Saunders, Carter

Title

Saunders, Carter

Last Name

Saunders

First and Middle Name

Carter Temple

Hometown

Evington

County and/or State

Campbell, Virginia

Birth Date

May 25, 1884

Birthplace

Evington, Virginia

Death Date

November 11, 1973

Place of Death

Lynchburg, Virginia

Parents

Cant. Fleming Saunders, C.S.A.; Mary Gwathmey

Siblings

Fleming Saunders, Mary E,

Spouse(s)

Elizabeth Susan Bowles (1900-1951), (m. 1921-1951); Ida May Bowles (1908-1964),(m. 1953-1964); Bessie Dinmore Lackland Figg (1900-1990), (m. 1966-1973)

Children

William Saunders (mother: Elizabeth Susan Bowles), (1922-2000)

VPI Graduating Class

1904

Graduated

Yes

Service Branch

Reserve Officers

Unit

Engineers

Rank

Second Lieutenant

Occupation

Electric and Civil Engineering Forestry Service, Coal Mine Engineer, superintendent in C.C. Corp

Files

Carter Saunders senior portrait from the 1904 VPI Bugle.jpg
Carter Saunders from the 1904 VPI Bugle.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Saunders, Carter,” VPI in World War I, accessed March 28, 2024, http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/696.

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