The Dickinson press., 1914-10-17
]. G, SAUNDERS
DIES OCTOBER IS
IN VIRGINIA

kilograms received in Dickinson
on Thursday afternoon announced the
death of Capt. James G. Saunders at
a hospital in Roanoke, Va. Death
was not unexpected, as a message
received Wednesday morning stated
that he had lancer of the liver and
was sinking fast. A letter was re-
ceived about the same time announc-
ing that Mr.. Saunders had been TAX
en- from the old homestead six miles
from Huddleston to Roanoke.
A telephone message to Oakdale
started T. G. Saunders, an only son
to Dickinson. By hard auto driving
he reached the city in time to take
No. 2 at 3 o'clock Wednesday after
Ola Cooke, eldest daughter, and if
they made connections at all points
they were due in Roanoke at mid
night Thursday. Their father, how
ever, must have died eight to ten
hours before their arrival.
Capt. James G. Saunders was born
in Bedford county, Virginia, July 26,
1841, being a little past 70 years of
age at his death. He received his
education at Mount Pleasant Acad-
envy. In 1866 he moved to Franklin
county, where, a civil engineer and
teacher, he resided until 1886, when
with his family, wife and six children,
he moved to Gladstone, N. D., and
engaged in ranching and surveying.
For several years he was one of the
leading sheep growers of Stark
county. He was county surveyor for
10 years and in 1896 was elected to
the office of clerk of court, which po-
sition he held continuously for 16
years, declining to accept of further
nominations at the hands of the
people in the fall of 1912. He had
held a similar office for eight years
in Franklin county, Va. During the
16 years while holding the office OF
clerk of court in Stark, Mr.. Saunders
resided on Third Avenue West in
this city.
Mr.. Saunders served four years in
the confederate army, where he was
commissioned as captain and for
some years before coming to this
county he held the office of U. S.
eager in Virginia.
Some years ago Capt Saunders WIS.,
tied Virginia and decided to buy the
old plantation where his father lived
and where he was born. This he did
and later sold the property to James
H. Palmer. Last winter MI. and Mrs.
Saunders spent a very pleasant win
ter at the old homestead with their
daughter and son, and on the 18th
day of September they started again
for old Virginia, expecting to spend
another pleasant season at Huddle-
ston. They arrived there on the 18th
and Mr.. Saunders had to take his
bed. He had not been enjoying good
health for some months before leav-
ing Dickinson. For about three
weeks prior to leaving he was a very
sick man, suffering much pain. His
family were considerably worried
about him but thought the trip south
would do him good.
Capt. Saunders was a member of
the local Masonic bodies. He was a
quite unassuming mar who was held
in high esteem by a large circle of
friends.
Besides the wife he leaves to
mourn his loss, Mrs. Ola Cooke, Mrs,
Kheda Osborn and Thomas Goob
Saunders, all of Dickinson, and Mrs.
Sabra Palmer of Huddleston, Va,
Miss Tempo Saunders died in Dick
inson about 16 years ago and Mrs. c.
E. Allen of Livingston, Mont, died a
few years since. Two brothers sur
vive Capt. Saunders, one residing in
Texas and one in Missouri. The
three surviving sisters all reside in
Virginia, one at Roanoke. The father
died during the war and the mother
some 20 years ago.
Capt Saunders will be buried on the
old plantation near his parents in
compliance with a request which he
had made of the family during the
past year.
1t is expected that T. G. Saunders
will return to Dickinson within a few
days, but it is likely that Mrs. Henry
Cooke will remain for a month at
least, as she had not been back since
coming to Stark county in 1886. The
bereaved wife will likely remain
with her daughter on the old planta-