Mrs. Amy Frenchy (formerly Amy Morris and Amy Baxter) found her mother Feraby
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Mrs. Amy Frenchy (formerly Amy Morris and Amy Baxter) grew up enslaved in Hancock County, GA, near Sparta, GA. Beginning at age 14, she was sold several times, in Georgia, Mississippi, and Arkansas, before she escaped during the Civil War. Previously, she and her first husband had fought off their enslavers with axes. She and her second husband, Hannibal Morris, moved to Deadwood, Dakota Territory (now South Dakota), in 1876, and this newspaper article was published there in 1884.
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May 4, 1884
Jesse Nasta
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Tom Carnahan, the only black police officer in Lincoln, NE, finds his brother after two decades
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Tom Carnahan reuniting with his brother, Silas, for the first time since the Civil War. They were enslaved in Arkansas before being separated by the war.
The Lincoln, NE Star Journal, 27 Oct 1886, 2, newspapers.com:
"Tom Carnahan, of the Lincoln Police force, met his brother Silas, Monday evening after a seperation [sic] of thirty years. At the time of seperation [sic] both were slaves on an Arkansas river plantation."
1900 U.S. federal census, Lincoln, NE: enumerates Thomas Carnahan as a black police officer, born in Arkansas, in July 1846. Parents both born in Kentucky.
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November 4, 1886
Jesse Nasta
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Mrs. Annie Bell seeking her son John Scott
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Mrs. Annie Bell seeking her son John Scott. He left with race horses and was last heard from in Nebraska.
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September 19, 1896
Bonnie Loden
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J. C. Boone looking for fellow servicemembers
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J. C. Boone is searching for his old comrades who were with him at Camp Foster in 1864. Their names were David G. Smith, Asbury Benson, L. G. Bragg, Did Harvey, and Moses Ditcher.
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September 12, 1891
Ari Levine
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M.L. Brown seeking their sister Mary C. Brown
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M.L. Brown is searching for their sister, Mary C. Brown. When she was last heard from she was in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She had also lived in Omaha, Nebraska.
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February 21, 1891
Ari Levine
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Sperrial Peyton Brooks searching for his mother and fifteen brothers and sisters
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Sperrial Peyton Brooks searching for his mother and fifteen siblings. His mother "gave him away to a neighbor to raise." Unclear if his mother was enslaved or free at the time.
Also called "Payton Brooks" in Omaha city directories (source: ancestry.com)
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December 8, 1911
Jesse Nasta
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William C. Lee searching for Will or William Lee
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William C. Lee, Richmond, VA, searching for Will or William Lee, formerly of Richmond, VA, and his wife, Nellie
The expositions likely referenced in this ad are the Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897 and the Trans-Mississippi International Exposition- Omaha NE 1898
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July 15, 1899
Jesse Nasta
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Charles Brown searching for his brother, Willis Brown
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Charles Brown searching for his brother, Willis Brown, who he last heard of near Nashville, TN, ca 1859 or 1860.
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February 18, 1875
Jesse Nasta
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Louisa Hargraves (formerly Louisa Scott) searching for family including mother Mrs. Maria Ann Scott and father Daniel Scott
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Mrs. Louisa Hargraves, formerly Louisa Scott, searching for mother Mrs. Maria Ann Scott, father Daniel Scott, and siblings Moses, Stephen, Maria, and Matilda Scott.
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March 29, 1884
Jesse Nasta
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Dr. P. C. Kebble searching for Mrs. or Miss Kate White
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Dr. P. C. Kebble, Pittsburg, TX, searching for Mrs. or Miss Kate White. She left Omaha, NE. Her parents live in Atchison, KS.
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October 24, 1903
Jesse Nasta
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Henry Brown seeking information about his mother Rebecca and father, a free man, Samuel Brown
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Henry Brown searching for his parents Rebecca and Samuel Brown, and his siblings Samuel, David and Anna.
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November 6, 1873
Margaret Strolle
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