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William M. SAUNDERS

William M. SAUNDERS

Male 1814 - 1893  (78 years)


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  • Name William M. SAUNDERS
    Census 1850, 60, 70, 80  Waukesha Co, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 3 Aug 1814  New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Occupation farmer, Justice of the Peace  [4] 
    Residence (SETTLED, 1844)  Waukesha Co, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence UNTIL 1844  New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 22 Feb 1893  Waukesha Co, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6] 
    Burial Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha Co, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I14453  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2008

    Father Lyman SAUNDERS,   b. 14 May 1787, Westerly, Washington Co, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1816 OR 1817, Unadilla, Otsego Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
    Mother Amey COAL,   b. Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine BEEDLE,   b. 17 Feb 1826, Plainfield, Otsego Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1908 (Age 82 years)
    Marriage 11 Jun 1844  Brockport, Monroe Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • William M. Saunders was one of the early settlers of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, first making his home there on a farm in the town of Menomonee. He was a native of New York and was married there in Brockport to Catherine Beedle on June 11 1844. During the same year they took up their home in Wisconsin. [obit]

      "In the spring of 1843, William M. Saunders and William Brown opened the first store. Ashes were legal tender in those days, and any one trading with Saunders could get goods at half-price if he could tell a good story, and pay in ashes at that."
      [From an 1880s publication on the history of Waukesha County, Wisconsin; cited at http://www.linkstothepast.com/waukesha/lannon.php. A later citation, at www.linkstothepast.com/waukesha/menomonee.php, gives date as 1848, rather than 1843.]

      William M. Saunders received the following land patents in Waukesha County, Wisconsin:
      PATENTEE NAME ISSUE DATE DOCUMENT NR. ACCESSION NR.
      SAUNDERS, WILLIAM M 09/01/1848 26884 WI3000__.294 40 acres
      SAUNDERS, WILLIAM M 03/01/1850 34202 WI3140__.413 80 acres

      1850 Census, Waukesha County, Wisconsin (town of Menominee), enumerated on Oct 11 1850:
      William Sanders [sic], 36, farmer, b. New York; Cathe [sic] Sanders, 24, b. NY; Almina [sic] Sanders, 5, b. Wisconsin; Lyman Sanders, 5 months, b. Wisc; Lafayette Sanders, 24, farmer, b. NY.

      1860 Census, Waukesha County, Wisconsin (town of Menomonee), enumerated on Jun 7 1860:
      William M. Saunders, 46, farmer, b. NY; Catherine Saunders, 34, b. NY; Almira Saunders, 15, b. Wisc; Lyman Saunders, 10, b. Wisc.

      1870 Census, Waukesha County, Wisconsin (town of Menomonee), enumerated on Jun 29 1870:
      William Saunders, 55, farmer, b. NY; Catherine, 44, b. NY; Lyman, 20, b. Wisc.

      1880 Census, Waukesha County, Wisconsin (town of Menomonee), enumerated on Jun 22 1880:
      William Saunders, 65, farmer, b. NY (both parents b. Rhode Island); wife Catharine, 54, b. NY (both parents b. NY).

      1900 Census, Waukesha County, Wisconsin (city of Waukesha), enumerated on Jun 8 1900:
      Catherine Saunders, 74, widowed, b. Feb 1826 in NY (both parents b. NY), mother of 3 children (2 still living), occupation capitalist.
      (Note: Enumerators of the 1900 Census were given the following instruction regarding the listing of occupations: Report a person who receives his income, or most of it, from money loaned at interest, or from stocks, bonds, or other securities, as a "capitalist." - http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/inst1900.shtml)
    Children 
    +1. Almira A. SAUNDERS,   b. Mar 1845, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1911 (Age ~ 65 years)
     2. Myron SAUNDERS,   b. Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. YOUNG
    >3. Lyman Lovinski SAUNDERS,   b. 18 Nov 1849, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1908, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F5211  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Wisconsin    		Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Wisconsin
    Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Wisconsin    		Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Wisconsin

    Documents
    1850 Census, Waukesha Co Wisconsin, 11 Oct 1850    		1850 Census, Waukesha Co Wisconsin, 11 Oct 1850
    1860 Census, Waukesha Co Wisconsin, 7 Jun 1860    		1860 Census, Waukesha Co Wisconsin, 7 Jun 1860
    1870 Census, Waukesha Co Wisconsin, 29 Jun 1870    		1870 Census, Waukesha Co Wisconsin, 29 Jun 1870
    1880 Census, Waukesha Co Wisconsin, 22 Jun 1880    		1880 Census, Waukesha Co Wisconsin, 22 Jun 1880
    Land Patent, Waukesha Co Wisc, 1 Sep 1848    		Land Patent, Waukesha Co Wisc, 1 Sep 1848
    Land Patent, Waukesha Co Wisc, 1 Mar 1850    		Land Patent, Waukesha Co Wisc, 1 Mar 1850

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary, Milwaukee Sentinel, Feb 23 1893, p. 8, col A.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S1488] 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. [S184] 1850 Census.

    5. [S14] Obituary, Milwaukee Sentinel, Feb 23 1893, p. 8, col A.
      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

    6. [S2666] 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.

    7. [S5] Headstone, Section G, Block 26, Lot 2, Space 4.
      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.

    8. [S110] 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.