Campden in Lincoln in Niagara Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Mountain Mennonite Church And Cemetery - Circa 1843

Photographed by Kevin Westell, July 11, 2025

1. Mountain Mennonite Church And Cemetery - Circa 1843 - Marker

Inscription. This site was the location of the Mountain Meeting House that was built in about 1843. David Moyer sold a half-acre of his farm for five shillings ($1.00) to Abraham Kratz, a Mennonite elder, for a place to worship. The Meeting House measured 36 feet by 50 feet and was a white framed building with a gable end featuring two windows and a door facing Fly Road.

Although the first half of the 19th century was a time of growth in the congregation, the second half saw division amongst the parishioners. Subjects of disagreement included the Temperance Movement to restrict alcohol, Sunday School classes and prayer meeting protocol including emotional expressions and testimony of women. Consequently, by 1875, the Mountain Mennonite Church had lost many of its younger members to a more liberal Evangelical movement that was occurring at the time.

In 1908, services ceased and in 1918, the Meeting House was taken down and moved to the Chris Fretz farm in Vineland for farm tenants. The cemetery to the west contains over 240 pioneer grave stones, including those of the family of former Governor General, Roland Michener.

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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1843.

Location. 43° 8.118′ N, 79° 25.412′ W. Marker is in Lincoln, Ontario, in Niagara Region. It is in Campden. It is at the intersection of Fly Road and Tintern Road, on the right when traveling east on Fly Road. The marker is a few steps within the fenced in property, just left of the walking path. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4000 Fly Road, Lincoln ON L0R 2C0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe

and in Niagara Canada.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mountain Mennonite Cemetery Circa 1843

Mountain Mennonite Church And Cemetery - Circa 1843 - Marker in context image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin Westell, July 11, 2025

2. Mountain Mennonite Church And Cemetery - Circa 1843 - Marker in context

Photo faces south from Fly Road. Tintern Road can be seen running away on the left. The marker is steps within the fence. The church building was located in the grassy space to the left.

(here, next to this marker); Campden Public School 1875 - 2013 (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Campden Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church and Campden Public School (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Campden Trinity Evangelical United Brethern Church 1872 - 2006 (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Ford (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); H.W. Moyer-Humphrey House Circa 1870 (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); Andrew Dean - Grist Mill (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Mennonite Bicentennial 1786-1986 (approx. 2.7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lincoln.

Gravestone outside the fence image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin Westell, July 11, 2025

3. Gravestone outside the fence

Credits. This page was last revised on July 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. This page has been viewed 99 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 12, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.