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Nat Miller reunited with his sister
Nat Miller/Nate Miller/Nathan Miller, of Lawrence, Kansas, lost his sister "during slavery times." He found her in 1904.
Mr. J. Sims reunited with his two sisters
Sims, of Capitol Hill (Washington, DC), was separated from his sisters at the outbreak of the Civil War. From Mississippi. He learned of their whereabouts in 1899.
Sisters, Julia Lyon and Emeline Skipwarth, reunited after 40 years
Emeline Skipwarth escaped from slavery in Kentucky to Michigan. Forty years later, in 1885, she found her sister, Julia Lyon, near Troy, Ohio.
Lee Barton reunited with his wife after 38 years
Lee Barton, of Houston, Mississippi, was separated from his wife in Virginia by sale 38 years earlier [ca 1853]. He found her in 1891 and they remarried.
John Thompson and Kitty Owens reunited and married after 25 years
Thompson and Owens enslaved on same plantation in Morgan County, Tennessee. They were separated during the Civil War but reunited in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1894 and married there.
Anthony Edwards and Lucinda Gibson reunited and remarried after 35-year separation
Edwards and Gibson had been enslaved in Pike County, Missouri. Edwards was sold South 35 years earlier [ca 1853]. They reunited in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1888, and remarried then.
Mrs. Anna Mollie Wright reunited with her daughter, Mrs. Anna Freeman, after 29 years
Freeman was sold in Dover, Tennessee, in 1863, during the Civil War. Reunited with her mother in 1892.
Three brothers, George Drane, Phil Dougherty, and Charley Dougherty, reunited after 60 years
Brothers reunite sixty years after being separated by sale in New Orleans in 1859
Mrs. Woodsen finds sister after 42-year separation
Mrs. Woodsen finds little sister, Mrs. Culton, of Bonne Terre, Missouri