Herbert Auldredge Saunders, only child of Captain William and Eliza Babcock Saunders, was born at Charlestown, R. I., March 20, 1853, and died at the home of his son Ernest, at Delmar, Iowa, November 12, 1937.
He was united in marriage to Miss Hattie M. Babcock at Grand Junction, Iowa, June 27, 1889. Of six sons, four survive: Ernest W., Samuel Perry, Herbert A., and Charles B. There are also six grandchildren.
Mr. Saunders was baptized and joined the Albion Seventh Day Baptist Church when a young man. When he moved to Grand Junction, Iowa, he joined the church of his faith there and later he transferred his membership first to Gentry, Ark., where he spent some time, and then to Garwin, Iowa, where he lived for a number of years. He had just moved back to Albion this spring to make his home again.
Funeral services were conducted by Pastor L. O. Greene. Burial in the Albion cemetery. L. O. G.