TIMOTHY SAUNDERS
Timothy Saunders, one of the prominent and substantial men of Cass county, came to Edna township in 1871, and purchased five hundred and twenty acres of land with his brother-in-law, T. T. Lewis. He lived on section 21 until 1875, when he removed to section 22, where he now resides. He was born in Ireland, in 1838, and in 1858 immigrated with his parents to America, locating in Lafayette county, Indiana, where he grew to manhood. When he was twenty-five years of age, he began to learn the blacksmith's trade, and was so engaged until 1871, when he came to Cass county, where he has since resided. Mr. Saunders was married in 1864 to Catherine Shey, a native of Virginia. They are the parents of seven children--Catherine, Mary, John, Bessie, Joseph, Maggie and Nellie.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 758.
