Birth1 Mar 1812, Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York
Death16 Oct 1897, Alfred, Allegany Co., New York
Rhuhama (Emerson) Saunders 1812-1897
Categories: Alfred, New York,
The Sabbath Recorder Obituary"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 53, No 43, p 687, Oct. 25, 1897.
At the home of her daughter, Mrs. Asa F. Randolph, Alfred, N. Y., Mrs. Ruhamah E. Saunders, age 85 years, 7 months, and 15 days.
Her parents were Joshua and Mary Fowler Emerson. She was born in Petersburg, N. Y. Her father died when she was three years old, and she was then adopted into the family of John Whitford. In her twentieth year she was married to Jonathan Saunders by Eld. Wm. Satterlee, who had baptized her at the age of seventeen years, at which time she united with the Berlin Seventh-day Baptist church. Removing to Alfred, she joined the Second Alfred church; and later, the First Alfred church, of which she remained a faithful member until her death.
She had six children, one deceased, three in Michigan, and two in Alfred - Mrs. Asa F. Randolph and Mrs. Daniel Perkins. With the former daughter she has made her home for the past eighteen years. On the 24th of last June she fell, fracturing her hip bone; and since that time has been confined to her bed, suffering intensely. Her Christian life was marked by firm faith in God and especial love for the services of the Lord's house.
At her request her remains were taken to Michigan and laid beside those of her husband who departed this life June 25, 1879. J. L. G.
Jonathan Saunders 1813-1879
Categories: Alfred, New York,
The Sabbath Recorder Obituary"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 35, No 29, p 3, July 17, 1879.
In Monroe Center, Grand Traverse Co., Mich., at the residence of his son, Joseph E. Saunders, June 25th, 1879, of dropsy, caused by valvular disease of the heart, Mr. Jonathan Saunders, of Alfred Center, Allegany Co., N. Y., aged 66 years, 1 month, and 14 days. The above has come to us and we add that the subject of this notice was for many years a member of the First Seventh-day Baptist Church of Alfred, during which time he steadfastly maintained his profession of faith in Christ the Savior of sinners.