Sarah Augusta (Scott) Saunders (1884 - 1952)

Born 1 Mar 1884 in Petersburg, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Eugene Thayer — married 8 May 1902 (to before 1913) in Richmond, Virginia, United States

Wife of James Temple Saunders — married 18 Nov 1913 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Died 15 Aug 1952 at age 68 in Richmond, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Sarah was born in 1884 in Petersburg, Virginia. She was the daughter of Walter Scott and Laura Brown.

When she was 18 she married Willie Eugene Thayer in Petersburg. Together they had two daughters before they divorced.

When she was 26 she married James Temple Saunders in Washington, D.C. They had no children.

She passed away in 1952 in Richmond, Virginia, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJG-FBH : accessed 24 May 2021), Sarah A Scott in household of W H Scott, Petersburg city Ward 6, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 105, sheet 8A, family 212, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,736.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJJM-PX7 : 4 February 2021), Sadie A Saunders in entry for James T Saunders, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CCLS-9N2 : accessed 24 May 2021), Sadie A Saunders in household of James T Saunders, Richmond, Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 9A, line 5, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2476; FHL microfilm 2,342,210.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTMX-LGT : 2 February 2020), Sadie Saunders in household of James Saunders, Lee Ward, Richmond, Richmond City, Richmond City, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 118-118, sheet 3A, line 13, family 45, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll
• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRWL-R3M : 29 January 2020), Sarah Augusta Scott in entry for Willie Eugene Thayer, 1902.
• "District of Columbia Marriages, 1830-1921", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWMH-T9F : 11 January 2020), Sadie A Thayer in entry for James T Saunders, 1913.
• "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLZB-MJL : 9 March 2021), James T Saunders and Sadie A Thayer, 18 Nov 1913; citing p. 481, Records Office, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,109,852.
• "District of Columbia Marriages, 1830-1921", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F719-S96 : 11 January 2020), Sadie A. Thayer in entry for James T. Saunders, 1913.
• "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-YLBR : 9 March 2021), James T Saunders and Sadie A Thayer, 18 Nov 1913; citing p. 63481, Records Office, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,051,879.
• "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYL-48S4 : 16 August 2019), Sadie A Saunders, 15 Aug 1952; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Richmond, , Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP1S-VHKR : 18 July 2020), Mrs Sadie A Saunders and Mrs James T Saunders, 1952.
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/227374466/sarah-a.-saunders : accessed 24 May 2021), memorial page for Sarah A. “Sadie” Scott Saunders (1 Mar 1884–15 Aug 1952), Find A Grave: Memorial #227374466, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Virginian (contributor 47189242) .