Hollie West searching for their father George R. West

The Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN)

December 26, 1908

Information Wanted.
I am seeking my fater [father], George R.
West. His father's name was George
West and his mother was Jane Coffey.
He has several brothers and sisters:
Daniel and Willie West and Bettie,
Georgia, Priscilla and Lillian West. I
last heard of him at Vandale, Ark. My
mother's name was Sara Wortham.
I…

Solomon Terry never reunited with family

Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, MN)

February 11, 1903

EX-SLAVE ALMOST ONE HUNDRED
Never Reunited to Wife and Child Sold on
the Block.
POWERS, MICH.-Solomon Terry, an
ex-slave and well-known character, who
was almost 100 yeas old, was found near
the Cedar River Land company's camp,
No. 8. sitting near a logging road. He
was taken to the camp and died on Mon-
day from a stroke of…

Mrs. Jackson reunites with first husband

The Redwood Gazette (Redwood Falls, MN)

January 24, 1878