WI BIO - Lafayette Co - SAUNDERS, Thomas

History of Lafayette County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, p 
728

Thomas SAUNDERS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 30 [Darlington Township, 
Lafayette County, Wisconsin], P. O. Darlington, was born in 1825 in County 
Kilkenny, Ireland. He came to America in 1845, and in 1849 came to Wisconsin 
and settled in Lafayette County on the place where he now lives, and engaged 
in farming. He was one of the early settlers on this prairie. Mr. SAUNDERS 
had nothing when he began. He has been successfully engaged in farming and 
stock raising since he came, and by his industry, intelligence and good 
management he owns 300 acres of land.

In 1856 Mr. [Thomas] SAUNDERS was united in marriage to Miss Anastasia NOLAN, 
who was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland. They [Thomas and Anastasia (NOLAN) 
SAUNDERS] have eight children: Mattie, John, Michael, Robert, Joseph, 
Catharine, Maria, and Maggie. Mr. SAUNDERS has been actively identified 
with schools, and has held school offices most of the time since he came [to 
Lafayette County, Wisconsin]. He has also served on the [Darlington] Town 
Board. 

[Page 540 gives the history of the St. Mary's Total Abstinence and Benevolent 
Society, of Darlington, Lafayette County, which was organized 18 April 1875. 
"The society is today in a prosperous condition, enjoying a membership of 
150, with property valued at $1,000, and annually contributes to aiding the 
fallen. It is an ornament to the Catholic organization, and an honor to the 
Irish race, of which it is principally composed. The officers for the 
present year [1881] are: [text omitted] Thomas SAUNDERS, Vice President." 
Was he the same Thomas SAUNDERS?]

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