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Leroy Humbler searching for his son, Lee Andrew Humbler
Humbler's sons were carried off by the Rebels in some of their raids in southern Kentucky.
Wm. Garnet is searching for his wife and children
Garnet is searching for his wife, Jane, and his children, Willis, Abraham, and Jeney, formerly "owned by" Daniel Garnett, of Manchester, KY. He has been separated from his wife and children for 14 years [since ca. 1851].
Gibson McMurtry searching for Len Perrian
Perrian, a brick mason, is the father of Lydia Cook, who "belongs to" James McCurtry, of Bryantsville, KY. He formerly lived in Shelbyville, KY.
Joshua Oglesby searching for his son, James Oglesby
James, a "free colored boy," left his father's house in Louisville, KY, in 1862. He is supposed to have followed one of the divisions of the army.
Ellen Johnson reunited with her mother after 50 years
Johnson, age 60, reunited with her mother, reported to be 112 years old. Johnson lived in Louisville, KY. Her mother had been sold, by Ben Johnson of Frankfort, KY, and sent to New Orleans 50 years earlier [ca 1835].
Reunited and remarried after 30-year separation
Green Morgan and Prudence Croan [Prudence Brown?] remarried in Versailles, KY, in 1889. They had been separated there in 1858, when Prudence was sold and taken to a Louisiana plantation.
Vina Johnson reunited with her first husband after 43 years
Johnson's first husband, Geo. Perry, escaped from Fleming County, KY, to Canada 43 years earlier [ca 1830]. Johnson and their child were went with him but were caught and taken back to Kentucky, where they remained in slavery until the Civil War.…
Woman reunited with her first husband after more than 50-year separation
She was enslaved on a plantation near Asheville, North Carolina. Her husband was sold away from her more than 50 years earlier [ca. 1840]. In 1890 she found him living in Newport, Kentucky. (Their names are not given in the article. Additional…
Mary Stowers found her son, Willis Green, after 28-year separation
Stowers was separated from her son 28 years earlier [ca 1846], when she was sold from Owensboro, KY, to Shelby County, KY, and then again from Shelby County to Alabama. In 1874, several years after the Civil War, she went to Evansville, IN, in search…
V.J. Lancaster searching for his brother, Frank Lancaster
Searcher lives in St. Louis, MO. He and his brother formerly lived in Louisville, Kentucky.
Hyson Duncan searching for his mother, brothers, and sisters
They belonged to James Duncan, near Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky, and were separated 46 years ago [ca 1846].
David Phelps searching for his parents, Moses Phelps and Susan Phelps
His parents were in Beatville, Mississippi [Batesville?], when last heard from.
Nat Miller reunited with his sister
Nat Miller/Nate Miller/Nathan Miller, of Lawrence, Kansas, lost his sister "during slavery times." He found her in 1904.
Sisters, Julia Lyon and Emeline Skipwarth, reunited after 40 years
Emeline Skipwarth escaped from slavery in Kentucky to Michigan. Forty years later, in 1885, she found her sister, Julia Lyon, near Troy, Ohio.
John Thompson and Kitty Owens reunited and married after 25 years
Thompson and Owens enslaved on same plantation in Morgan County, Tennessee. They were separated during the Civil War but reunited in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1894 and married there.
Ed. Claybrook is searching for Samuel Pearl
Claybrook and Pearl were both of Owensboro, Kentucky.
Charlotte Powell looking for her father, Sam Mosely, mother, Elizabeth, three brothers, Harvey, Amos, and Isaac, and two sisters, Rebecca and Lucretia
Charlotte, who lived in Sacramento, CA, in 1870 placed this ad looking for her family members. Charlotte's father was owned by Joe Powell of Kentucky, who also owned Charlotte and sold her to a speculator in Louisiana.
Millie Scott searching for her son, George Coates
Her son "belonged to" Charles Handsome Coates, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Was in Clarksville, Tennessee, when last heard of.
Alexander Foley and his wife reunited and remarried after forty years
Foley, of Natchez, Mississippi, found his wife in 1891 in Carrollton, Kentucky. They had been separated by sale [in Virginia?]
John Easton found his mother after decades of searching
Easton, of Indianapolis, Indiana, found his mother, Clara Clounch, of Paducah, Kentucky. They were separated by sale when he was seven years old.
Reprinted from the Indianapolis Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN)
Reprinted from the Indianapolis Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN)
Geo. Gardener searching for his father, Jacob Gardener
His father was freed in 1846, in Trimble County, Kentucky, and then went to Hanover, Indiana.
Amanda Fields Search for Her Father, Jordan Mias
Amanda Fields looking for her father Jordan Mias, who she was seperated from in Nashville, Tennessee
Two brothers, Joshua Collins and Solomon Collins, meet in Cincinnati after decades-long separation
They ran into each other in 1867. From Fleming County, Kentucky. Joshua bought his freedom in 1849. Solomon escaped to Canada in 1837.
Jack Corkley finds his mother after 40 years
Corkley, a Louisville, Kentucky, railroad porter, found his mother in Louisiana. She was sold away from him when he was a year old.
Albert Harris and Mariah Harris reunite after 37 years and remarry
They were separated, in Kentucky, by sale 37 years earlier [ca 1849]. Albert Harris found his wife after searching since the Civil War.