NameLizzie Carolyn DRAVES157
Birth13 Jan 1859, Whitewater, Walworth Co., Wisconsin
Death26 Sep 1940, Edgerton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
BurialEvergreen Cemetery, Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin
Spouses
Birth6 Mar 1853, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
Death22 Dec 1943, Edgerton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Burial26 Dec 1943, Evergreen Cemetery, Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin
MotherFrances Emeline CRANDALL (1822-1865)
Marriage12 Mar 1880, Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin
ChildrenElias P. (1882-1963)
 Dora Melissa (1889-1946)
Notes for Lizzie Carolyn DRAVES
Lizzie Carolyn (Draves) Saunders 1859-1940 
Categories: Janesville Gazette Obituary
"The Janesville Daily Gazette", Janesville, Wisconsin, Thursday, Sep. 26, 1940, p 4.
  Edgerton - Mrs. Roy Saunders, 81, a resident of this city the last 33 years, died at her home on Blaine street at 2 a.m. Thursday after a long illness.
  Formerly Lizzie Draves, she was born Jan. 13, 1859, near Whitewater.   Mr. and Mrs. Saunders lived on a farm near Lake Koshkonong before coming here to reside.
  Survivors are her husband; one son, Elias Saunders, Albion; one daughter, Mrs. Bud Hill, Rockdale; five grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Reuben Tellefson funeral home.   The Rev. F. W. Shoenfeldt and Dr. E. M. Oliver will officiate and burial will be in Albion Prairie Primitive Methodist cemetery.

Census: 1880 Koshkonong, Jefferson Co., Wisconsin
Residence: Edgerton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Cause of death: Exhaustion due to old age
Notes for George LeRoy (Spouse 1)
George LeRoy Saunders 1853-1943
Categories: Later Arrivals, Rev. Carroll L. Hill Officiating
"The Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter", Edgerton, Wisconsin, Thursday, Dec. 30, 1943.
George LeRoy Saunders, 90, was born March 6, 1863, in Westerly, Rhode Island, his parents being Captain and Mrs. Perry Saunders, and when Roy was 15 years old, the Saunders family came to Wisconsin, settling on Lake Koshkonong. He had since lived in this vicinity, for many years on the farm northeast shores of the lake. As a young man he worked for a short time on boats on Lake Michigan, and he also related that in all his experiences on boats, Lake Koshkonong was the meanest lake to be caught on in a storm-explaining that this was due principally to its shallow nature.
On March 12, 1880, he married Lizzie D. Draves, Watertown, and they lived a year in Ft. Atkinson and then came back to his father's farm-the Saunders homestead on Lake Koshkonong- to reside for 25 years. Upon retiring in 1905, Mr. and Mrs. Saunders moved to Edgerton, building a home on Blaine street, their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Saunders taking over the farm. He continued to help on the farm some and then traveled with Clarence Shannan buying tobacco. Mrs. Saunders died in September, 1940, and Mr. Saunders then came to Albion to reside.
His father was one of the best known sea captains on the Atlantic coast of that time and as a young boy it was natural that the son should follow his father to the sea. As a lad of eight he began to accompany his father on merchant ships up and down the coast. They would stock up with provisions from their home city and sail to Newport, where they would buy fish.
Because of his varied experiences, mingled with one of the most entertaining of Yankee wits, Mr. Saunders was one of the most popular conversationalists of the community. He often told of seeing Civil was soldiers camped at Newport in preparation for what proved to be the Civil War. He often related experiences while fruit trading in the West Indies, but one of his most popular accounts was on blockade running during the war of the states.
Capt. Perry had loaded one of his largest vessels, "The West Wind" with cotton at Charleston, S.C., for parties in England in 1864, but was caught in the blockade and held for five months. Finally under the cover of darkness, Capt. Perry slipped out of the harbor and returned to his home in Westerly, R.I., from where he negotiated with an Englishman, Capt. Budger, who after many weeks got the necessary papers and was allowed to take the vessel to England, unloaded it there, and from there sailed to Cork, Ireland. There the boat was loaded with marble and brought to Quebec, Canada, where Bulger was met by Capt. Perry, who sold the boat for $30,000. The boat had been built by Capt. Perry, and helpers at Westerly and previously had made 13 trips to the West Indies, bringing loads of fruits, including bananas and sugar, to the States. At that time, Mr. Saunders often related, a good sized boat load of fruit and sugar could be purchased from the natives for $2.50.
Mr. Saunders was one of the best known of our citizens, his ready wit and friendly disposition causing him to be remembered by all who had the opportunity to meet him.
He died on Wednesday, December 22nd, at 5:30 p.m. in Memorial hospital, this city, after an illness of ten days from pneumonia. He had made his home with his son, Elias Saunders, Albion, the last four years.
Surviving relatives are a son, Elias Saunders, Albion; a daughter, Dora, - Mrs. E. B. Hill, Albion, five grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Ruben Tellefson funeral home, followed with burial in the Albion Prairie cemetery, conducted by Rev. Carroll Hill, a relative, Milton Junction.
The pall bearers were five grandsons, Lawrence and Harold Saunders, Beloit, Francis Hill, Donald Lord, and Harlin Watson, Edgerton, and a friend, Raymond Curran, Edgerton.

Census: 1880 Koshkonong, Jefferson Co., Wisconsin
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