Duty J. Saunders was born at Alfred, N. Y., August 30, 1839, and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Floyd Burdick, Wichita Falls, Texas, October 17, 1922.
He was the son of Jesse and Esther Coon Saunders, and came with his parents to Wisconsin when two years old. From early manhood he has been connected with the Seventh Day Baptist Denomination.
He leaves a wife; one daughter, Mrs. Floyd Burdick, well-known among the A. E. F. as "Ma Burdick"; one sister, Mrs. E. C. Main, of Albion; several nieces and nephews; three granddaughters, one of whom, Mrs. Cecil Burdick Goodwin, accompanied Mrs. Saunders in bringing the remains to Albion to be laid to rest beside his father and mother in "Evergreen Cemetery." L. D. S.