Harriet E. Saunders was born May 7, 1853, at Albion, Wis., and died at her home in Albion, April 7, 1938. She was the daughter of Raymond and Abigail Saunders and granddaughter of Jesse Saunders, early pioneer and one of the founders of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Albion.
She was married to Irvin M. Sweat on July 27, 1874, who died September 6, 1889. On October 5, 1915, She married John L. Spencer, a Civil War veteran who died April 11, 1935.
She attended school at Albion Academy and taught on Albion Prairie. About twenty years of her life were spent in nearby towns. She joined the Albion Seventh Day Baptist Church in 1865, where she still retains her membership.
Mrs. Spencer leaves a son, Melroy Sweat of Chicago; an adopted daughter, Marie Sweat, who has been caring for her mother; two brothers, J. C. Saunders of Vallejo, Calif., and Charles E. Saunders of Irvington, Ala.; and one sister, Mrs. Flora Randolph of Lodi, Calif.
Farewell services were conducted at her home Sunday afternoon, April 10, 1938, by her pastor, Rev. L. O. Greene, and burial was in Evergreen Cemetery. L. O. G.
