Snyder’s Methodist Cemetery
Location:
14493 Kennedy Rd, (north of Campbell’s Cross) Caledon, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada.
SE corner West-half Lot 30, Concession 2E, Chinguacousy Township.
GPS:
Latitude: 43.79612°N
Longitude: – 79.87402°W
History:
The farm, on which the cemetery is located was granted by the Crown in 1824 to Elizabeth Yocum who was probably a United Empire Loyalist. The grant consisted of 200 acres. The property was sold two years later to Philip Snyder Sr, who came from Pennsylvania in the United States.
The first burial which took place in 1827 was Mary Magdalene, the spouse of Phillip Snyder. The following year Phillip Snyder died and was buried with his wife. The cemetery continued to be used for approximately the next forty years.
The cemetery, which is located on a knoll in the middle of the farm, fell into disrepair and became overgrown with trees and underbrush. The Township gathered many of the stones into a cairn which is located near the entrance to the cemetery.
Perkins Bull, in his book entitled “Strachan to Owen”, describes the cemetery as follows:
“In a picturesque, but sadly neglected spot, on the old Snyder property, near Campbell’s Cross, lie the remains of UE Loyalists such as the Snyders, Campbells, McCollums, Lighthearts. Old timers like Daniel Clark, who died in 1837, and Neil McGinnis, and such families as Amous, Beatty, Bonesteel, Calvert, Cleveland, Clunis, Crawford, Currie, Darrah, Heggiston, Lawn, McBride, McDougall, McLeod, Moore, Norris, Parker, Shanahan, Smith, Walker and Whitfield.
So historic a spot should not be allowed to go to rack and ruin, even if it is on private property.”
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