Pueblo County, History of Colorado, BIOS: SAUNDERS, Miles G. (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II

p. 14-15

MILES G. SAUNDERS.

	Miles G. Saunders is one of the most prominent representatives of 
the legal fraternity in Pueblo, where he has practiced his profession 
continuously during the past three decades. His birth occurred in 
Maryvllle, Missouri, on the 18th of July, 1867, his parents being W. R. 
and Helen (Sims) Saunders. The father participated in the Civil war as 
a member of the Confederate army and throughout his active business 
career he followed farming in Nodaway county, Missouri. His family 
numbered seven children, three sons and four daughters.

	Miles G. Saunders pursued his education in the public schools of 
his native city and then, In preparation for a professional career, 
began the study of law under the preceptorship of Judge Ramsay, of 
Maryville. He was admitted to the bar in Missouri in 1887 and in the 
same year made his way to Colorado, entering the United States land 
office at Lamar. At the end of a year, in June, 1888, he came to Pueblo 
and has remained here continuously throughout the intervening period of 
three decades. In 1891 he was elected city attorney and six years later 
was chosen to the office of district attorney.

	In December, 1891, Mr. Saunders was united in marriage to Miss 
Laura Jackson, a daughter of Joseph Jackson, of Maryville, Missouri. To 
them has been born one child, Esther. In politics Mr. Saunders is a 
democrat, while fraternally he is identified with the Knights of 
Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.