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Israel Myers seeking his parents George and Mary Myers and several siblings

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 13, 1867

Information wanted of George Myers and
Mary Myers, who are my father and mother,
and George Myers, Jr., Miles Myers and
Jane Myers, my brothers and sister, former-
ly of Charleston, Mo. They left Missouri
in the fall of 1861, and came to Columbus,
Ky., where they remained a short time, and
from there they came to Cincinnati, Ohio,
and…

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Mrs. Florence Haynes searching for her brother Louis Vitchard

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

March 21, 1891

LOUIS VITCHARD––I desire to learn to learn the where-
abouts [whereabouts] of my brother Louis Vitchard from whom
I was separated at Cloutierville, La., thirty-three
years ago. Address Mrs. Florence Haynes. Ober
lin [Oberlin], Ohio.

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Mr. Goosland [Rev. Matthew Goosland], sold in 1847, finds his sister

New National Era (Washington, DC)

April 11, 1872

Story of a Slave Family.
The following is the story of a Mr. Goos-
land [Goosland], now a resident of Oberlin:
In 1847 he was sold from his wife and chil-
dren [children] in Wytheville, Virginia, and taken to
Mobile Alabama, where, after seven years
of great economy, he purchased his freedom
for the sum of $750. Soon after gaining his…

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