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Mary Minor searching for her daughter Sarah Minor

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 16, 1891

INFORMATION WANTED.--Of my
daughter, Sarah Minor. When last heard
from she was living in Moorestown, N. J
Any information will be gladly received.
Mary Minor, care of D. J. Beckett pastor
of Allen Chapel A. M. E. church, Staun
ton Va.

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Rebecca Mitchell searching for her son John Thomas Bass (also known as John T. Norris)

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

March 27, 1897

Inquiry Notice

I want to find my son, his name is
John Thomas Bass, but was often call-
ed John T. Norris, because his grand-
ma raised him. His mother was nam-
ed Rebecca Bass, his father Joseph
Bass, his aunt, Elizabeth Norris. He
has two uncles, Edward and Robert
Norris. He went to Chicago, and I
heard he was married and had…

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Winny Washington (formerly Winny Redget) searching for her children

Staunton Spectator (Staunton, VA)

May 24, 1870

INFORMATION WANTED.-An old colored woman, named Winny Washington, (formerly Winny Redget) has not heard from her children since the war, and any information in regard to them will be gratefully received. The names of her children are: -Rozetta, William, James, Sarah, Ellen, Nancy and Evalina Redget. Southern papers are requested to publish this…

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Franklin Booker searching for Anderson Booker

Staunton Spectator (Staunton, VA)

February 5, 1867

INFORMATION WANTED.-Any information of the whereabouts of Anderson Booker, (colored) who has not been heard from since the close of the war, will be thankfully received by the undersigned. He is supposed to be in the lower end of the Valley or on the border of Maryland. Address
FRANKLIN BOOKER,
feb 5-1t…

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A. Twyman searching for his mother-in-law Mrs. Sarah Faulkner

Staunton Spectator and General Advertiser (Staunton, VA)

October 24, 1882

INFORMATION WANTED.--A Twyman, (col-
ored [colored],) of Staunton Va., who married Edmonia
Faulkner, is anxious to find the whereabouts
of his wife's mother, Mrs. Sarah Faulkner,
whose sister was Caroline Tibbs. She went to
Marshal, Mo., from Spring Hill in Madison
county. Her daughter, the wife of A. Twy-
man [Twyman], is now living…

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Robert Anderson and Ida Pryor reunite and remarry

Staunton Daily Leader (Staunton, VA)

January 9, 1905

Romantic Lives Of Slave Couple.
A marriage license was issued at Hagerstown last week to Robert Anderson, of Weverton, aged 74 years, and Ida Pryor, of Staunton, aged 67, both colored. The story reads like a romance. The couple were married before the war and both were slaves down in South western Virginia. Anderson was sold and separated from…

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Mrs. Ellen Alexander searching for her sons, Robert C. Davis and Daniel Davis

Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)

May 6, 1871

PERSONAL.

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INFORMATION WANTED -- HAVING
lost the exact location and post office address
of my two sons, ROBERT C. and DANIEL
DAVIS, I desire to obtain such information of
them as will enable me to communicate with
them. They formerly lived at 180 St. Thomas
street, N. O. They were formerly owned by Mr.
McPheeters…

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