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Charles Owens searching for his brother Harry Bowen
Bowen escaped from slavery, near St. Francisville, MO, in 1859. He presumably went to Chicago and, from there, to Canada.
Mason Clark is searching for his parents, Edmond Clark and Matilda Clark
They were in Carbondale, Illinois, when last heard of.
Geo. W. Donagan searching for Geo. Robertson
Edward W. Robertson went to Springfield, Illinois, in 1899. He was killed by a train on his way to Peoria, Illinois. Donagan is searching for his father, near Huntsville, Alabama, so he can inform him.
Robert Anthony searching for Greenbury Baldwin
Baldwin, of Rapids City, Illinois, has been missing since February 10, 1882.
Mary Terry searching for her relatives and friends
Terry, at the Working Girls' Home in Chicago, formerly lived in Springfield, Illinois.
Henry Myers is searching for Elijah Marrs
Marrs was formerly window man at the Grand Pacific Railroad.
Anthony Edwards and Lucinda Gibson reunited and remarried after 35-year separation
Edwards and Gibson had been enslaved in Pike County, Missouri. Edwards was sold South 35 years earlier [ca 1853]. They reunited in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1888, and remarried then.
Copied from St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)
Copied from St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)
Unnamed woman searching for her son James Blue
She lives in Jacksonville, Illinois. Her son, James Blue, lived in Jackson County, Kansas, when last heard from [in ca 1864, during the Civil War].
Unnamed, searching for Fanny Wintersmith
Wintersmith went from New York to Chicago in 1863, during the Civil War. She left her two children there before returning to New York.
Winnie Linn searching for her husband, Davy Linn
Davy Linn, formerly of Chicago, Illinois, left there with an Illinois regiment around 1861, during the Civil War
George W. Dority searching for his mother and sister
Dority searching for his mother, Mary Ann Dority, and his sister, Mary Jane Dority
Geo. Gardener searching for his father Jacob Gardener
His father was freed in 1846, in Trimble County, Kentucky, and then went to Hanover, Indiana.
Mrs. L. C. Carter searching for her son Fred F. Carter
Carter, of Chicago, Illinois, searching for her son, last seen in San Francisco, California
George Harris and Mary J. Brooks reunite and remarry after 45 years
Harris and Brooks were separated by sale in 1859 in Louisiana. They found each other in 1904 and remarried in Fresno, California.
Henry Wilson reunited with his sister after 39 years
Henry Wilson, butler to four Illinois governors, finds his sister, Mrs. Hattie Webb. They were separated in 1864, when Wilson and his mother escaped from Missouri to Illinois during the Civil War.
Nathan Branch and Lee Branch, brothers, reunited after 66 years
Nathan Branch, the "oldest colored man" in Evanston, Illinois, learns that his brother lives in Macon, Georgia. They were separated by sale in 1833, in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
Mrs. Mary Myers searching for her two sons
The older son, Charles Franklin Taylor, left Champaign, IL, 20 years ago [ca 1884]. The younger, Edward Sanderson, left 9 years ago [ca 1895] for Europe.
Mr. L.E. Gideon searching for his father, Robert Gideon
Gideon, owner and originator of Gideon's Refined Negro Minstrels, is searching for his father, who enlisted in the First Kansas Colored Infantry during the Civil War
Mrs. Ella Allison and Mr. Robert Allison searching for family
Ella Allison searching for her mother, Mollie Martin, and step-father, David Martin. Robert Allison searching for Elder B. Smith.
Mary Saunders
Mary Saunders is searching for her brothers.
Mrs. Mary Smith searching for her parents and two brothers
Mary Smith is searching for her parents, Thomas and Rhody Hawkins, and her two brothers
Sallie Johnson
Sallie Johnson is searching for her three sisters, Lucretia, Eliza, and Polly Sadler
Mrs. Maria Dawson
Would like to find her daughter.
Arthur White
He would like to know the whereabouts of his mother and brothers.