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W. N. Toliver searching for their mother, uncles, and aunts
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
November 5, 1885
MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my mother, uncles and aunts.
My mother's name is Ellen Toliver,
and father's name is Valentine
Toliver. They are here with me.
Uncles' names are Orns and Jem,
Robert, and Jack; Aunts Winnie,
Mary, Betsy and Phillis, their
mother's name was Judy, and she
is dead. My mother was Sophia
Johnson,…
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W. M. Steward searching for his mother Mary Burans and his siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 31, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I wish information about my mother and sisters. I have two sisters, Mary and Eliza. Mother's name is Mary Burans. My brothers' names are Patrick and Pary Augustus. I left them in Russville, Kentucky, thirty years ago and have never heard from them. They all belonged to Mr. Burans. Any information will be thankfully received. Address…
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W. M. Smith searching for his grandmother Hannah Warespoon
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
November 8, 1888
MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my grandmother. My mother left her in Lynchburg; her name is Hannah Warespoon her husband was named Brisker Warespoon; he died five miles of Lynchburg at the Warespoon Place on a little rundel bed, he was a shoemaker. After his death Rebecca was hired to Miss Bettie Green, and they went to Arkansas and left…
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W. M. Parks seeking information about his father Thomas Duncan
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 29, 1880
DEAR EDITOR - I wish to inquire
for my father, Thomas Duncan,
who was sent to Texas during the
war. Any information of him will
be thankfully received by address-
ing me at Holly Springs, Miss.
W. M. PARKS
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W. K. Williams searching for their brother Elerson Williams
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 3, 1884
MR. EDITOR--I wish to know of
the whereabouts of my brother,
Elerson Williams. Last knowledge
of him he was at Sardis, Miss., Dec.
1883. Mother and father's names
are James and Mary Williams.
There are four brothers and four
sisters of us, of whom Elerson is a
twin brother to Henderson, who is
now at Lehrton, Sunflower county,…
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W. J. Jordan searching for his uncle Platt Jordan
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
June 14, 1883
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY UNCLE
Platt Jordan. He belonged to Rev J. P.
Jordan in North Carolina, New Hanover
County. He was sold to a speculator from
a plantation by the name of Stag Park and
carried to Purgan Depot, on the Wilming-
ton and Weldon Railroad. He was heard
from in 1880. We received a letter of in-
quiry at Wilmington, N. C.,…
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W. J. Hicks seeking their uncle Henry Hicks
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 22, 1888
MR. EDITOR—I would like to hear from my uncle. His name was Henry Hicks; he belonged to Thomas Hicks in Perces Springs, Miss. His mother's name was Rosa Blackmy, his father George Blackmy. Henry left this State about the second or third year after the close of the late war, with a white man. The last time I heard from him was about two years…
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W. J. Deboe searching for his father Lewis Pearce and relatives
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
September 14, 1901
Do You Know Them?I desire to know the whereabouts of my father and relatives. His name was Lewis Pearce. He was sold to a Negro trader down South, but refused to go and ran away to Canada.I was only two weeks old and one week later, my mother, Patsy Crider died and my grand mother, Katy Crid-er [Crider] raised me to 9 years of age and she…
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W. Hopewell seeking their brother Charles Hopewell and daughter Sara Ann Thomas Hopewell
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
January 26, 1888
MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my brother. His name is Charles Hopewell. He belonged to Mr. Mr James Weathers in Clark county, Ky. That was in 1859 or 1860. I wish to inquire also for my daughter. She left Winchester, Clark county, Ky., in 1880. The last time I heard from her she was in Tennessee. Her name is Sara Ann Thomas Hopewell. Her…
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W. H. Pitzer searching for his sister Miss Maud Pitzer
Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)
May 1, 1896
AN IOWA GIRL IS LOST.
Pretty Maud Pitzer, of Silver City,
Disappears in Omaha.
OMAHA, Neb., April 29. — W. H. Pitzer,
of Silver City, Ia., has been in the city
for several days in search of his sister,
Miss Maud Pitzer, aged 21. Pitzer
says his sister was a teacher in the
schools at Hillsdale, Ia., until Monday,
April 20, when she…
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W. H. Metcalf searching for Henry Metcalf
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 5, 1880
MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire for Henry Metcalfe, who left Marion Co., Ala. in 1865, when he was but a boy. He left a mother, three brothers and two sisters. His mother's name is Phillis Metcalfe ; brothers', Armston, Charley and Joe. His mother, sisters and one brother are still living in Alabama. Armstrong and Charley are living near West…
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W. H. James searching for the daughter of Catherine Gardner
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
December 20, 1883
MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire
for my daughter who was sold in
Texas during the war by Mr. Pierre
LaQuor. Her name was Virginia
but was called Jennie. She has a
sister Octavia, and brothers Arthur
and Charles. I received a letter
from her in 1870 or 1871, but have
not heard from her since. I wish
to know where she is, or…
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W. H. Jackson seeking Jeff Davis McCann
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
October 6, 1881
MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire
for a young friend of mine who left
home in March 1879, he went to
Wardsville, Austin county, just
below San Felipe. I saw him at
Wardsville in September in the
same year; he was then living with
one John Williams; his name is Jeff
Davis McCann. The last time I
heard of him he was in Montgomery…
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W. H. Jackson searching for his uncle Jonah Hartley
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 7, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I am seeking the whereabouts of my Uncle Jonah Hartly. Mr. Edwin A. Glover bought him from his first owner, Capt. Hartly, and brought him to Texas. Uncle being very sickly, and unable to work, he sent him back to Alabama, Marengo Co., about one year before emancipation. He left his wife here. Her name is Mary Ann. My mother, Jonah's…
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W. H. Jackson reconnected with Turner Petty's people
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 24, 1884
MR. EDITOR.--I have got a let-
ter from Turner Petty's people
through the inquiry in the paper.
God bless the paper. It is bring-
ing the people together.
W. H. JACKSON.
Brenham, Texas.
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W. H. Jackson looking for Baptist preacher Timins Gray
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
November 3, 1881
DEAR EDITOR—I want to inquire about a Baptist preacher living in Little Rock, Arkansas, by the name of Timins Gray. I know two of his sisters and one brother belongs to the M. E. Church, but they live forty miles from me. Their names are Joanna and Margaret and Johnny Rolins; their father's name was Uriah Rollins. They belonged to Billy Rollins.…
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W. H. Gilliam seeking Mrs. Johnson (formerly Miss Hannah Harmer).
The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH)
February 12, 1887
Information Wanted Of Miss Hannah Harmer or Mrs. Johnson, widow, daughter of Elizabeth and John Harmer, who formerly resided east of Toronto, Can., near Sharkhill and Brooksbush. Left Toronto in 1864, in company with her mother and brother, Thomas Harmer, en route for Buffalo and left the latter place for Wisconsin, Iowa or Indiana. Was reported…
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W. H. Cooper searching for his brother Isaiah Cooper
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
November 30, 1879
MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my brother. His name is Isaiah Cooper. He used to belong to one Mark A. Cooper, who now lives in East county, Ga., which is now called Barto county. When last heard of, he was going to Nashville, Tenn. At the present we are all living. His father is living in Austin, and all of the children are in Texas but him.…
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W. H. Byrd searching for their brother Charley Byrd
Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)
May 23, 1891
CHARLEY BYRD.—I wish to find my brother Char
ley [Charley] Byrd. He used to belong to Jack Graves. He
left here about 8 years ago. When last heard from
he was in Greenville, Miss. Address, W. H.
Byrd, Green's Crossing, Hinds County, Miss.
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W. H. Anderson searching for three Civil War soldiers' service information
The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL)
October 30, 1920
Information Wanted
Any person, Grand Army post, or
relative of William Green, who was
killed at the Battle of Manassas, who
can give any information of his service
in the U. S. Army, or any facts
as to his death, the name of the commanding
officer, of company or regiment,
will please communicate with
the undersigned. Would like…
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W. G. Robinson searching for Joseph N. Robinson
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)
January 2, 1882
INFORMATION wanted of the whereabouts of
Joseph N. Robinson (colored), of Pittsburg, Penn.,
lately employed at St. James Hotel, Cincinnati.
Address W. G. ROBINSON, No. 88, cor. Sixth and
Penn sts., Pittsburg, Penn. 1*2
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W. D. McEachern seeking information about his brother John McEachern
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
September 28, 1899
Information wanted of John Mc
Eachern, aged about 35. he left
Homer, S. C., Marion county, ten
years ago and went to Florida, and
I received unreliable information
that he had been killed in Florida.
Ministers in Georgia, Florida and
Alabama please read to their con-
gregations. Any information of
him will be liberally rewarded by
his…
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W. D. F. Pyle searching for his mother Christian Ann Belgrove and several siblings (1st of 2 ads)
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
May 18, 1893
INFORMATION WANTED
--Of my mother Christian Ann
Belgrove, of my brother Walter
Howard and sisters, Francis and
Margaret Belgrove, of my brother,
J. J. D. Pyle, of my Uncle John
Argard and daughters, Elizabeth
and Harriet Argard, of my Aunt
Jaminah and her children. Any
information of any of the above
named persons will be…
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W. D. Drummond searching for his brother John Drummond
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
November 7, 1889
Dar Editor: I have a brother that I have not seen for years. His name is John Drummond. He was given to his young mistress when she married a man by the name of Bailey Lear, from South Carolina. His mother is Charlotte Drummond. He had five brothers, Martin, Albert, James, Wate, and W. D. Drummond. He left South Carolina to go to Alabama; and the…
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W. D. Davis searching for two lady friends
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 20, 1882
MR EDITOR--I desire to inquire
for two lady friends, Misses Mary
Jane Holmes and Mary Jane
Brown. Miss Holmes was a native
of Mississippi, and lived in Memphis,
289 Union street, and part of
that time at Bantyre Station, Tenn.
I last saw her in December, 1880,
and have not been able to hear
from her. Miss Brown was a
school…
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