- PASSING OF A PIONEER CITIZEN
- The many friends of A. G. SAUNDERS will be very much
surprised and grieved to learn of his
- sudden death yesterday afternoon, following an attack of
paralysis earlier in the day. He was one of the pioneers of Redlands
and one of the first to engage in the orange industry in this
section. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 10 o'clock from
the Cortner Bros. Chapel, the Rev. William Bayard Craig officiating.
Interment will be at Hillside.
- Alban Gardner SAUNDERS was born at Milton, Wisconsin,
May 2, 1849, where he grew to
- manhood and received his education, being graduated from
Milton College. When a boy he became a member of the Seventh
Day Baptist Church where in he lived consistently until his study
of the Bible, of which he was a zealous student all his life,
led him to unite himself with the Advent Christian people.
- He taught school for several years in Wisconsin and Iowa,
and was reading law expecting to
- follow the legal profession when the failing health of his
wife led him to abandon his study and come to California. He
was one of the earliest settlers in Redlands, buying his land
from the original company, and being one of two such buyers whose
land has never changed hands.
- Here he buried the wife of his youth, and here he brought
the wife of his mature manhood, who
- lives to mourn the loss of a faithful and devoted husband.
- Of their four children, Mrs. Elaine SAUNDERS RODRIGUES
lives in Tacoma, Wash.; Mrs.
- Ruth MILLARD BORTHWICK in Portland, Oregon; Augustus
MILLARD in Chico, and Inez SAUNDERS is at home.
- Besides these he leaves one brother, Russell SAUNDERS,
of Milton, Wis., and a sister, Mrs.
- Alvira CLARK, of Portland, Oregon.
- Mr. SAUNDERS was a man of firm convictions, a clear
logical mind and a quick conscience.
- He never compromised with what he believed to be wrong.
- Underneath a manner that to strangers seemed austere, he
carried a warm heart and a rich and
- rare appreciation of the humorous in life and literature.
The best and noblest in his character was reserved for those
who knew him best and understood the depth of his character.
It was in times of trouble that his tenderness of spirit shone
the brightest. His loss is an irreparable one to his family and
to the circle of friends who were fortunate enough to have his
intimate acquaintance.
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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