W.S. Meyers searching for their brother
Title
W.S. Meyers searching for their brother
Subject
Lost Friends Ad
Description
W.S. Meyers searching for their brother, George.
Source
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
Date
April 19, 1883
Coverage
Grenada, MS
AR (Arkansas)
Contributor
Margaret Strolle
Transcription
DEAR EDITOR:--I wish to
inqure for my brother. His name was
George; he belonged to Elizabeth
Madison, the wife of Balos
Madison. They sold him to John
Benson, who carried him to Arkansas,
and have never heard of him since.
My mother was Rachel Masters;
she belonged to Jesse Masters.
When he was carried away I was
quite small and lived in Oktibbeha
county, near Starkville, Miss.
Address me at Grenada Miss.
W.S. MEYERS.
inqure for my brother. His name was
George; he belonged to Elizabeth
Madison, the wife of Balos
Madison. They sold him to John
Benson, who carried him to Arkansas,
and have never heard of him since.
My mother was Rachel Masters;
she belonged to Jesse Masters.
When he was carried away I was
quite small and lived in Oktibbeha
county, near Starkville, Miss.
Address me at Grenada Miss.
W.S. MEYERS.
State
Mississippi
Arkansas
Citation
“W.S. Meyers searching for their brother,” Lost Friends Ad, Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA), April 19, 1883, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed March 7, 2021, http://informationwanted.org/items/show/1997.
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