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Brothers Nathan Branch and Lee Branch reunited after 66 years
The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL)
July 14, 1899
FORMER SLAVE BROTHERS MEET
Nathan Branch of Evanston Finds by
Chance Lee, from Whom He Was
Parted 66 Years Ago.
After a separation of sixty-six years Nathan
Branch, the oldest colored man in
Evanston, will meet his brother Lee of
Macon, Ga. The last sight they had of each
other was in an auctioneer’s room on a
plantation in…
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Austin Marshall searching for his wife Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall and her two children Granson and Jeannette
Leavenworth Daily Conservative (Leavenworth, KS)
March 5, 1863
INFORMATION WANTED.
OF MRS. ELIZABETH MARSHALL (mulatto) from the
Creek Nation. She is about eighteen years old;
has two children--the oldest, a boy named Granson, wil
be three years old next June; the youngest a girl nurs-
ing [nursing] babe, named Jeannette. They made their escape
from Maysville, it is understood, about ten days after…
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Martha Cobble finds her sons Thurston Cobble and Ned Cobble after a 40-year search
The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
August 16, 1889
A Mother's Search.
An interesting incident has just been
brought to light in Owensboro, Ky., in
which Martha Cobble, who served a
great portion of her life in slavery in
Virginia, and who forty years ago was
separated from her children, is the he-
roine. The mother and her offspring
were owned by a planter in Richmond,
Va., and at the…
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William Watson searching for his wife Nancy Watson and their children George and Jane
Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY)
March 21, 1866
WANTED.
WANTED—INFORMATION—My wife, NAN-
CY [NANCY] WATSON, colored woman, and two chil-
dren [children], George, aged 9 or 10, and Jane, aged 4 or 5, ar-
rived [arrived] in Louisville, Ky., last summer. They were
from Avoyelle Parish, La., near Marksville. We
all belonged to Mr. Cornelius Voris. I have not
heard one word from them since…
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Lucretia Palmer searching for witnesses to her pre-Civil War marriage
The Richmond Climax (Richmond, KY)
May 14, 1890
Information Wanted.
CENTRAL CITY, KY., May 10, 1890.
Editor of the Climax:
Please announce that I am anxious to
hear from some one acquainted with the
facts set forth below:
Any one having any knowledge of the
marriage of Lucretia Palmer, (colored),
(nee Maupin) on King Maupin's place,
near Rogersville, Ky., about 1858, will…
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Jno. W. Ballard searching for Jas. Coz and Scott Brannom
The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH)
March 26, 1887
Information Wanted. Wanted to know. the whereabouts of Jas. Cox and Scott Brannom. both born near Frankfort, Ky. Jas. Cox belonged to Jane Black and Scott Brannom to Jno. McClain. Any information will be thankfully received by addressing Jno. W. Ballard, Cadiz, O.
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Mrs. Clara Bashop seeking information about her daughter Patience (2nd of 4 ads)
St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
October 2, 1892
HUNTING HER CHILD.
A Former Slave Still in Search of Her
Lost Daughter.
New York, Oct. 1. - For thirty three years
Mrs. Clara Bashop of Morristown, N. J., has
been searching for her lost daughter, and she
is searching still. Tears have often flowed
over the woes of Uncle Tom, but her story is
sadder and more pathetic than the one…
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Hattie Cornell seeking her brothers George Broadie and Peter Ealum
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
March 16, 1895
I wish to learn the whereabouts of my two
brothers, George Broadie and Peter Ealum.
They left home about nineteen years ago. Our
parents were Peter and Patsey Broadie, and
lived near Lafayette, Christian County, Ken-
tucky [Kentucky]. Any information given will be greatly
appreciated, and thankfully received. Re-
spectfully [Respectfully],…
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Mary Hughes seeking the whereabouts of her sister Susan Adlet White
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
January 5, 1895
I would like to know the whereabouts of my
sister. Her name is Susan Adlet White. The
last time I saw her was at the fair in Florence,
Boone, County, Ky., in 1877. She was living
with a white family by the name of Sanders,
who lived between Walton and Union, Boone,
County, Ky. I was living with Mr. Arthur D
McFell's family, also…
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John Dryden seeking Mary Ross
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
January 5, 1895
Wanted.––The address of Agnes Ross, broth-
er [brother] of Mary Ross, a colored woman generally
known as "Lame Mary," who before 1863 was a
slave of David Castleman of Lexington, Ky.
She left Lexington suddenly about 1864 or 1865
and never returned. When last heard of
through her letters to her mother she was in or
near Belmont, Pa.…
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Sallie Johnson seeking her sisters Lucretia, Eliza, and Polly Sadler
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
August 25, 1894
I would like to know the whereabouts of my
three sisters, Lucretia, Eliza and Polly Sadler.
Our mother's name was Pricilla Sadler. She
belonged to Fannie Sadler, an old maid. Our
father's name was Ranel Spilman; he belonged
to Jim Spilman. Our home was Lael, Garrett
county, Ky., eight miles from Langston and
eleven miles from…
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Henrietta Wallace (formerly Henrietta Turner) searching for her son Thomas Taylor Turner
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
July 21, 1894
LOST RELATIVES.
I have a son; have not seen him since the war.
His name is Thomas Taylor Turner, my home
was in Madison Co., Tennessee, but I left him
in Columbus Kentucky with a man by the
name of John Stevens, who was a Telegraph
Operator. He was between the age of 7 and 8.
His father's name was Sam Turner and my
name was Henrietta…
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Mrs. Alexander Bailey (formerly Sarah Catherine Hunt) seeking her mother Margaret Hunt and relatives
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
February 27, 1896
Lost Relatives.
Mrs. Alexander Bailey, nee Sarah Catherine
Hunt, a prominent resident of our city, is de-
sirous [desirous] of locating Wm. Henry Harrison Hunt,
Mary Jane Hunt, Francis Russell Hunt, Charlie
Hunt, and Margaret Hunt, her mother: who
formerly belonged to Jim Crain and came from
Poplar Plains, Ky., to Lexington, Ky., in…
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Mrs. Annie Bell seeking her son John Scott
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
September 19, 1896
Lost Lelative.
I would like to know the whereabouts of my
son, John Scott, who left here with some race
horses some time ago. The last I heard of him
he was in some part of Nebraska, but has since
left there. Any information will be gladly re-
ceived [received]. MRS. ANNIE BELL,
Lee's Lick, Harrison Co., Ky.
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Thornton Mitchell seeking his brother Gilbert
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
March 7, 1896
Lost Relatives.
I want to find my brother Gilbert, who was
sold with my mother, Lettie Mitchell, about
1847, from Trimble county, Ky., by one Daniel
Trout. Last accounts he was a dray drive n
Memphis, Tenn. Any information will be
thankfully received. Thornton Mitchell, Mad-
ison [Madison], Ind. mar7-4t
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Annie Davis seeking William Warks
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
January 13, 1894
I would like to know the whereabouts of Wil
liam [William] Warks, who left Frankfort, Ky., about 15
years ago with race horses. Address, Annie
Davis, 165 W. Second street, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Arthur White
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
September 23, 1893
I would like to know the whereabouts of my
mother and brothers. I was born in Tennessee
and left my mother and one brother there in
'68. I then went to St. Louis, Cincinnati,
Lewisville, and to Lexington in '72 I ran on
steamer from Nashville to Cairo, Ill. I belonged
to a man by the name of Davis Seals;
youngest brother's name was…
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C. A. Carter looking for information about Woodford Cooper
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
July 29, 1893
INFORMATION WANTED.
Any information concerning Woodford
Cooper, who when last heard from was in
Shelbyville, Ky., will be reasonably rewarded by
sending his address to
C. A. Carter,
Kalispell, Mont.
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John Quincy Adams Bradley
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
March 24, 1894
Lost Relative.
Information wanted of my mother, father,
and two sisters, names: Caroline, Vincent,
Harriet and Caroline. I saw them last about
thirty years ago in Lexington, Ky., near College
hill. I was called by them "Quincy." My
name is John Quincy Adams Bradley; I lived
with Henry Clark in Lexington, Ky., at that
time. …
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Unnamed man finds his sister, Louisa Smith, through ad
The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, IN)
March 9, 1887
ROMANCES OF SLAVERY TIMES.
There are more romances of the cruel days of
slavery among the colored people, even a quar-
ter [quarter] of a century after the emancipation procla-
mation [proclamation], than white-skinned people are generally
aware. It is quite customary for inquiries to be
read from the pulpits of colored churches asking…
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Mrs. Emma Drury
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
February 18, 1893
Mrs. Emma Drury of Ensor, Davies Co., Ky.,
would like to know the whereabouts of her
brother Wm Nard or Bosley, who left Owensboro,
Ky., during the war. He is light brown
in complexion, probably forty years old; was
known as Wm. Nard when a boy; but was sold
to Nick Bosley and perhaps changed his name
to Bosley. Any information…
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Mrs. Patsey Smith (formerly Crockett) searching for her children Frank, Henry, Jane, and Ben
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
January 21, 1893
Mrs. Patsey Smith would like to find the
whereabouts of her four children, Frank,
Henry, Jane and Ben. All belonged to a
man by the name of Brown. They were
taken away from him by a man named
Crockett and brought to South Carrollton,
Ky., on Green River. Ben was left in Holly
Springs, Miss; he has not been heard from.
Frank,…
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Louthedia Larkins
Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
January 14, 1893
Information is wanted of Sam Larkins who
left Hartford, Kentucky 15 years ago. His
wife's name was Catherine and he had three
children, two boys whose name were Willie
and Lander, also one girl wh se name is
Louthedia. There are only two children living
now, Landes and Louthedia. Willie is dead,
died July 9, 1892 and mother is…
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Henrietta Wilson looking for fellow servicemen who knew William Fox
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
October 1, 1892
Information Wanted.
Any one furnishing information where a
comrade of Co. "E" 26th Regiment of U.S. Col. Vol.
Infantry, and who knew William Fox of Kentucky
can be found will receive reward by
addressing Mrs. Henrietta Wilson, 1215 East
Forest avenue. Maysville, Ky.
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Matilda Richardson
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
March 12, 1892
I desire information concerning my sister,
whose original name was Emeline Vance. She
was sold from St. Joseph, Mo., a year before
the war, by Henry Maxwell. Think she went
to Texas. She formerly belonged to the Cummin's,
of Louisville, Ky At the time of the
selling she had two sisters, myself, formerly
Matilda Vance, and Mrs.…
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