When Samuel T. Saunders was born on 20 June 1837, in Nicholas, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Saunders, was 36 and his mother, Sarah B. Howe, was 36. He married Lucy Jane Wilson on 27 September 1866, in Boone, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Polk Township, Benton, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Benton, Iowa, United States in 1905. He died on 22 October 1907, in Urbana, Benton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Kisling Cemetery, Benton, Iowa, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Benton, Iowa, United States
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
English (Surrey and Kent): variant of Sander , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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