Like several other of our ancestor families, the Saunders lived for a while in northern New Jersey, then Washington County, PA where Permelia was born to Jeduthan and Phoebe Saunders. they were active in the Presbyterian church.
In about 1835 Permelia married John Murphin who had come to America from Liverpool, England where he had left his two children with their grandparents after his wife died. John and Permelia had 9 children, the first named Phoebe after Permelia's mother, and the first boy named Jeduthan Saunders after her father. In 1843, the family, and many of the Saunders family, moved down the Ohio River to southern Indiana. John and Permelia settled in New Frankfort where John had a shoe shop.
John died in 1858 when Permelia was only 43 years old. In September 1859 she married David McClain.
Five of John and Permelia's children died prematurely - three as children and two around age 30. Permelia's brother, Cyrus, was the grandfather of Harlan Saunders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
In the 1870 census, Permelia's mother Phoebe, age 89, was living with Permelia and David as well as two children, no doubt by David's first wife. David died in 1881, and according to a newspaper obit, "he was always clever and kind hearted, and goes to his last resting place without an enemy."
Permelia died when she was 71 and is buried in Whitson cemetery, Scott County, Indiana.
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