Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1916 — JAMES T. SAUNDERSON DIES AT FOWLER [ARTICLE]

JAMES T. SAUNDERSON DIES AT FOWLER

Was Democratic Candidate For Appellate Judge in 1912—Well Known Here. James T. Saunderson, age 76, one of the oldest and best known lawyers and jurists of north central Indiana, is dead at his home in Fowler, Benton county, after an illness of seven weeks. Mr. Saunderson was born in Carroll county and served three years in the civil war with the 2nd Indiana cavalry. He read law at Monticello after the war and began practicing in 1863 at Kentland, where he remained about 25 years. He then went to Everett, Wash., and in 1899 moved to Fowler. He made the race on the democratic ticket for appellate court judge in 1902, but was defeated by U. Z. Wiley. Mr. Saunderson was elected judge of the Benton-Warren circuit court and served six years. The funeral took place at 9 o’clock this Monday morning at Monticello. The widow survives. There were no children.