Cincinnati, Ohio to Washington DC
to San Francisco and San Rafael, California
Related Family Names in this chapter:
Brannan - Coleman - Douglass - Taylor - Wilkins
JOHN7 HENRY SAUNDERS was born on 3 December 1821 in
Cincinnati, Ohio and was the middle son of David Saunders and his wife
Hannah Travilla Douglass. In 1843 he graduated in Law from the
University of Virginia and in 1850 travelled via Panama to San Francisco
where he established a legal practice which became the most
prominent in the state. He was the City and County Attorney for two terms
and was a State Senator. He made a considerable fortune by investing
extensively in San Rafael property. John never married and retired to San Rafael
where he died in 1885 aged 63.
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