DEAR EDITOR:--I take this means of inquiring for my brothers and a sister from whom I have not heard since the first year of freedom. Our father and mother's names were Elijah and Lucy Patterson. Father died in Paducah, Ky., and mother died sometime since the war, I know not where. The names of my brothers and sister that I wish to inquire for are…
MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for a friend of mine by the name of Willie, Texas. He was raised in this county; his parents were named Simon and Charlotte, Texas; he left them in Houston in 1878. The last I heard of him he left Houston and went to Beaumont, Texas. Any information concerning him will be gladly received. Address Rev. A. C.…