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New page: {{Infobox Biography | subject_name =E. E. Saunders | image_name =EESaunders.jpg | image_size =200px | image_caption = | date_of_birth =December 11, 1845 | place_of_birt...
{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =E. E. Saunders
| image_name =EESaunders.jpg
| image_size =200px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[December 11]], [[1845]]
| place_of_birth =Tower Hill, Rhode Island
| date_of_death =[[April 3]], [[1913]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =Ship's captain, fishmonger
| religion =
| spouse =Harriet Nichols (m. 1875)
| parents =Edwin & Susan Brown Saunders
| children =
| signature =
| signaturesize =
}}
'''Eugene Edwin Saunders''' ([[1845]]-[[1913]]) was a maritime businessman who, with Captain [[T. E. Welles]], established [[E. E. Saunders & Company]], which became the region's largest dealer of [[red snapper]].
Born in Tower Hill, about three miles from Narraganset Pier, Rhode Island, Saunders launched his freight schooner ''Fannie Fern'' from Pensacola and established a residence in the city in [[1868]]. He would later build a second schooner, ''Ajax'', which earned a reputation as "the largest and fastest vessel on the [[Gulf Coast]]."<ref>''[[History of Escambia County, Florida]]''. 1930.</ref>
Saunders came to own a number of valuable properties in Pensacola in addition to the [[Palafox wharf]] where his business was headquartered. He was active with the local [[Elks]] and [[Masons]] and was known for his generosity to charities.
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==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Maritime business biographies|Saunders, EE]]
| subject_name =E. E. Saunders
| image_name =EESaunders.jpg
| image_size =200px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[December 11]], [[1845]]
| place_of_birth =Tower Hill, Rhode Island
| date_of_death =[[April 3]], [[1913]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =Ship's captain, fishmonger
| religion =
| spouse =Harriet Nichols (m. 1875)
| parents =Edwin & Susan Brown Saunders
| children =
| signature =
| signaturesize =
}}
'''Eugene Edwin Saunders''' ([[1845]]-[[1913]]) was a maritime businessman who, with Captain [[T. E. Welles]], established [[E. E. Saunders & Company]], which became the region's largest dealer of [[red snapper]].
Born in Tower Hill, about three miles from Narraganset Pier, Rhode Island, Saunders launched his freight schooner ''Fannie Fern'' from Pensacola and established a residence in the city in [[1868]]. He would later build a second schooner, ''Ajax'', which earned a reputation as "the largest and fastest vessel on the [[Gulf Coast]]."<ref>''[[History of Escambia County, Florida]]''. 1930.</ref>
Saunders came to own a number of valuable properties in Pensacola in addition to the [[Palafox wharf]] where his business was headquartered. He was active with the local [[Elks]] and [[Masons]] and was known for his generosity to charities.
{{hist-bio-stub}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Maritime business biographies|Saunders, EE]]
