Isle of Wight-Southampton-Wise County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Saunders, Dr. Alonzo W., 1918 

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RICHMOND BOYS IN FRANCE FACE DEATH LIKE HEROES 

Letter Tells of Deeds of Daring Performed on Battle Fields of Europe. 

  A former employee of Weisberger's department store is Private Herbert 
Isenberg, who is in a hospital overseas suffering from a wound in his thigh 
which was pierced by a shell.  Corporal W.W. Tinder, of Orange, is in base 
hospital No. 49.  He is also suffering from a wound in his thigh caused by 
being hit by pieces of shrapnel.  He is a brother of Benjamin S. Tinder, of 
this city, and A.M. Tinder, of Petersburg. 

  Casualty lists lack human interest, but the personal letters from the boys 
abroad supply anything lacking.  Such a letter from John N. Christian, of this 
city, formerly with the Richmond Blues, mentions how two Richmond boys met 
their death and tells of the wounding of several others.  The letter, in part, 
is as follows: 

  "They started to shell us again: this time it was high explosive and 
shrapnel, so after I had gotten my relief, as I was on day duty in the 
dressing ward.  I had to run for a new dugout we had found, and had only been 
there about an hour when we got the news that Jerry had made a direct hit on 
our station, killing Lieutenant Saunders and Daniel Mcintosh, who was a 
druggist at Tragle's. 

  "That same shell wounded five other boys.  This brings our total up to 
thirty-five in the hospital from gas, sickness and wounded.  "Boots" Cardoza 
is in the hospital with gas.  This little devil crawled over "no man's land" 
after a wounded American sniper, but when he got there found that the sniper 
was dead." 


Lt. Alonzo Walter SAUNDERS, WW-I Army physician, 
b. 3 Jun 1889, Windsor, Isle of Wight Co., KIA 8 Oct 1918, France, 
marked in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Thurs., Nov. 21, 1918, p. 7 

*It is not known (Oct 2022) whether his remains were returned stateside. 
   His father, Thomas Alonzo SAUNDERS, & stepmother are buried there. 
   Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A clipping of the article is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #92739344. 

His widow Peggy Hamilton (DeVENNY) SAUNDERS 2m. Harry Alexander SABISTON. 
   She (1890 - 1972) is buried with her brother John Coleman DeVENNY in 
   San Lorenzo Cemetery, Saint Augustine, St. Johns Co., FL. 
   (Find a Grave Memorial #46636901 &c.) 

His WW-I draft card states he was a resident of Norton, Wise Co., but he was 
   regigistered where he was practicing, in Ivor Pct., Southampton Co., 
   5 Jun 1917.  He stated his dependent wife was probably pregnant, and that 
   there was a family history of tuberculosis. 

His father's obit ("Tri-County News," Mar. 25, 1932, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/s536t1ob.txt 

The obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," Feb. 1948) 
   of his step-mother, Mary Ada (BELL) SAUNDERS, are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/s536m4ob.txt 


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