Louis Hartshorn
Title
Louis Hartshorn
Subject
Information Wanted Ad
Description
Louis Hartshorn searching for Elbert Osborn, Moses, and Richard Louis Hartshorn.
Source
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
Date
March 12th, 1874
Coverage
St. Joseph, MO
Prince Williams Co., VA
Ledalia, MO
Contributor
Margaret Strolle
Transcription
Information wanted of the following
named persons, viz: Elbert Osborn Harts-
horn and Richard Louis Hartshorn, sons
of Louis and Margaret Ann Hartshorn.
Elbert A., when heard of was in Prince
Williams County, Va., in November 1861.
Richard Louis enlisted in the Union Army
at Ledalia, Mo., in 1862 have never heard
any satisfactory account of him since.
Their parents were the slaves of James
Housen, in Prince Williams Co., Va., and
removed from thence to Missouri, in 1860.
The boys were the slaves of Lawson Cal-
vin, in Prince Williams County, Va. Also
a brother, Moses Hartshorn, who was the
slave of James Housen, in same county.
Any information received by their pa-
rents. Address
LOUIS HARTSHORN,
care Rev. John Turner,
mi12 1m. St. Joseph, Mo.
named persons, viz: Elbert Osborn Harts-
horn and Richard Louis Hartshorn, sons
of Louis and Margaret Ann Hartshorn.
Elbert A., when heard of was in Prince
Williams County, Va., in November 1861.
Richard Louis enlisted in the Union Army
at Ledalia, Mo., in 1862 have never heard
any satisfactory account of him since.
Their parents were the slaves of James
Housen, in Prince Williams Co., Va., and
removed from thence to Missouri, in 1860.
The boys were the slaves of Lawson Cal-
vin, in Prince Williams County, Va. Also
a brother, Moses Hartshorn, who was the
slave of James Housen, in same county.
Any information received by their pa-
rents. Address
LOUIS HARTSHORN,
care Rev. John Turner,
mi12 1m. St. Joseph, Mo.
State
Missouri
Virginia
Files
Collection
Citation
“Louis Hartshorn,” Information Wanted Ad, The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA), March 12th, 1874, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed January 18, 2021, http://informationwanted.org/items/show/429.
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