Bio: Rev. William Saunders : Alexandria, Grafton Co, New Hampshire From Gazetteer of Grafton County, NH 1709-1886 -Alexandria Compiled & published by Hamilton Child 1886 Rev. William Saunders, aresident of Strafford, N. H., married Comfort Drew, of Barnstead. His son Joel married Phebe, daughter of James Scott, and lived in this town two years. Three of his children are living, of whom Horace married Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Betsey Challis, of Parsonfield, and has two children, Imogene and Inez F. Mr. Saunders has held the office of selectman five years, represented the town in 1877-78, and has been the only merchant and postmaster in the town for ten years. He resides on road 29. James W., son of Joel, married Mary J., daughter of John and Abigail (Gray) Ackerman, and has three children, Alice, Horace and Ida. He served in the late war, was a sergeant in Co. C, 12th N. H. Vols., and a captain in Co B, 12th N. H. Vols. He resides on road 11. **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. **************************************************************************** Submitted by: Vera Burnham vburnham@worldpath.net Date: October 9, 2000