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Mrs. Charlotte M. Cook (formerly Charlotte Price) searching for Thomas Price
The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL)
December 25, 1920
Thomas Price Wanted
Any one knowing the whereabouts of
Thomas Price, whose father's name
was Richard (Dick) Price, home in
Munican, Va., who was a slave, own-
er's [owner's] name Samuel Bowles, kindly no-
tify [notify] Mrs. M. C. Cook, maiden name,
Charlotte M. Price, 65 Hayden St.,
Springfield, Mass. Had five sisters by
the name of…
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Mr. L. E. Gideon searching for his father Robert Gideon
The Topeka Plaindealer (Topeka, KS)
July 27, 1906
INFORMATION
WANTED
OF THE WHEREABOUTS OF ROBERT
GIDEON. He was born in or near the town of
Harrisonville, Cass County, Mo. He was a slave and
at the out-break of the war enlisted in the First Kansas
Colored Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He
may have went by the name of Rhine or McAfee, having
been owned by both…
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Julia Harrison searching for Julius Harrison
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
March 21, 1889
INFORMATION WANTED. INFO MAT ON WANTED OF JUL US HARR. so, formerly of Tar oro, N.C. He is suppos d to ba[Indecipherable]e go e to Baltimore la t Apr l to learn the baker s t[Indecipherable]ade. He is nephew of Rev. M.b. Matthewson of Tarboro, N.C. Any information as o his whereab uts will b gladly received by Julia Harris n, No, 5 Fruit St.…
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Mrs. Milla Dawsey (formerly Milla Bond) searching for her son and her brothers
The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, MA)
April 10, 1898
LAST SAW SON WHEN HE WAS SOLD.
Aged Negro of East Boston Advertising
for News of Brothers and Son, Who
Were Sold Before the War.
In one of the weekly papers devoted
to the interests of the colored people,
and published widely throughout the
country as a religious paper, recently
appeared a peculiar advertisement, which
reads…
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William Robinson (formerly William Volantine) searching for his brother Daniel Cromwell (formerly Joshua Volantine)
Liberator (Boston, MA)
March 2, 1849
INFORMATION WANTED. William Volantine, now
named William Robinson, who was once a slave in
Baltimore, and now living in New Bedford, wishes to
know where his brother is, who was a slave in the
same place, but came from Baltimore about three
years since to Philadelphia. His name was Joshua
Volantine, but he received the name of Daniel…
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Benjamin Rullen searching for John Moore
Liberator (Boston, MA)
March 11, 1853
INFORMATION WANTED of a colored man
named JOHN MOORE, formerly of Swedesboro', N. J.,
but who, when last heard from, which was about seven
or eight weeks ago, was lying sick in the city of Boston.
He was a black man, of about forty years of age, and
a person of most excellent character. Some of his
former friends feel much anxiety about him,…
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John Dipper searching for his brother Daniel Merr
Liberator (Boston, MA)
April 28, 1832
INFORMATION WANTED.
JOHN DIPPER of Williamsburgh, Va. is anx-
ious [anxious] to obtain information of his brother, Dan-
iel [Daniel] Merr, who left Williamsburgh about 40 years
ago, and was heard of as living in Boston within the
last 17 years. A person by the name of Cesar La-
fayette [Lafayette], of Boston, was well acquainted with Merr.…
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Madison Harris searching for Susan Cozzins, Henry Cozzins, and Lizzie Watson
Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
February 23, 1876
PERSONAL.
INFORMATION WANTED of SUSAN
and HENRY COZZINS (colored), who were
living in Richmond in 1865; also, of LIZZIE
WATSON, sister of Martha Ragscale, who was at
Burkeville in 1870. Address
MADISON HARRIS,
17 Beacon street,
fe22-2t* Boston, Mass.
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Anderson Lewis looking for information about his sisters Mrs. Sarah Scott and Mrs. Jane Harris
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
October 3, 1903
Do You Know Them?
I would like to know the whereabouts
of my sisters. When last heard
of about thirty years ago one was living
in Rappahannock county, Va. Her name
was Mrs. Sarah Scott. The other, Mrs.
Jane Harris, lived in Richmond, Va.,
I had a nephew who lived on Church
Hill. His mother's maiden name was
Polly Fox. I will pay…
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Anderson Lewis searching for his sister Sarah Scott
The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)
February 11, 1904
WANTED--Address of Sarah
Scott (colored) by her brother,
Anderson Lewis: 717 Union street,
Springfield, Mass.
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Mrs Byard seeking information about Robert Byard, believed to be her husband (two ads)
St. Albans Daily Messenger (St. Albans, VT)
November 26, 1898
Information Wanted.
Information is wanted of Robert Byard,
a colored man who enlisted in Company
C, Fourth Massachusetts colored
troops, March 25th, 1865, and was mustered
out August 20, 1865.
At the time of his enlistment Byard
gave his residence as St. Albans, Vt.
An aged colored woman residing at
New Rochelle N. Y.,…
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Unnamed person searching for Elsie R. Johnson
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
August 4, 1917
DO YOU KNOW HER?
Five dollars reward for any infor-
mation [information] concerning the whereabouts
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of Elsie R. Johnson, colored, formerly
of Winchester, Mass.
Last heard from, Sept. 11, 1916,
then working for a lady, by the name
of Mrs. A. B. Sloane, 174 W. 79th
Street, New York.
Address Box 73-I-R4,
Washington…
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