Hannah Carpenter Saunders, who died at Alden, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1888, was born in Peace Dale, R. I., Feb. 5, 1815; and was, therefore, 73 years and 9 months old at the time of her death. She was married to Elisha Saunders at Darien, N. Y., March 10, 1834. They lived in Darien until 1853. Since that time they have resided in Alden. More than fifty four years they lived happily together, and were not long separated by death, only nine days intervening between the dates of their death. They reared a family of six children, five of whom survive them, and with many other relatives and a large circle of friends mourn deeply their decease. Mrs. Saunders was, with her oldest daughter, a member of the First Alfred Seventh-day Baptist Church; and testimony is borne to the sweetness and purity of her life by all who knew her.
