Apparently first wife died aft 1877/78 and John remarried in 1882.
Mentioned in Mothers Will of 1895 to share equally with brother Allan T and his neice, Josephine Edwin Morris. However died before his mother.
Served on Greensville Co. Board of Supervisors, Zion District 1879-1881.
In March 1900 was among group of men hunting for escaped convict and alledged murderer and thief in Greensville Co. Va. On March 22 John, Joseph Welton, and J.E. Morris discovered Walter Cotton and Dave O'Grady in a shack near Skippers, VA and a shootout ensued. Mr. Cotton was wounded but managed to kill Welton and John W. Saunders. After the shooting Cotton and O'Grady were captured 2 days later and were taken by force when 1500 citizens met in the Courthouse yard. The angry mob lynched Cotton and O'Grady from a cherry tree in the Courthouse yard. This incident was recorded in book HISTORY OF GREENSVILLE COUNTY, VA.
John William Saunders was buried in Zion Baptist Cemetery in front of his Fathers tombstone and his mother was buried beside his father 2 months later. Inscription on tombstone says Co.H. 13 VA CAV. CSA
Apparently first wife died aft 1877/78 and John remarried in 1882.
Mentioned in Mothers Will of 1895 to share equally with brother Allan T and his neice, Josephine Edwin Morris. However died before his mother.
Served on Greensville Co. Board of Supervisors, Zion District 1879-1881.
In March 1900 was among group of men hunting for escaped convict and alledged murderer and thief in Greensville Co. Va. On March 22 John, Joseph Welton, and J.E. Morris discovered Walter Cotton and Dave O'Grady in a shack near Skippers, VA and a shootout ensued. Mr. Cotton was wounded but managed to kill Welton and John W. Saunders. After the shooting Cotton and O'Grady were captured 2 days later and were taken by force when 1500 citizens met in the Courthouse yard. The angry mob lynched Cotton and O'Grady from a cherry tree in the Courthouse yard. This incident was recorded in book HISTORY OF GREENSVILLE COUNTY, VA.
John William Saunders was buried in Zion Baptist Cemetery in front of his Fathers tombstone and his mother was buried beside his father 2 months later. Inscription on tombstone says Co.H. 13 VA CAV. CSA
Inscription
Co. H 13th Va. Cav. CSA
Gravesite Details
Also a member of Greensville Co. Va. Home Guard, then Co. K 21st Va Regiment
Family Members
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Dr Charles Allen Saunders
1866–1924
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Rufus Edwin Saunders
1867–1916
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Henry Nolan Saunders
1868–1936
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Lillian Martha Saunders Morriss
1870–1916
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John William Saunders
1874–1950
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Margaret Sue "Maggie" Saunders Rawlings
1877–1949
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Victor Smith Saunders
1884–1946
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Bessie Lee Saunders Baggett
1885–1965
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Joseph Augustus Saunders
1886–1923
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Ada Belle Saunders Hawkins
1893–1982
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Paschal DeWitt Saunders
1895–1936
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Rosa Christina "Rose Tina" Saunders Grizzard
1898–1966
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