Husband: William M. Saunders
Born: Aug- 3-1814 in New York 1,2,3
Died: Feb-22-1893 in Waukesha Co, WI 4,5,2
Buried: in Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha Co, WI 6
Resided: (settled, 1844) in Waukesha Co, WI 1
Resided: until 1844 in New York 1
Census: 1850, 60, 70, 80 in Waukesha Co, WI
Occupation: farmer, Justice of the Peace 7
Father: Lyman Saunders (1787 - 1817)
Mother: Amey Coal
Wife: Catherine Beedle
Married: Jun-11-1844 in Brockport, Monroe Co, NY 8
Born: Feb-17-1826 near Plainfield, Otsego Co, NY 9,2
Died: May- 2-1908 2
Buried: in Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha Co, WI 2
Census: 1850, 60, 70, 80 in Waukesha Co, WI
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Notes
F Child 1: Almira A. Saunders Also known as: Amina A. Saunders 10 Born: Mar- -1845 in Wisconsin 11,12 Died: 1911 12 Buried: in Fall River Cemetery, Columbia Co, WI 10 Census: 1910 in Fall River, Columbia Co, WI Census: 1900 in Columbia Co, WI Resided: 1893 in Fall River, Columbia Co, WI 13 Census: 1870, 1880 in Columbus, Columbia Co, WI Census: 1850, 1860 in Waukesha Co, WI Husband: Edwin Oliver b. Jul- -1838 d. 1920 Married: ca 1868 11
M Child 2: Myron Saunders 9 Born: in Wisconsin Died: young (see note 1)
M Child 3: Lyman L. Saunders 9 Born: Nov-18-1849 in Wisconsin 2,7,14 Died: Oct- 4-1908 2 Buried: in Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha Co, WI 10 Resided: 1893 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI 13 Census: 1850, 1860, 1870 in Waukesha Co, WI Wife: Hephzibah ___ b. Jul-26-1846 d. Jul-16-1919
Sources: (1) Obituary, Milwaukee Sentinel, Feb 23 1893, p. 8, col A. (2) Headstone. (3) Earl Perry Crandall, Hudson NY (1937-2002), Descendants of Elder John Crandall of Newport and Westerly RI (Crandall Family Association, http://www.cfa.net/cfa-book/), NBV : VARS' Records; Vol II, p. 171. (4) Obituary, Quoted in its entirety: "DEATH OF WILLIAM M. SAUNDERS, ONE OF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS. Waukesha, Wis., Feb. 22. - Last evening occurred the death of William M. Saunders at his home in this village at the age of 78 years. He was one of the early settlers of Waukesha county and first made his home on a farm in the town of Menomonee, where he resided until about six years ago. His death resulted from paralysis from which he has suffered for a year or more. Mr. Saunders was a native of New York and was married at Brockport in that state to Catherine Beedle June 11, 1844. During the same year they took up their home in this state. His wife and a son, Lyman L. Saunders of Milwaukee, and a daughter, Mrs. A. A. Oliver of Fall River, Wis., survive him. Mr. Saunders was one of the first justices of the peace in Menomonee, and the preliminary hearing in the Bonham murder case, the first in the county, was before him. In politics he was a staunch Republican. The funeral will be held on Friday at 2 P. M. and the services will be under the direction of Waukesha lodge, F. and A. M." www.linkstothepast.com/waukesha/obitsS.php, Milwaukee Sentinel, Feb 23 1893, p. 8, col A. (5) Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Wisconsin Vital Records Death Index, Vol 1, p. 0393, Reel 134, Image 2740, Image No. 104616, Sequence No. 335299. (6) Headstone, Buried in an adjoining lot is his son Lyman, as well as two other Saunders, Hepzibah (1846-1919) and William F. (1873-1933), relationships not known. Section G, Block 26, Lot 2, Space 4. (7) 1850 Census. (8) Obituary of husband, "Descendants of Elder John Crandall of Newport and Westerly RI," by Earl P. Crandall, citing NBV : VARS' Records; Vol II, p. 171, reported marriage on Jun 11 1844 in Plainfield, Otsego Co, NY. But obituary of William M. Saunders states that the marriage was on that date in Brockport, NY, which is in Monroe County. (9) Earl Perry Crandall, Hudson NY (1937-2002), Descendants of Elder John Crandall of Newport and Westerly RI (Crandall Family Association, http://www.cfa.net/cfa-book/) (10) Findagrave.com. (11) 1900 Census. (12) Headstone (year only) (13) Obituary of father. (14) 1860 Census. Event Notes Note (1) He does not appear with his family in any of the 1850 thru 1900 censuses. In the 1900 Census, Catherine Beedle Saunders reports that she was the mother of three children, two of them still living.