(15 June 1875-28 Sept. 1949). Lewis J. Burkholder was born near Markham, ON to an old Mennonite family. He married twice and was the father of two children. He was ordained to the ministry of the Mennonite Church (MC) in 1896 for the Cedar Grove congregation, and he gave 53 years of uninterrupted service. He was an active leader in the Ontario Mennonite Conference (MC) serving as conference moderator for many years, as chairman of the mission board, assistant moderator of the Mennonite General Conference, officer of the Nonresistant Relief Organization of Ontario, and teacher in the Ontario Mennonite Bible School. He was the historian of the Ontario Mennonite Conference for many years and the author of A Brief History of the Mennonites in Ontario (Toronto, 1935), a substantial and valuable historical volume. Burkholder died in 1949 on the farm where he was born and lived all his life.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 477. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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