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  • Tags: desertion (spousal)
  • Desertion (spousal) identifies ads in which the person placing the ad is seeking information about a spouse who has disappeared without warning or (identified) cause. During the Civil War and its aftermath, some men took advantage of the disruption and chaos of war to leave their wives/families and start new lives elsewhere. Many of these ads, however, concern spousal desertions that took place long after the war's end.

America Low seeking her husband Stephen Low

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Andrew Baylis searching for his wife Betsy Robinson

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Austin Marshall searching for his wife Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall and her two children Granson and Jeannette

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Bell Oldham searching for her husband Carey Oldham

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C. G. Dunham searching for his mother Ann Elizabeth Garrison (formerly Eliza Wells)

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C. M. Moore seeking their brother-in-law Hart

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Catherine Johnson searching for her husband John Johnson

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Diney Boaz seeking information about her husband Frank Boaz

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E. H. Lampkins searching for his former wife Mrs. Bennie Jacko (formerly Mrs. Bennie Lampkins)

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Elizabeth Allen searching for husband Alexander Allen

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F. J. Hunter searching for his mother Nanby Whittecar and several siblings

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Fannie Robinson searching for her husband Cayrel Robinson

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G.W. Kinebrew searching for his wife Angie Downaldson

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H. P. Treat searching for Waddy Smith

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J. C. Walker searching for their brother John Carter

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J. U. Bishop searching for his wife Rebecca Bishop

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James H. Cooper searching for his son William Alonzo Cooper

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John Organ Corby searching for his mother

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Joseph Hatcher searching for his wife, Maria Hatcher, and daughter, Emma Hatcher, and the reply (two ads)

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Lizzie Inloes searching for her husband William Inloes

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Maria Green (formerly Maria Moore) searching for relatives Mike, Calliope, Susan, and Jane

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Maria Pope searching for her husband Andrew

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Mary Crump searching for her husband George Reuben Crump

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Mary J. Richmond searching for her son Peter Moore Jr

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