DEAR EDITOR: My brother left St. Charles parish in 1865 with my sister. I found her, but she died with yellow fever. She said when brother was last heard from he was in Dallas, Texas, in 1873. He is 5 feet 2 inches high, has a dark skin, and is now about 41 years old. CELESTIN WILLIS, Care Frank Nelson, Market and Annunciation streets, New…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to find my sister, Charlotte Thompson. She used to belong to Jack Thompson, and came from Pontotoc, Mississippi. She left Waco with a hotel keeper named Beard, a year or two before the war closed. I will be under many obligations for any information concerning her. My name was Fanny Thompson. I had two sisters Charlotte and…
DEAR EDITOR—I desire information concerning my long lost mother, father and brother, Mary, Julius and Dick Taylor. The last heard from they lived with Judge Taylor, Ouachita parish, Louisiana, In dividing the property I fell to Asa Wright, and was brought to Texas 48 years ago. I have not heard from them since. I hope dear friends in Alabama and…
DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my wife's brother, John Young. He lives near Kansas City, Mo , or in the State of Kansas. My wife's name is Margaret Gingard. It has been seven years since she has seen him. His wife's name is Eveline Young. I wish also to inquire for Henderson Pierson, my nephew. I left him in Meridian, Miss. Also for Millie…
DEAR EDITOR—I desire information of two brothers of mine, somewhere in Louisiana, named Belford and Patsy Mixon. Another brother here is Sandy Carter. The brothers were about 48 or 50 years old. I am a younger son of Sandy Donahoe, live ten miles west from here. B. F. DONAHOE, Beauregard, Copiah, Co., Miss.
DEAR EDITOR—I wish information of my brothers Ellis and John Dickens. They were owned by James Cummings, Rapides parish, Louisiana, eight miles below Alexandria on Red River. E. J. DICKENS, Fairfield, Freestone county, Texas.
DEAR EDITOR—Please allow me to inquire for my kin people. I now go by the name of Shack Partee. My mother was Hagar, father Richard. He belonged to a man named McKinsey, near Wilmington, North Carolina. The last heard from they said my brother Eli and sister Sallie were brought from North Carolina to near Columbus, Mississippi. Address SHACK…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for Millie Nemar and Mary Braxton. I have here a boy that left New Orleans about four years ago by the name of Shadrlick Braxton, who says he has sisters by the above names and would like to get information concerning them. M. M. MCKINNEY Granada, Miss.
DEAR EDITOR—I desire information of my sister. Her name is Florence Henry. Her mother's name is Kell Carter. Last heard from she was in Bryan. Any information concerning her whereabouts will be thankfully received. Address me in care of Rev. A. M. Gregory, Waco, Texas. B. J. HENRY.
MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for relatives. Mother's name was Frances, father's Isaac, brother's Jerry, sister's Julia Bows. They used to belong to Elihu Bows. I left them in Holmes Co., Mississippi. My name was Leanna. I married and now live in Galveston. Address, MRS. LEANNA ALEXANDER, Care Rev. V. M. Cole, Galveston, Texas.
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to make inquiry about my mother and sisters, whom I have not seen since I was a little child, and would like this notice to be read by all pastors in our church to their congregations. I was sold away from my mother when a little girl about six years old. The lady's name who owned me was Eliza Vann. She lived about a day's…
DEAR EDITOR: I wish to get some information of brother. His name is: Thaddeus M. Smith. He left Galveston year before last; he went from here to Fort Worth, and thence to New Orleans. I have never heard from him since he left here. My name is Robert Smith. If anyone can inform me of my brother, please write to me in care of P. Douglas, Galveston,…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my brother, Andy Maury, and sisters Rachel and Ann Maury, Mother's name is Mary Maury. Father's name was Louis Alston— he belonged to Mr. John Alston, of Calhoun county, Ala. We all lived on Choctaw Creek, Calhoun country, Ala. The last I heard from them (in 1868) mother was dead; brother and sister were living.…
MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my kin people. My father's and mother's names were Franklin and Esther Finley. I had three brothers, Benjamin, Tip and Daniel, and four sisters, Jane, Harriet, Laura and Missouri. John Finley was their owner, and lived in Troup county, Georgia. When I last heard from them they lived at Camden, Arkansas. At that…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my mother, brother and sister. Mother lived in Baltimore, Maryland, on South two doors from Sawsberry street. When I left, she was living with James Jone, a merchant tailor. I belonged to Jacob Graving Stein at that time. Her name name is Eliza Johnson. My brother and sister were brought to Louisiana by a negro…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my brother, Martin Lipcombe. His mother's name is Nancy Gaines. He had two uncles, Elick and Washington Gaines; two brothers, Thomas and Alfred Gaines; and two sisters, Betsie and Martha. Since the war Thomas goes by the name of Thomas Pierce. Betsie belonged to Mrs. Walker, of Mobile, and was known as Betsie…
MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my people. My father's name was Sam Wade. Mother's name was Rody Soless. She used to keep the ferry at Burton's Ferry, where she was drowned. There were seven children when I was taken away—Charles, Malinda, Rutha, Abram, Samuel, Letty and John. Charles, Malinda, and Rutha were brought to middle Tennessee by…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my sister, Emma Carrington, and my brother-in-law, Jim Carring. Jim left Centreville, Texas, in 1866 and went to Navasota. Four brothers and three sisters, George, Ellen, Victory, Willey, Dan, are dead. I have one brother living—Elias Rinehard. Mother's name is Matilda, father's George Needham. Emma and her…
MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my people. Father's name is George Robinson. Mother is dead. We belonged to Tommy Robinson, of Gum Springs, White county, Tennessee. During the old gentleman's time his will was to set us free, but three years after his death his heirs broke the will and we were put on the block and sold in Sparta, Tenn. I have…
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my brothers Richard and Daniel, whom I left in Red River county about 1862. Richard belonged to Levi Childs and Daniel to Joe Cade. When I left them I had two children, Mittie and Jemima. I did not know what names brothers went by at that time. We came from Georgia together, with Joe Cade, to Red River, Texas,…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire my people, Mike, Calliope, Susan and Jane. The last I saw of them was near Grand Gulf, Mississippi, about 1840. They went to New Orleans to their owner, Richard Harris. I left my youngest sister and eight aunts, Susan Bryant, Mary, Charlotte, Margaret, Betty, Lizzie, Peggia and Agnes Humphrey, with Capt. Geo.…
MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my folks. I left mother in Aberdeen, Miss., when I was quite a boy. Father's name was Bob White, commonly called Free Bob. He died the first year of the war and left a girl, Jane White, my sister, with mother. Bob White, my brother, belonged to Bob Ellis, who lived about nine miles from Columbus, Miss., and was a…
DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire through your paper for my lost relations whom I left in Asoor, Miss., in 1879. My mother was named File Underwood; my oldest brother name was Jerry; next was named Austin. My youngest was Alexander. My sister, was named Lucy. They belonged to the Tuillys before surrender. The last I heard of them they were Asoor…
MR. EDITOR: I want to find my brother, Joseph Alexander. He was nicknamed Tody. I have not seen him in eleven years. The last I heard of him he was in Bryan, Tex. Any information will be gladly received. Address
G. H. E. FIELDS.
Bellville, Tex.
MR. EDITOR—I want to inquire for my relatives whom I left in Hancock Town, Va., in 1862. Mother was Sarah Calebed Reliele; father was Colebed Reliele; two aunts, one named Hannah Sneed, and the other Emma Sneed;
two uncles, Peter and Thompson Sneed. I left a sister there too, by the name of Mary Suzan: She was working for a family by the name of…
