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Mrs. Hattie M. Branum (formerly Hattie Hackett) searching for her mother Lucy Hackett

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

March 9, 1907

Do You Know Her?
I would like to know the where
abouts of my mother, Lucy Hackett.
I have not seen her for twenty eight
years. I, her daughter, Hattie
Hackett, was placed in the Colored
Home in West Philadelphia.
The white lady with whom she
lived for years, said that she mar
ried [married] from her house and went to
Virginia to…

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Mrs. H. Price seeking her sister Catherine Hill

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

June 13, 1891

An Inquiry.Catherine Hill, my sister who was sold by Benjamin Harrison from Jack Shop Madison county. Her mother’s name was Jane, father, Moses Hill. He belonged to James Walker. Address Mrs H. Price 1915- 8th St. Washington, D.C.

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Mrs. Emma Moore searching for her sister Hattie Cunningham

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

August 22, 1896

Do You Know Her?

Mrs. Emma Moore, of Salisbury, N.
C., is in the city looking for Hattie
Cunningham. She was to meet her
Friday, but as she came on the excursion
Monday, she did not see her.
Mrs. Moore is stopping outside the
corporation at present, and is waiting
to hear as to the whereabouts of
her sister. She says, she left…

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Mrs. Emma J. Wilson looking for her sister Mrs. Mary Louisa Randolph (nee Mary Louisa Furguson)

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

July 28, 1894

Do You Know Her.
I would like to know the whereabouts
of my Sister Mrs. Mary Louisa Randolph
nee Miss Furguson. She left Petersburg,
Va., for Baltimore, Md., in the
year '79 and remained there for several
years. When I last heard from her was
Feb. 28, 1887. She was then in New
Haven, Conn., 84 Canal St. Any information
of her…

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Mrs. Elmyra Winn looking for her father Walker Haskins

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

June 30, 1894

Lost Father.
I was brought to Missouri from Richmond,
Va., when but 3 years of age.
My brother, sister and myself, the two
former are now dead. I being alone, am
quite desirous of ascertaining the
whereabouts of my long lost father, who
I have been told is yet alive. His name
is Walker Haskins, his wife, Sylvia Haskins,
died…

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Mrs. Ella Harris or Mrs. Chas. Smith searching for relatives and friends

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 21, 1899

Do You Know Them?
I, Mrs. Ellis Harris, the wife of Mun-
ford [Munford} Harris, born in Caroline county
and having been a refugee to Hampton
county and being an honorable and
efficient member of the Brothers and
Sisters of Love and Charity, desire
to let any and all of my friends know
where I am through the columns of
your valuable…

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Mrs. Eliza Cooper searching for her relatives Dinah McSharon and her children Sue, George, and Agnes McCharon

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

February 26, 1898

Do You Know Them?

COLUMBIA S.C., Feb. 21, 1898.

I desire to know the whereabouts
of my relatives. They were carried to
Richmond by Mr John or Robert Mc
Bride from Abbeville, S.C., at the
first year of freedom.
Dinah McSharon, Sue, George and
Agnes McCharon are their names. Dinah
is the mother of these children
Any information…

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Mrs. D. Thornell reunited with her father William Moss

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 9, 1891

The Lost Found.Mr. and Mrs. D. Thornell of Brad-ford [Bradford], Pa. are in the city on a visit to her father, William Moss, of this city. It seems that Mrs. Thornell has been awayfor 20 years. Recently she had an en-quiring [enquiring] notice inserted in the PLANET, inorder to find her father. He saw it and wrote to her. The result is that she,…

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Mrs. Charlotte Mason searching for Mr. Albert H. Harris

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

November 7, 1903

--If Mr. Albert H. Harris, former-
merly of Rochester, N. Y., will com-
municate [communicate] with Mrs. Charlotte Mason,
814 North 3rd Street, Richmond, Va.,
he will receive information of interest
to him. 2t

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Mrs. Charlotte Brown searching for her relatives James and Emily Macon

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

January 8, 1898

Do You Know Them?

ROANOKE, VA., Dec 21, '97

I desire to know the whereabouts of
my relatives, James Macon and Emily
Macon, formerly of Powhatan Co.
Any information will be thankfully
received. They reside I think in eith-
er Richmond or Manchester.
(Mrs.) CHARLOTTE BROWN,
In care J.B. Osborne,
[undecipherable] Fifth Avenue,…

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Mrs. Celia Bankhead searching for her mother Mary Halingworth

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

February 27, 1897

Do You Know Her.

I desire to know the whereabouts of
my mother - Mary Halingworth. When
last heard from she was in Paris, Miss
I have not heard from her for many
years. She is of a light-brown com-
plexion. Any information concerning
her whereabouts will be thankfully re-
ceived by her daughter,
Mrs. CELIA BANKHEAD,
Corinne, Utah

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Mrs. Caroline Clemments searching for her daughter Lillie Clemments

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

April 20, 1901

Do You Know Her.
I would like to know the wherea-
bouts [whereabouts] of my daughter, Lillie Clem-
ments [Clemments]. She left Richmond 4 years
ago with Mrs Randolph Norris for
Yonkers, N. Y , after which she moved
to East Orange N J.
The last I heard of her, she was in
New York. Any information will be
thankfully received by her…

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Mrs. C. Goodlette seeking Harrison Hurbert

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

November 27, 1915

DO YOU KNOW HIM? I, would like to know the whereabouts of Harrison Hurbert, who was discharged from the Petersburg Insane Asylum in the year of 1913 as cured. MRS. C. GOODLETTE, 131 Main Street, New Rochelle, N. Y.

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Mrs. Bettie Tucker searching for her brother, William Henry Jones

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

April 27, 1907

Do You Know Him?

I would like to know the where-
abouts of my brother, William Henry
Jones, of 37th St., New York City.
He was last seen there in June, 1906
Since that time no one has been able
to locate him. His mother is nam-
ed Louisa Jones, his father, Roland
Jones, sister, Bettie Tucker, all of
Church Road, Va. Any one who
knows…

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Mrs. Bettie Graves is searching for her grandmother

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 15, 1909

Want to Find Her.
Mrs. Bettie Graves, of Radnor, Pa.,
is very anxious to locate or hear
something of the whereabouts of
her grandmother, Mrs. Annie Kelley.
Address all communications to,
MRS. BETTIE GRAVES,
Care of Mrs. Henley,
Radnor, Pa.

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Mrs. Arlena Parish searching for Julius Edward Parish

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 22, 1904

Do You Know Him?
Any one knowing the whereabouts of
Julius Edward Parish, son of Ephraim
and Mary Parish or relatives, (relatives
formerly live in Newport [indecipherable, possibly News] Va.)
[undecipherable] communicate with [undecipherable]
MRS. ARLENA PARISH,
35 Spring Street,
Newark, N. J.

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Mrs. Annie Powe seeking her father Gilbert, mother Leah Miles, sisters Mary Ann and Levy, and an unnamed brother

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

April 7, 1894

Do You Know Them ?
_________

LAKE SCOTT CO., MISS.
To whom this may concern:
I am inquiring for my long lost people
whom I left in Richmond, Va., before
the war. My father was named Gilbert.
My mother was named Leah Miles, one
sister was named Mary Ann Miles, one
was named Levy Miles. The name of
my brother I have…

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Mrs. Anne Matthews searching for her husband, Benjamin Curry

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

March 29, 1902

Do You Know Him?

I would like to know the where-
abouts of Benjamin Curry to whom I
was married long before John Brown's
Insurrection. We had two children.
He being a slave was sold away from
me to Richmond, Va., and I have not
heard from him since. His master's
name was Isaac Foulk of Harpers' Fer-
ry, Va.

Any information will be…

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Mrs. Anne Johnson searching for her brother John Elisha Garner

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

April 3, 1897

Do You Know Them?
I desire to know the whereabouts of my
brother, John Elisha Garner. He
was born at Clover, Halifax County,
Va., and was one of four children,
three brothers one sister. The
parents namei were Oliver and Mary
Garner. When last heard from in De-
cember 1886, he was in Danville, Va.
Any information will be thankfully…

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Mrs. Alice Granville searching for her sister Miss Mary E. Tomlinson and aunt Ellen Smith

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

March 15, 1902

Do You Know Her?
Mrs. Alice Granville, residence,
No. 100 Sawyer street, Boston,
would like to know the whereabouts of
her sister, who was a Miss Mary E.
Tomlinson, adopted some years ago by a
Mrs. Priscilla Davis at Portsmouth, Va.,
and also same of an Aunt, whom was a
stewardess on a boat, plying between
Norfolk via Baltimore. Maiden…

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Mrs. A. G. Jackson searching for Mrs. Louisa Pollox

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 13, 1893

Do You Know ThemPortland, Me., April 27th, 1893.To the Editor of RICHMOND PLANETDear Sir:--Information is wanted of Mrs. Louisa Pollox formerly of New Orleans but now of Kingsville, Tenn. Her grand-daughter [granddaughter] Mrs. Louisa Palmer nee Gor-don [Gordon] is anxious to known her whereabout [whereabouts], when last heard from she was in…

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Mrs. A. A. Martin searching for her husband Armistead A. Martin

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

April 30, 1910

Whereabouts of Mr. Martin.
Kindly let me know what you can
of a party by the name of Armistead
A. Martin. I think he has some rela-
tives [relatives] in Richmond and his mother
resides in New London, Conn.
He disappeared from home very
mysteriously April 13, 1910.
If you can furnish any information
of his whereabouts or his…

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Moses Mark Braxton searching for his father Frank Braxton's people

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

November 14, 1914

DO YOU KNOW THEM.

I would like to know the where-
abouts of some of my relatives. My
mother died when I was 4 years old
and my father, Frank Braxton placed
me in the Colored Orphan Home, in
Washington, D. C. On Jan. 8th,
1872, I was adopted by Emily John-
son.

When I grew up I found that my
father had died. I had an Uncle,
but I have…

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Mollie Smith searching for her sisters Misses Sarah and Emily Smith

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

July 24, 1897

INFORMATION WANTED

Of Misses Sarah and Emily Smith by
their sister, Mollie Smith, 716 West
Franklin St. They used to belong to
Jesse H Hare of Lynchburg, Va.
Any information of their where-
abouts will gladly received by their
sister
MOLLIE SMITH,
716 West Franklin St., Richmond, Va.
7,24-2t.

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Mollie Curren (nee Agnes Thorp) searching for her aunts and uncle

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 5, 1907

Wants to Find Them.

I would like to know the where-
abouts of some of my people. Lew-
is Smith, my uncle is of dark brown
complexion. When last heard of he
was in Arkansas. My aunt, Sallie
Anne Thorp married a Spaniard some
years ago. I had another aunt
named Patsy Thorp. She was sold
during slavery and when last heard
of was…

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