'The Sabbath Recorder', Vol 45, No 17, p 272, Apr. 25, 1889.
In Westerly, R. I., April 10, 1889, of heart failure, Mrs. Bathsheba B. Saunders, aged 84 years, 3 months and 7 days.
She was born in Westerly, Jan. 3, 1805. Her parents were John and Judith Burdick, and she was the third of eleven children, only two of whom survive her, two brothers. She was married to Elisha Saunders March 10, 1825, and there were born to them six children, of whom five are living, three sons and two daughters. This aged sister had been a widow thirty years. When about eighteen years of age she became the subject of saving grace, was baptized by Eld. Matthew Stillman, and joined the First Hopkinton Church. In 1866 she joined, by letter, the Pawcatuck Church of which she was an esteemed member at her death. Mrs. Saunders was not only ripe in years but ripe in soul, she was firm in her convictions, loyal to her Saviour, to God, and his law. Her life will go on for good in the lives of others. O. U. W.

Census: 1880 Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island: age 75, widowed

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 14, No 29, p 115, Dec. 24, 1857.
In Westerly, R. I., on the morning of the 13th of November, Elisha Saunders, aged 55 years.
The deceased embraced religion when about 20 years of age, and united with the first Seventh-day Baptist Church in Hopkinton, R. I., and remained a constant Christian and faithful attendant on the worship of God to the close of his life here.
His sickness and death was caused by Inflammation of the Lungs, and was not considered dangerous, till about twenty-four hours before he died; but when asked by his daughter, if he had a good hope beyond the grave, said, "Oh! yes my daughter, I have," and then submitted to that event that awaits us all.
In his death his wife is called to part unexpectedly with a loving companion, and his children with an indulgent father, and the Church with one of constant attachment.
"Although dead he yet speaketh." H. Clarke.