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Armistead Buckley is searching for his wife, Melinda Elzea
The Anglo-African (New York)
May 27, 1865
INFORMATION WANTED of Melinda Elzea, who ten
years ago was in Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri. Any
information in regard to her will be thankfully received
by her husband, who may be addressed, care Armistead
Buckley, Victoria, Vancouver's Island. 199-2t.
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John Williams searching for his wife Julia Williams and her son John
Topeka Tribune (Topeka, KS)
August 30, 1862
INFORMATION WANTED.--Of Julia
Williams (colored) and John, her
child about 12 years old, supposed to
be in company with Joe and Amanda
Miles, all of whom came from George-
town [Georgetown], Pettis Co., Mo. Address the
husband.
JOHN WILLIAMS, Topeka.
(Papers please copy.)
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Charles Owens searching for his brother Harry Bowen
Ottumwa Courier (Ottumwa, IA)
January 14, 1869
Information Wanted.
A colored man commonly called
Harry Bowen, escaped from his mas-
ter [master], Jerry Wayland, near St. Fran-
cisville [St. Francisville] Mo., about New Years night
1859.
It is supposed that he went to
Chicago, and from there to Canada,
but has not been heard from since
his escape, notwithstanding the
three…
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Cynthia Scruggs searching for her three daughters
The Daily Kansas Tribune (Lawrence, KS)
August 13, 1878
Looking for the Children. Aunt Cynthia Scruggs, formerly a slave of Nathaniel Scruggs, of Jackson county, Mo., now lives in this city. She had three daughters, named respectively, the oldest, Francis Ann, a slave of Henry Chick; and Virgin Mary and Tamantha Jane, slaves of Rev. Thomas Johnson, now deceased. These children were all sold before the…
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Mrs. Susie McGurth searching for her sister Mrs. Ann Payne
St. Louis Palladium (St. Louis, MO)
October 14, 1905
Notice! Notice!! Notice!!!
The whereabouts of Mrs. Ann Payne,
who formerly lived on Targee street
now known as Johnson street, is desired
by her sister, Mrs. Susie McGurth,
living at 1546 South Second street. She
would be pleased to find her.
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V. J. Lancaster searching for his brother Frank Lancaster
St. Louis Palladium (St. Louis, MO)
November 26, 1904
V. J. Lancaster, of 2206 Walnut
street, wishes to find the whereabouts
of his brother, Frank Lancaster. They
formerly lived in Louisville, Ky. Call
at Palladium office.
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Robert Johnson searching for his son George Henry Johnson
St. Louis Palladium (St. Louis, MO)
October 24, 1903
The whereabouts of one George
Henry Johnson, who lived in Concordia
parish, La. He left there
in 1872. We learn that he moved
to East Baton Rouge, La. He has one
sister, named Millie Johnson. His father's
name is Robert Johnson, who
now sells The Palladium, and his stepmother
is Abbie Johnson. They now
live at 209 South Fifteenth…
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Stanley P. Mitchell searching for James H. Rogers (also known as James Washington)
St. Louis Palladium (St. Louis, MO)
April 13, 1907
$2000 FOR JAMES H. ROGERS
LAST HEARD OF IN ST. LOUIS.
To the Paladium.
Please give me space in your columns
to locate one, James H. Rogers.
He has relatives in this state, and
upon his presence depends the settlement
of a will involving several thousand
dollars. $2,000 will be paid to
James Rogers, the senior brother of
T. C.…
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Caroline Halloway searching for her sister Frances Austin
St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)
August 28, 1884
LOST--Sister--Frances Austin was her name when
sold to speculator Bess, 27 or 28 years ago. She is
about 45 years old, mulatto, and had one child when
sold. We belonged to Andy Austin. Our mother's
name was Cloa. She came to her death hanging herself.
She had three children, Amos, Frances and
myself, Caroline. We all lived at or near…
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Miles P. Wood seeking the name of his brother Gabriel Wood's regiment and company
St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)
September 7, 1879
Information Wanted.
To the citizens of the United States: GEN-
TLEMEN—Will some of you be so kind as to tell
me what was the name of the colored regiment,
if so it was called one, stationed at or on Presi-
dent Island, about five miles below Memphis,
Tenn? I had a brother who enlisted in it, I
suppose in 1861, also served as a soldier until…
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Martha Hunt searching for her son William Talbert
St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)
December 31, 1884
WANTED--Information of William Talbert (colored),
supposed to be in Memphis, Tenn., sold by
Henry Patterson in 1852. Any information will be
thankfully received by his mother, Martha Hunt,
Sacramento ave., St. Louis, Mo. Memphis papers
please copy.
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Absalom Fouts/Absolom Faust (two items: ad and reply)
The St. Joseph Weekly Gazette (St. Joseph, MO)
January 30, 1894 (ad)
January 31, 1894 (reply, in two parts)
ABSALOM FOUTS WANTED.
Postmaster Atkinson yesterday received
a communication from the postoffice
department at Washington making
special inquiry for the whereabouts
of Absalom Fouts, who at the last
known of him was in this city or vicinity.
The department has matters
of importance in hand in which Fouts
is interested and his…
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Eliza Montgomery searching for her brother Dick Bush
Baptist Times (Garnett, KS)
March 1892 [published in a monthly newspaper]
Lost.
I wish to find my brother, Dick
Bush. who was born in Tennessee,
and wae the slave of Edward Bush, a
negro trader, who was our father.
My mother, Fannie Bush, was sold to
Thompson, a negro trader, who sold
her and left us two very small children
alone. I was then sold, in or near
Nashville, Tenn. to a Mr. Holiway
who…
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H. C. Binford is searching for Mr. John H. Branford
The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)
March 29, 1895
Do You Know Him?
I desire to know the whereabouts of
Mr. John H. Branford. He left Birm-
ingham [Brimingham] in 1886 and was last heard from
in St. Louis, Mo , in 1887. He then
wanted to join the U.S. Army. John
has two sisters living named respective-
ly [respectively], Emma Robinson and Sophia Craft.
Any information will be…
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Mrs. Lydia Gee searching for her sons Stephen and Albert Gee
The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)
December 1, 1899
Wanted.
I wish to find my two sons, Stephen and
Albert Gee. The last heard of them they
were in St Louis. Send information to
this paper or to me. Mrs Lydia Gee,
47 Ruth Street. Memphis Tenn.
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General Butler searching for Rebecca and Patsey
St. Louis Evening Post (St. Louis, MO)
October 15, 1878
TWO WOMEN WANTED.
By a Gentleman Who Asks the Police to
Help Him Find Them.
Information is wanted of the whereabouts of
Rebecca, a mulatto, and Patsey, a black woman,
who were once the servants of Mrs. Caroline
B. Trumbull, of the State of Louisiana,
by Gen. Butler, who is stopping at Major Butler's
residence, No. 1520 Lucas…
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Anthony Edwards and Lucinda Gibson reunited and remarried after 35-year separation
Mexico Weekly Ledger (Mexico, MO)
November 29, 1888
An Old Slave Marriage.
The Parties to It United After
Thirty-Five Years' Separation.
From the Globe Democrat.
An instance almost strange as
fiction itself occurred in the marriage
license department at the Recorder's
office yesterday. It appears
that about fifteen years previous
to the late civil war a colored
man, who now gives…
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Mr. Harrison Reed searching for his mother Mary Wilson/Mary Hogan
Arkansas Weekly Mansion (Little Rock, AR)
February 16, 1884
INQUIRY.
Wanted to know the where-
abouts [whereabouts] of my mother who used to
belong to the one Mr. Wilson who
lived at Fort Scott, Kansas, she
went by the name of Mary Wil-
son [Wilson] or Mary Hogan. Her chil-
drens [childrens] names were Jack, Thomas,
Bob, Susan, Ben, Emma, and
Anna. Inquire for a woman that
has the child by…
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Mahardy Colbert searching for his son Benjamin Franklin Colbert
Leavenworth Daily Conservative (Leavenworth, KS)
November 4, 1864
Information Wanted!
In relation to the whereabouts of one colored man
named BENJAMIN FRANKLIN COLBERT, son of
Mahardy Colbert, of Chocktaw and Chickasaw
Nation. It appears that Benjamin Franklin Colbert,
was claimed to be a recruit, enlisted by Captain Van
Horn, for the 1st Colored regiment, at Sax and Fox
Agency, Kansas, in April or…
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Mrs. Sue Jones seeking people formerly enslaved by David Roach
Yazoo City Herald (Yazoo City, MS)
March 16, 1900
Information Wanted.
Any white person or ex-slave that lived
on the plantation of the late David Roach
on Wolf Lake, Yazoo county, during the
war, will confer a favor by sending their
names and post-office address to either the
Herald Office, Yazoo City, or to
MRS. SUE JONES,
mh2-4t Thayer, Missouri.
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Dollie Ingram searching for her mother Margaret Ingram
Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR)
November 11, 1871
The Des Arc Citizen, of the 7th, con-
tains [contains] the following items:
Dollie Ingram, colored, who was taken
from Devalls Bluff to Missouri when
quite small, desires to know the where-
abouts [whereabouts] of Margaret Ingram, her mother,
who formerly belonged to Henry Ingram.
Any information in regard to her,
whether dead or…
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Mr. Robert Moore searching for his children
The Helena Independent (Helena, MT)
November 17, 1883
INFORMATION WANTED!
Mr. Robert Moore (colored) can hear of something to his interest from his children in St. Louis at his office.
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Anna Barnett searching for Jesse Henry Johnson
Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)
May 23, 1891
JESSE HENRY JOHNSON—Is a brown skin youth
with a broad face. He has large ears which stand
off from his head. The first joint of the little
finger of his left hand is off. He was born in
Vicksburg, Miss. He is 18 years oly. He left me
two years ago in Washington County, Miss. Ad-
dres [Addres], Anna Barnett, 3315 Manchester Road, St.…
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Rev. C. D. White searching for their sister Mary Lilly
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
Februrary 14, 1889
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SISTER, Mary Lilly. Her husband's name was [Indecipherable] Lilly. Have not seen her-in e 186[Indecipherable]. At that time she was slave of Hubert Williams in B one Co, Mo. Her sister's name was Lucinda Miller afterwards Lucinda Mason Any information as to her whereabouts will be thankfully received. Address Rev C.D.…
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Dulcina Hall searching for her father Isaac Tolson
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
February 14, 1889
Information wanted of one Isaac Tolson He left Howard county Mo. many years ago. The last heard of him he was in Canada. He had a daughter named Dulcina. If any one can give any information of his whereabouts they will please inform his daughter, Mrs Dulcina Hail, at Clinton, Henry county, Mo.
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