Alexander Foley and his wife reunited and remarried after forty years
The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY)
November 27, 1891
REUNITED.
Slaves of Over Forty Years Ago Meet and
Will Be Remarried.
CARROLLTON, Ky., Nov. 27.—Alexander
Foley, of Natchez, Miss., a former
slave, arrived here a few days ago to
visit Dr. Goslie, who used to be his old
master. His surprise could be imagined
when he was told by Dr. Goslie that his
wife who was sold from him forty years
ago, was living in Carrollton.
Mr. Foley told the following story:
He had not been married long when his
wife was sold and taken south, while he
was sold to parties who took him further
north. Neither could read or
write, and as years rolled by he naturally
thought that his wife died. Both, it
developes, remarried, he settling in Virginia,
while the wife settled in this city.
Foley's second wife died a few years
ago, as did his first wife's husband.
Foley says divine providence brought
them together, and he made himself
known. His wife recognized him at
once, and he took his Thanksgiving
dinner with his spouse of ante-bellum
times. The couple will be reunited in a
few days.
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