About Friendship Cemetery

The acquisition of land and the first interments in Friendship Cemetery took place in the early 1920’s. There are markers dated 1925, about the time the Friendship Cemetery Company was organized. The formal plat was commissioned by James Ferguson, the civil engineer. Eventually, Ferguson’s son, Neil, took charge of the cemetery.

Since the original plat, the drives in the cemetery have been extended and more have been added. This permits more efficient access to plots in sections where burials take place. In 1926, the plat named the current Shady Grove Road, bordering the west side of the cemetery, as Minnahaha Trail. The first drive to the north, up hill, runs between Section D and Section C. A circular drive permits easy access to Section A, which is both east and south of Section C.

The entrance drive is off of Shady Grove Road near the intersection. It is at an angle, leaving a pie-shaped section, B Annex, directly adjacent Hollywood Avenue which runs east. The graves begin at midpoint of the B Annex. Across the entrance drive, Section A is bordered on the east by another north drive which runs up hill adjacent to the B Main Section.