Notes for: Mary Ann Saunders

Mary and her brother Fredrick married OHP, Sr. and Winnie Jane Bodine of the John Bodine family. It has been said by many that Mary was of Irish descent and that she was the possessor of a share of the "Irish temper." She must have been a strong and capable woman to have lived in early Texas raising a large family. A part of that time was during the Civil War. She had two sons to serve. One was killed in action about 20 miles south of Jonesboro, Georgia. The other was severely wounded, but he did survive and return home.