195
Longitude: -92.1634973
Township 35-Range 11-Section 32

Friendship Cemetery, Ft. Leonard Wood, Pulaski County, Missouri. Photo by Pulaski County Obits.