State-Wide, NC - William L. Saunders, 1891

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A Sad Loss to the State

North Carolina Loses a Talented Editor

Raleigh, NC April 1 [Special]

William L. Saunders, secretary of the state fair for twelve years
died at 1:30 o'clock this morning, aged 56 years.

He was colonel of a North Carolina regiment, and was wounded
dangerously at the Wilderness, a ball entering his mouth and coming
out of the back of the neck.

He was the editor of twelve volumes of the Colonial Records, whose
prefatory notes gave him a high standing as a historian; was editor
of the Wilmington Jounal from 1872-1876, and with P.M. Hale founded
the Raleigh Observer in 1876. He was for nearly twenty years chief
adviser of the Democratic party in North Carolina.

He suffered from rheumatic gout since 1870, and died therefrom.

Source: The Macon Telegraph
        April 3, 1891

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