... Of the remote ancestors of this family, but little is known, except that they were Scotch-Irish, who believed in "John Knox." The father of James Saunders (whose surname [sic] was also James) emigrated from the North of Ireland to this country some time in the latter part of the last century. Landing at New Orleans at the age of about eighteen years, he soon wended his way North, and soon found a home and a final resting-place in Nicholas County, Ky. His wife's name was Hughes, whose family came into Kentucky from some one of the States farther south. From the name, they are supposed to be of Welsh descent. When and where James Saunders, the elder, and Susan Hughes, were married, are facts concerning which the records and traditions of the family furnish no light. They were blessed with a family of two sons and four daughters, the eldest of which sons is the subject of this sketch. ...
