White Latin Cross - St. Peter's E&R Cemetery - Owensville, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 21.469 W 091° 29.611
15S E 631624 N 4246591
The church for this cemetery is in beautiful downtown Owensville, some 15 blocks away. Church is now a UCC church.
Waymark Code: WM14ENG
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/24/2021
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County of cemetery: Gasconade County
Location of cemetery: Old Springfield Rd. (Old MO-19), Owensville
Number of graves: 330
This cross is steel, or metal of some kind, painted white. It stands about 12 feet tall, and is placed at the far end (western) of the cemetery.
There are no plaques or sign or marks on the cross
The cemetery still has the old sign, the church changed names, as the affiliation remain the same, but the name changed, from Evangelical, to E&R (Evangelical and Reformed) to today's United Church of Christ.
The same goes for the cemetery.
Why the cemetery is so far away, I do not know. I am going to guess the old, original frame church was up here, and when the brick one built, in 1908, they moved into town.