Hirah Saunders (1801 - 1853)

Born 6 Apr 1801 in Middlesex, Ontario, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Sep 1853 at age 52 in Putman Township, Fulton, Illinois, United States

Biography

Note

Burial: Sep 1853 Blackaby Saunders Cemetery, Sec. 23; Putnam Co, IL

* Occupation: Farmer Hotel Keeper in Putman Twp

Father: Thomas SAUNDERS b: 22 Feb 1764 in Charlestown, Washington Co, RI

Mother: Elizabeth Betsey CROSS b: 22 Feb 1764 in Washington Co, RI

Marriage 1 Almirah B. NICHOLS b: 1820 in NY

Children 1. Sabriney Elizabeth SAUNDERS b: 1826 in NY

See Ancestry.com. History of Fulton County, Illinois: together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civi [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: History of Fulton County, Illinois : together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens : history of Illinois, embracing accounts of the pre-historic races, aborigines, French, English and American conquests, and a general review of its civil, political and military history, digest of state laws. Peoria: CC Chapman & Co, JW Franks & Sons), 1879. Page 865.

Also Ancestry.com. The early pioneers and pioneer events of the state of Illinois [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: Ross, Harvey Lee. The early pioneers and pioneer events of the state of Illinois : including personal recollections of the writer, of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson and Peter Cartwright, together with a brief autobiography of the writer. Chicago: Eastman Bros., 1899. Pages 12, 16.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M855-CN2 : Sat Sep 16 07:19:13 UTC 2023), Entry for Hiram Saunders and Almira Sannders, 1850.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18924470/hirah-saunders: accessed 30 September 2023), memorial page for Hirah Saunders (6 Apr 1801–17 Sep 1853), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18924470, citing Saunders-Blackaby Cemetery, Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Ken Townsend (contributor 46863733).

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