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Mrs. James Wheeler (formerly Julia Boyd) searching for her sister Miss Mandy Boyd

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

March 25, 1916

DO YOU KNOW THEM? I am very anxious to locate, if possible, Miss Mandy Boyd, my sister. My name was Julia Boyd. Our father was a Minister at the Baptist Church, but he and the family left Richmond, Va. some years ago. I am married now and living in Davenport, Iowa. If anyone can in any way let me know anything about them, please write. MRS. JAMES…

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Mrs. Lucy Williams searching for mother Lucy Williams and grandmother Louisa Williams.

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

February 5, 1916

Do You Know These? I would like to locate some of my people, if possible. My mother name was Lucy Williams and her mother was named Louisa Williams. She was owned by Mrs. Hagan Fowerur of Fauquier County, Va. I was sold to Mr. Jesse Ovalr, who was moving to Troy, Mo. I was next sold to a Doctor, who took me to Marshall Town, Ia., where I lived…

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Mrs. M. Davis seeking information about her sisters Laura Patrick and Mason Louisa Patrick

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 19, 1893

INFORMATION WANTED.--
Of my two sisters, Laura Patrick
and Mason Louisa Patrick. I last
saw them at the time of the proc-
lamation of the emancipation of slaves.
We were then living five miles
from Jackson, Miss. Our fathers
name was Willis Patrick, he usual-
ly went by the name of Bob. My
sisters were sent South to Georgia
by their…

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Mrs. McDora Dungee looking for her father Allen Bradford

Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)

October 26, 1894

INFORMATION WANTED
DES MOINES, IOWA, Oct. 22, 1894.--
EDITOR BYSTANDER: I want to enquire
for my father, Allen Bradford. The
last time I heard of him was in 1863.
He was a barber on a boat running
from Montgomery, Ala., to Mobile. He
had four daughters who belonged to a
family named Bibb. The names of his
daughters were: Kate,…

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Peter Bell seeks parents William and Nancy Houston

Huntsville Gazette (Huntsville, AL)

March 25, 1882

Information Wanted.
Peter Bell, now living at Wankee, Iowa, but formerly belonging to Jake Serrat and afterward to C. W. Bell of Mississippi, writes for information of his parents, William and Nancy Houston, formerly owned by Sie Houston, who bought them of Jake Serrat, who also owned a girl named Florence Houston. Peter has not heard or seen of…

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Rev. Albert Boulden searching for his ten children

The Nashville Daily Union (Nashville, TN)

March 18, 1865

For the Nashville Union.

Information Wanted.

On a recent visit to Washington City,
I became acquainted with a colored
Baptist minister by the name of Albert
Boulden, and became somewhat interested
in his history. He and his old
wife are there, getting along very pleasantly;
but greatly distressed about
their children, ten in…

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Robert Warren and Charity Atwater reunited and remarried after 53 years

Davenport Sunday Democrat (Davenport, IA)

June 6, 1897

Married After Fifty-three Years.
Oskaloosa, June 5. There was sol-
emnized [solemnized] here today a wedding that re-
united [reunited] “Uncle” Robert Warren, of Os-
kaloosa [Oskaloosa], and Charity Atwater, of North
Carolina, after a separation of 53 years.
The two were married according to
slave laws at Chapel Hill, North Caro-
lina…

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Sarah Lee searching for her daughter, Martha Steel

The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL)

September 16, 1864

WANTED- Information
Martha Steel, a colored girl, about 25 years
old; when last heard of was at Cairo. Any information
concerning her will be thankfully received by her
mother, SARAH LEE, care of M. Hulbert, El Dora,
Hardin Co., Iowa. se16 s183-1t

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Susan Ann Tillman (formerly Susan Ann Rebecca Umphray) searching for her mother Seley Umphray and brother George Washington Umphray

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 30, 1881

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
mother and brother, Seley Umphray
and George Washington Umphray, both
formerly living in Huntsville, Ala. Any
information will be thankfully received by
addressing Susan Ann Tillman, (formally
Susan Ann Rebecca Umphray) Avoca,
Iowa.

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Thomas Venable searching for siblings Dennis and Susie Venable

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 20, 1881

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 street, New Orleans.…

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Titus and Ellen Shropshire searching for their children Josephine and Thomas B. Shropshire

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

August 25, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED
Of our two children. Titus and Ellen Shrop-
shire wish to be informed of the whereabouts of
Josephine and Thomas B. Shropshire, their two
children, who were stolen from them by Brown
and Rodgers, in 1860, from Schuyler County,
Missouri.
Any person or persons knowing any thing of
importance concerning the missing…

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W. H. Gilliam seeking Mrs. Johnson (formerly Miss Hannah Harmer).

The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH)

February 12, 1887

Information Wanted Of Miss Hannah Harmer or Mrs. Johnson, widow, daughter of Elizabeth and John Harmer, who formerly resided east of Toronto, Can., near Sharkhill and Brooksbush. Left Toronto in 1864, in company with her mother and brother, Thomas Harmer, en route for Buffalo and left the latter place for Wisconsin, Iowa or Indiana. Was reported…

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W.H.H. Allen (formerly named General William Henry Harrison) searching for his mother

Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)

October 30, 1873

EXCHANGES PLEASE COPY.--The un-
dersigned [undersigned], formerly a slave, is anxious
to know the whereabouts of his moth-
er [mother], who is probably living yet. "I
and my mother were the common
property of Samuel Allen, near
Union, in Breckenridge county, Ken-
tucky [Kentucky]. When I was about nine years
old our master broke up…

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William Padgett seeking information about his son Harris Padgett

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 17, 1887

INFORMATION WANTED OF HARRIS
Padgett. His father's name is Willliam
Padgett; his mother's name, Ellen Padgett.
He had a brother named Pompey and two
sisters named Cornelia and Catharine. His
mother was owned by Joe Dillard in Lynch-
burg, Va. Any information of him will be
gladly received by Wm. Padgett, of Mucha-
kinook, Mahaska…

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Worden Scott searching for his father

Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)

July 11, 1878

Worden Scott, colored, of Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, desires to learn the whereabouts of his
father, John Scott, who is somewhere in Ar-
kansas, possibly not far from Memphis, Ten-
nessee. He was sold seventeen years ago by
Major Benjamin W. Shacklet, of Etna, Scot-
land county, Missouri, to one Biggs, of Mem-
phis, Tennessee. He is of a…

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