Saunders, Robert
college president, was born Jan. 25, 1805, in Williamsburg, Va. He was fourteenth president of the William and Mary college; and president of the York River railroad. He died Sept. 11, 1868.
SAUNDERS, ROMULUS MITCHELL, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born March 3, 1791, in Caswell county, N. C. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1821 to 1827, and from 1841 to 1845. In 1828 he was attorney-general of the state.
In 1835 he was elected a judge of the state supreme court; and in 1846 was appointed minister to Spain, where he remained four years. On his return was again elected to the legislature of North Carolina; and afterward devoted much attention to the railroad improvements of the state. He died April 21, 1867, in Raleigh, N. C.
SAUNDERS, WILLIAM LAURENCE, author, was born July 30, 1835, in Raleigh, N. C. He is the author of a work entitled the Colonial Records of North Carolina. He died April 2, 1891, in Raleigh, N. C.