Charles Hicks Saunders (November 10, 1821 – December 5, 1901) was a Massachusetts politician who served on the Common Council, Board of Aldermen and as the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Saunders was the son of William Saunders, a housewright and cabinet maker in Cambridge, and Sarah Flagg. Through his Sarah Flagg Saunders, Charles Hicks Saunders was the great-grandson of John Hicks, an American Patriot killed by the British in Arlington, Massachusetts during the British retreat from Concord. He was married to Mary Brooks, née Ball, in 1849.

Charles Hicks Saunders
14th Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
[1]
In office
January 1868 – January 1870
Preceded byEzra Parmenter
Succeeded byEdgar R. Champlin
Member of the
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
[3]
In office
1861[2]–1862[2]
Member of the
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Common Council
[2]
In office
1853[2]–1854[2]
Member of the
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Board of Assessors
[4]
In office
1864[4]–1867[4]
Personal details
BornNovember 10, 1821[5]
Cambridge, Massachusetts[5]
DiedDecember 5, 1901[6]
Cambridge, Massachusetts[6]
SpouseMary Brooks Ball[6]
ChildrenAnnie Boylston Saunders, born June 7, 1853; Carrie Huntington Saunders, born October 14. 1856; Mary Lizzie Saunders, born July 9, 1860; Charles Robertson Saunders (November 22, 1862–1912)

The Saunders family home now houses the admissions offices for Lesley University in Cambridge.

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  1. ^ Paige, Lucius Robinson (1877), History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630–1877: With a Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: H. O. Houghton And Company, p. 469
  2. ^ a b c d e Paige, Lucius Robinson (1877), History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630–1877: With a Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: H. O. Houghton And Company, p. 472
  3. ^ Paige, Lucius Robinson (1877), History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630–1877: With a Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: H. O. Houghton And Company, p. 470
  4. ^ a b c Paige, Lucius Robinson (1877), History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630–1877: With a Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: H. O. Houghton And Company, p. 468
  5. ^ a b Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert (1902), The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. LVI, Boston, MA: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, p. lxxi
  6. ^ a b c Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert (1902), The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. LVI, Boston, MA: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, p. lxxii
Political offices
Preceded by 14th Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
January 1868 – January 1870
Succeeded by