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Charles Wilbur Saunders - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Tallulah Madison Journal July 10, 1926

Mr. Charles Wilbur Saunders, for fifteen years a citizen of Madison Parish died at the home of his son, 
Mr. E. B. Saunders on Montrose Plantation Tuesday, July 6, after a short illness.

He was born November 29, 1839 at Tuscumbia, Alabama and came with his parents to Chicot County, Arkansas 
in 1848. He was a veteran of the' Civil War being among the first to enlist in his community and was in 
the battles of Shiloh and Corinth.

He was married to Miss Jennie Cordell. Nine children were born to this union, four of whom survive him, 
C. C. Saunders, Carlisle Ark., Percy Saunders, Greenville, Miss., E. B. Saunders, Tallulah, and 
Llewellyn Saunders, Luna Landing, Ark.

The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Smith of the Presbyterian Church and his body laid to rest 
in the Silver Cross Cemetery.