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Lucy Clarke searching for her mother Nancy Love

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 18, 1880

DEAR EDITOR - Please allow me
to make inquiry for my mother,
Nancy Love. We were separated
about the year 1850, in Mississippi.
I was then but an infant of about
9 months. We belonged to Anderson
Moss. He sold my mother to
Mr. Ned Herndon, a speculator in
slaves. He sold her to Mrs. Hooker,
a widow in Jackson, Miss. It was
then…

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Dollie Malony (formerly Dollie Hobson) searching for her sister Mollie Bright

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 29, 1886

MR. EDITOR--I want to find my sister, Mollie Bright, who lived in Allen county, Kentucky, until 1839, when she went West with Mr. Albert Bright, and since then I have heard nothing from her. Our mother's name was Candice Hobson. My name was Dollie Hobson, but it is now Dolly Malony. I live in Bowling Green, Ky.

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J. E. Johnson searching for friend Thomas J. Steward

The Colored American (Washington, DC)

May 24, 1902

LOST FRIEND.
I would like to know the whereabouts of Mr. Thomas J. Steward an old soldier of the 14th R. I. Heavy Artillery of Providence. When last heard from he was working in the Treasury Department at Washington, D. C. gratefully received by J. E. Johnson, 73 Summer street, Providence, R.I.

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Frank Brown searching for his mother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 6, 1883

MR. EDITOR—I desire informa-
tiod [information] of my mother, Winnie Brown
She belonged to Priestley Brown,
in Rappahanock county, Virginia.
It has been near 15 years since I
last heard from her. Address me
at Mashulaville, Miss.
FRANK BROWN.

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