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DESCENDANTS OF ELISHA T. SAUNDERS AND ALMIRA LORD




ELISHA T. was born in Brookfield, Madison County, New York 10 Mar 1828.
Son of Elisha P. Saunders and Sarah ??.


On 10 Jun 1850 Elisha T. married ALMIRA LORD in Sanford, Broome County, New York.
She was a short plump lady with blue eyes and brown hair,
born Mar 1832 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut.
Daughter of Alonzo G. Lord and Betsy F. Austin.
The Lord's were called "down eastern yankees".

Elisha and Almira lived in several places in Sanford finally buying a farm at Perch Pond Hill near the northern end of of Perch Pond Lake.
Which would be near Vallonia Springs at Colesville, Broome County, New York.

According to the 1889 Directory, he had 12 acres.

They had nine children.

Elisha sometimes preached in the Perch Pond School House which was, also, used as a church.
He, also, set up a Sunday School for the little children.

He would often take his small Grandchildren and set them on his lap and tell them Bible stories. Which ,afterward, he would ask them questions. This way they learned the Bible.

There was a lane down the side of the house that led to the shallow end of the lake.
He would often walk down this lane with the grandchildren and go fishing.

The following quote is directly as Jennie said it "Grandpa was a Baptist; as to Politics he was a Prohibitionist."

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ALMIRA died in 1877 of pneumonia at the age of 45.
They say she had been working at the school house at Easter vacation washing the floors and sweeping.
It was very cold at that time.

The youngest child, Elizabeth, was just five years old.

Elisha had a hard time, as he was not well himself.
He tried his best to keep the younger children together.

However, the children left home at an early age, going to work at various homes.
They worked for their room and board and sometimes received a few dollars.

The diary says that in 1882 Elisha married a widow, SARAH COOK from Bainbridge, New York. However, in checking with the New York State Vital records, a marriage record was not found. They checked 1881 to 1884.

Vital records in New York start at 1881. So they may have been married in 1880 or possibly 1885.

At that time, he sold the farm and moved to Afton, Chenango County, New York.
After a few years, Sarah died and was buried in a small cemetery on the Kirby Farm north of Afton.

Elisha was not well and moved to Oxford, Chenango County, New York and lived with his son, Elmer Clarence.

Elisha's health continued to get worse. He had had strokes.
Finally on November 11 1893, at the home of his son, Elmer Clarence in Union Valley, Chenango County, New York.(They say it was Oxford, but the death certificate says Union Valley)
He had another stroke and died there. From his death certificate it looks like he had a total of three strokes.


Elisha and Almira are both buried in the Cemetery at Perch Pond Hill.



Their children are:

1. EZRA D. SAUNDERS born 31 May, 1851 in Sanford, Broome County, New York
He married EMMA ?.
They had no children.
They were not well and went to live at the Masonic Home at Utica, New York
He died there 22 Aug, 1908 of a stroke.
He is buried in their cemetery , grave 21 row 5.

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2. EDNA ALMIRA SAUNDERS born 9 Oct 1854 in Sanford, Broome County, New York.
She never married.
She attended the North Sanford one room school for about 4 years.
By the age of nine she went to work doing various jobs.
She helped her Father when her mother died.
She tried to read all the books she could and learned to write poetry.

After a while Edna went to live with the family of Richard N. Randall of Windsor, New York.
She received $2.00 a week as a housekeeper.

She worked there 20 years until their death, at which time, she inherited the house.
When her health failed, she went to live with her niece Ruth Davis Wright

She died 16 Mar 1936 of a stroke at Wright's Home in Bainbridge, New York.
She is buried in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Bainbridge.

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3. ELLA C. SAUNDERS born 18 Mar 1856 in Sanford, Broome County, New York.
Died 21 Aug 1918 in Johnson City, New York.
She is buried in the Foral Ave. Cemetery in Johnson City.
At the age of 18 she married JAMES WILLARD DAVIS
They had one child : RUTH DEBORAH DAVIS born 28 Jan 1786.

A few months after that, he headed for Gloversville to look for work and was never heard of again.

After a few years she married CHARLES FLEMING .
In August of 1916 he was killed by a train while crossing the tracks.

Their children are:

CHARLES FLOYD FLEMING
PERCY JAMES FLEMING
ETHEL MAY FLEMING
WALTER EZRA FLEMING
ERNEST RAY FLEMING
JOHN MILTON FLEMING
LULU BELLE FLEMING (BETTY)

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4. EMMET SAUNDERS born 18 Jul 1859 in Broome County, New York.
He married ACHA BOYD TIFFANY of Walton, New York.
After her death, he married again, but had no children.
He died 9 Aug 1909 and was first buried in Afton then later his body was moved to the Norwich Cemetery beside his first wife.

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5. *ELMER CLARENCE SAUNDERS born 19 Sep 1861 in Sanford, Broome County, New York. Died 10 Aug 1910 in Afton.
He is buried in the Glenwood Cemetery in Afton, Chenango County, New York

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6. EDA ANN IRENE SAUNDERS (or Anna as she was called.)
Born 11 Apr 1864 in Sanford, Broome County, New York.

She married WILLIAM JOHNSON

Their children are:

VIOLA JOHNSON married RALPH LUCE and moved to Salamanica. They had three daughters

THERON JOHNSON had poor health and moved to Binghamton, Broome County, NY. He got job at the Arlington Hotel and stayed there until his death.

ARNEY JOHNSON married BESSIE SPENCER and moved to Akron, Ohio.

ELSIE JOHNSON they lost track of.

After the death of William, Anna moved to Salamanica and married GEORGE STORE.

Anna died May 1917 of cancer and is buried in Salamanica.


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7. MINNIE MAUD SAUNDERS born 1 Jan 1866 in Broome County, New York.
She married EDWIN PHILLIPS from Afton.

Their children are:

MABELLE PHILLIPS married a man with the last name of LeShour and had no children.

LEONARD PHILLIPS married and had four children.

RALPH PHILLIPS
FRANK PHILLIPS married ALICE ? and had 2 DAUGHTERS, DOROTHY AND ETTA.

IRVING PHILLIPS

After the death of Edwin, Minnie married GEORGE CLARKE , a farmer who lived near Vallonia Springs.

She died 8 Jan 1920 and was buried at the Perch Pond Hill Cemetery.


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8. ETTA CAROLINE SAUNDERS born 25 Aug 1869 in Broome County, New York.
At the age of 10 she went to work for a family for her board. She stayed with them until she was fifteen when she married DANIEL DELOSS RANDALL of Afton.
He went by the name of Deloss. Born 22 Jan 1853.
Son of Samuel Shepard Randall and Belinda Ann Barnes.
Deloss died 6 Feb. 1935.

Their children are:

WARD RANDALL married MABEL RAY and they had six children.

RICHARD RANDALL was in por health and his father for several years on th farm.
He then went to work on the Estates on the east side of the Hudson River.
He died Jun 1933 nd is buried in the Afton Cemetery.

JENNIE LOUISE RANDALL (She wrote the diary).
Jennie went thru high school and then to the Norwich Teacher's Training Class.
She taught in several schools until her health gave out and retired
She went back to live with her mother and help her.
After Deloss died they had to sell the farm.

Etta died 6 Oct 1947 and wa buried in the Glenwood Cemetery in Afton along with Deloss and their son Richard.


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9. SARAH ELIZABETH SAUNDERS ,or Libbie, born 24 Apr 1871 in Broome County, New York.

At the age of nine she went to work in the home of Charles Decker in Afton.
She stayed there until she was 16 and married EDWARD HATCH in 1896.

There children are:

GLADYS HATCH

LYNN HATCH died at the age of 36.

GORDON HATCH died as a baby.

ALVIN HATCH worked for many years on the farm of his cousin William Saunders in Triangle, Broome County, NY.

Libbie died 1 Jan 1934 and buried in the Perch Pond Hill Cemetery.


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These names are all still being researched.


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