MR. EDITOR ---- I desire to inquire
for my brother and sister. My
sister was named Lucy; she was
sold out of the Allen family to a
man by the name of Battle Esters;
he sold her to George. C. Kees, who
sold her to Tom Bates, and he sold
her to Jack Brandstutter and he
sold her to the traders. Then the
traders took her from Ray…
DEAR EDITOR -- I wish to enquire
for Dennis and Susie Venable,
natives of Ray county,
Missouri. When last heard from
they were in Mobile. They are
son and daughter of Isaac and
Sally Venable, and in Missouri
belonged to Dr. Thomas Allen.
Their mother is living in Leon,
Decatur county, Iowa, and their
brother at No. 229 Julia…