1875 A. T. Andreas Atlas
1880 Dubuque County History
Honorable William B. Allison
Eugene Anderson
Sanford A. Atherton
Honorable Isaac W. Baldwin
Dickson Beatty
F. E. Behrens
Henry Bockenstedt
John Bomacke
General Caleb Hoskins Booth
Nicholas Bray, M. D.
William Bray, M. D.
Edward Brown
John D. Bush
Edward Butler
Cascade Biographies
Dr. Rodolphus Clark
Bernhard Claus, Jr.
Frank W. Coates
Honorable Dennis Nelson Cooley
Reverend Mark Cooney
Hugh Corrance
Patrick F. Cunningham
Mell H. Cushing
Peter Dawson
John Driscoll
Charles Henry Eighmey
Jesse P. Farley
George Fengler
Mrs. Catherine Fries
Albert Gasser
Henry Gehrig
A. P. Gibbs
Theodor Goerdt
John R. Goldthorp
Honorable Julius Graves
Charles H. Gregoire
Ezra Gregory
Daniel Hallahan
Nicholas Hansen
Honorable Thomas Hardie
Henry Henkels
Rev. James Hill
Nancy R. Hill, M. D.
Asa Horr, M. D.
James Howie
Edward R. Jackson, M. D.
Francis Jaeger
Henry J. Jecklin
Reverend Clement Johannes
Evan E. Jones
General George Wallace Jones
John Kantlehner
Joseph K. Kaufmann
James Kelly
John Kleinschmidt
F. H. Klostermann
A. R. Knight
Honorable Frederick M. Knoll
Paul Lattner
Honorable Wendelin Lattner
Thomas Lochner
Christian Loetscher
Norton J. Loomis
Delos E. Lyon
J. E. Maguire, M. D.
W. A. Manhart
George Marshall
M. H. Martin
Honorable James McCann
Benjamin McCluer, M. D.
Susan Ann McCraney
A. S. McDermott
James and Martha McGee
James McGrath
M. F. McNamara
Jacob Michel
Charles Miller
Adam Mink
George Mollart
William J. Morgans
James Mullin
Dorrance Dixon Myers
Nicholas P. Nicks
Frederick R. Nitzsche, M. D.
J. J. E. Norman
Honorable Peter Olinger
Bernard J. O'Neill
John P. Page
Frank Paley
John Palmer
Rev. Frederick William Pape
Thomas Phillips
Joseph Platz
Andrew Rahe
Honorable James Rowan
Reverend Roger Ryan
George Salot
Colonel C. J. W. Saunders
John Sauser, Jr.
Joseph Schemmel
George Schmitt
Short Biographies
Joseph Simones
John F. Sloan
Charles F. Smyth
Johanna (Baker) Specht
Ralph Spensley
Daniel Stallard
J. Peter Stendebach
Honorable William W. Stewart
Oren Stuart, M. D.
James Sweeney
John Tibey
Paul Traut
Matthew Tschirgi
Hon. Christian Anton Voelker
Chester H. Walker
William Watson, M. D.
F. W. Wieland
Louis Witter
Jacob Zollicoffer

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COL. C. J. W. SAUNDERS, has taken a leading part in political affairs in Dubuque, and his career, both public and private, has been such as to win him the high esteem of all with whom he has been brought in contact. He has served as Mayor of the city and has been otherwise identified with public affairs. He was born in Germany, August 12, 1852, and is a son of John Wellington and Magdaline G. (Von Buchenbach) Saunders, who immigrated to the United States when our subject was only eleven years of age. They landed in New York City but did not tarry long in the metropolis, going thence to Philadelphia, Pa., where they made a settlement. In that place Colonel Saunders completed his education, which was begun in the public schools of his native land. At the age of twelve he entered the army as a bugler, becoming a member of the Fifth Pennsylvania Infantry under Colonel Vest. The regiment was assigned to Sheridan's Division, and our subject spent most of his time in service in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, there remaining until the close of the war, when, in 1865, he was mustered out.

Colonel Saunders at once returned to his home in Philadelphia, where he began to learn the trade of a cigar maker, spending eighteen months in work along that line. In 1866 he enlisted in the Regular Army, as a member of the Fifth United States Cavalry, under command of Col. W. H. Emery, and was sent to the frontier to quell the Indian troubles. The regiment was ordered to Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas and Arizona, and with it Mr. Saunders was continuously in active service until 1872, when he was honorably discharged.

In the same year, our subject began buying cattle and shipping to different markets from Lower California to San Diego and San Francisco. His principal markets were San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles. He continued in that line of business for ten years, when he became interested in cattle raising on a ranch in connection with other parties, this ranch being located in Arizona. He still owns his ranch in Arizona, being now sole proprietor, and devotes much of his time and attention to the business interests connected therewith. He first came to Dubuque in 1866 on a visit, remaining here three months, after which he returned to the army.

A marriage ceremony performed in 1874 united the destinies of Colonel Saunders and Miss E. M. Streinz, of Dubuque, daughter of Joseph Streinz, who was a soldier of the Civil War. To them have been born nine children, three sons and six daughters. Their home is located on Couler Avenue, and is a fine brick residence, beautifully located on a hill, which commands a fine view of the city and of the Fathers of Waters, which flows at its base.

Colonel Saunders takes a very prominent part in political affairs, and is a warm advocate of the principles of Democracy. For three terms he served by appointment on the Soldiers' Relief Commission of Dubuque County. He has been honored with a number of offices; for two terms served as Alderman from the Fifth Ward, was elected Mayor in 189l and 1892, and for four years served on Governor Boies' staff with the rank of Colonel. Socially, he is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows' fraternities. In whatever office he has been called upon to preside he has discharged his duties with a promptness and fidelity that have won him high commendation and gained him the respect of even those opposed to him politically.