Abigail Burdick Saunders was born at Almond, Allegany Co., N. Y., June 21, 1828, and passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hattie Spencer, at Albion, Wis., May 5, 1919.
She was the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Stillman Burdick, and the youngest of nine children. All have preceded her in death.
At the age of eighteen she joined the seventh Day Baptist church at Little Genesee, N. Y. After attending school at Alfred for a time, at the age of twenty-one she moved to Wisconsin with her mother. She was united in marriage October 30, 1851, to Raymond D. Saunders, who preceded her in death, February 26, 1904.
Five children were born to this union, all of whom are living: Mrs. Hattie Spencer, of Albion; A. P. Saunders, of Madison; C. E. Saunders, of Irvington, Ala.; Mrs. Flora Randolph, of Lodi, Cal., and J. Clarence Saunders, of Vallejo, Cal. She is also survived by fifteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral services were conducted by Pastor C. S. Sayre, at the Albion Seventh Day Baptist Church, and interment was made in the Evergreen Cemetery. C. S. S.
