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Washington Waller searching for his father Washington Waller Sr.

The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)

May 5, 1864

Information Wanted,
Of Washington Waller, senior, by
his son, Washington Waller, who was
formerly a slave, belonging to Dr.
Wins, of Orange county, Va. He is
now with the Army of the Potomac,
and wishes his father, who was somewhere
in Ohio when last heard from, to write
to him, in care of Major J. C. Duane,
of the Engineer…

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John Shackelford looking for his mother Caroline and seven siblings

The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)

November 28, 1867

INFORMATION WANTED.
John Shackelford, a freedman, now
living at Murfreesboro, Tenn. wishes
to learn something of his mother,
brother, and six sisters, who were
formerly slaves of Col. George Shackelford,
of Amherst County, Va., about
3 miles from Lynchburg. He has
heard nothing from them since 1846,
when…

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Brothers Joshua Collins and Solomon Collins meet in Cincinnati after decades-long separation

The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)

October 17, 1867

Two brothers, colored, met in the streets of Cincinnati, last Sunday, after a separation of sixty years. Their names are Joshua and Solomon Collins. They were both formerly slaves in Fleming county, Virginia. Joshua bought his freedom in 1849, and re-moved to Cincinnati, where he has since resided. Solomon ran away from his master, then living in…

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Vina Johnson reunited with her husband George Perry after 43 years

The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)

August 14, 1873

Wedding After Forty Years of
Separation.
Our town is all agog this morning
over the wedding that is to be cele-
brated [celebrated] in a day or two between Aunt
Vina Johnson, an old colored lady of
our place, and a former husband,
from whom she has been separated
for forty years. Forty-three years
ago Aunt Vina was the slave of a Mr.…

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