Description

CEM 363-Rev_fruitland_cemetery

Street Address: 631 Highway #8

Location: Lot 15, Concession 2, Saltfleet Township

Type of Cemetery: Religious (Wesleyan Methodist, Methodist, United)

Responsible Agency: City of Hamilton

Status for Burials: Open for burials          Plot Plan: None

Size:         Small, 200 monuments

Signage: Signage Fencing: chain link

Monument Types:      Flat, upright and column Monuments of: Marble and granite

The Crown Patent for this lot was granted to John Biggar in 1798. A Wesleyan Methodist Meeting Hall was established here in 1843, and by 1853 a church was erected across the road from the current cemetery.

The first known burial took place for Margaret McNeilly in 1862. The church has undergone several transitions, including Stewart Methodist Church, Wesley Methodist, and is now Wesley United.