The son of Moses Saunders and Eliza Sprague, Ira grew up in Calaveras Co., California and attended public schools there. He engaged in mining and sheep raising in early days, but in 1886 he settled on the San Joaquin River, on Roberts Island where he purchased 230 acres of farming land. He drained the swamp land and otherwise improved the ranch with farm buildings and dairy barns. Fraternally he was a member of Mineral Lodge, IOOF at Copperopolis, California and in politics he was a Republican. He also served as a clerk of the board of trustees of the Fairchild school district. The ranch on Roberts Island remained in family possession.
The son of Moses Saunders and Eliza Sprague, Ira grew up in Calaveras Co., California and attended public schools there. He engaged in mining and sheep raising in early days, but in 1886 he settled on the San Joaquin River, on Roberts Island where he purchased 230 acres of farming land. He drained the swamp land and otherwise improved the ranch with farm buildings and dairy barns. Fraternally he was a member of Mineral Lodge, IOOF at Copperopolis, California and in politics he was a Republican. He also served as a clerk of the board of trustees of the Fairchild school district. The ranch on Roberts Island remained in family possession.
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