Thompson W. Saunders was born in Petersburgh, N. Y., January 7, 1815, and died in Adams, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1895. He came to Adams in 1836, and was married to Susan Armsbury in 1837. One son was born to them, but died at the age of nine years. This wife having died in 1884, he married Mrs. Achsah J. Sawyer in 1886.
He was baptized into the fellowship of the Petersburgh church, but for 47 years he had been a member of the Adams Seventh-day Baptist Church. He was a man of more than ordinary ability. He had been a teacher, a merchant, and a successful farmer. He always took a lively interest in education and vital measures of reform in the community and the nation. He was loyal to the Church and the denomination, devoted to the Sabbath cause, and kept himself well informed of its progress. He died of paralysis, and leaves a wife, four brothers and one sister.
A. B. P.
