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Mrs. Jane Wilson searching for her brothers and sisters
The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)
December 16, 1910
INQUIRING FOR RELATIVES.
One Mrs. Jane Wilson, who failed
to give her resident city, writes the
Globe, asking information concern-
ing [concerning] her brothers and sisters. She
left them in Gibson County. The
family name was Sharp.
The communication was signed by
one W. F. Smith. Any information
concerning Mrs. Wilson's relatives…
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Mr. Alex Young searching for his brother Rev. Samuel Young
The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)
November 12, 1903
Wanted
Mr. Alex Young, No. 820 Fort
Street Chattanooga, Tenn. wishes
to find his brother Rev. Samuel
Young. Any one knowing of his
whereabouts will do a favor by writ-
ing [writing] the above.
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King Lee Chapman searching for Mrs. Bell Lee Chapman
The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)
November 2, 1905
NOTICE
Wanted To Find Relatives
Some one of Nashville please tell me
the whereabouts of one Mrs Bell Lee
Chapman, the sister of Mr Ben F Batts
of Nashville. Write me at Katie, I. T,
and oblige. KING LEE CHAPMAN
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Mrs. Lydia Gee searching for her sons Stephen and Albert Gee
The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)
December 1, 1899
Wanted.
I wish to find my two sons, Stephen and
Albert Gee. The last heard of them they
were in St Louis. Send information to
this paper or to me. Mrs Lydia Gee,
47 Ruth Street. Memphis Tenn.
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Milton Anderson searching for his family
The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)
February 28, 1896
Wanted To Find His Foiks.
I wish to learn of the whereabouts of
my folks. My father was name Dickson;
brother name Edmond Anderson;
sisters named Polly, Dinah and Rachel
Anderson. Sister Polly married a man
by the name of John Anderson.
I came from South Carlina when I
was 19 years of age and stayed 2 or 3
years in Green county…
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Mrs. Jane Drake/Jane Shanklin searching for her son John Gardner
The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)
March 6, 1896
Wantes Information of Her Son.
Mrs Jane Drake, who formerly be-
longed to Mr Shanklin wants informa-
tion of her son,John Gardner. She last
saw him in Nashville, Tenn., in the lat-
ter part of 1864. Address Mrs Jane
Drake care The Journal. tf
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An unnamed person searching for Henry Dales
Republican Banner (Nashville, TN)
February 18, 1872
WANTED.—Information of Henry Dales,
colored. He will hear something ; to
his advantage by calling at No. 110 Jefferson
St., Memphis, Tenn. 42_’-14⁰
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Gwynn Carr and Jack Carr searching for sister Louisa and brother Curg
Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)
February 24, 1878
INFORMATION--Gwynn Carr and Jack Carr
want to hear from their sister LOUISA and
brother CURG, who belonged to Gip. Powell, liv-
ing [living] about four miles from Buffalo, West Virginia,
before the war. Any information addressed to
GWYNN CARR, care of Panola Oilworks, Memphis,
Tenn. , will be gratefully received.
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John Thompson and Kitty Owens reunited and married after 25 years
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
January 17, 1894
EX-SLAVES MARRIED.
Two Old Darkies United After a
Separation of Twenty-Five
Years.
The Groom Had But Ninety Cents To
Pay Magistrate Camp For
His Services.
Two ex-slaves who had not seen each
other for twenty-five years, were married
yesterday by Magistrate B. F. Camp at
his office in Court place. The principals
were John…
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Rachael McCutcheon searching for her daughter Dolly (two ads)
Republican Banner (Nashville, TN)
August 21, 1868
Daughter Lost.
MY DAUGHTER DOLLY, WHO has REcently
lived at Robert McCutcheon's, ten
miles south of Nashville, will please let me know
her whereabouts. Any one knowing of her [undecipherable]
will confer a great favor on an old
woman by dropping me a line through the Nashville
Post office to the care of R. P. McCutcheon.
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Edmund Collie searching for his brother William Collie, sister Millie, and nephew Bailey
Natchez Weekly Democrat (Natchez, MS)
July 29, 1885
Information Wanted.
Edmund Collie, of Nashville, Tenn.,
is desirous of hearing from his brother,
William Collie, and his sister, Millie;
also the latter's son, Bailey, and a col-
ored [colored] preacher named Prince Buckner, of
the White Hall Baptist church. Edmund
and William Collie at one time lived on
the Scotland plantation of Mr.…
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Mary Jane Blair searching for her mother Susan Blair
Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR)
October 3, 1871
INFORMATION WANTED.
Mary Jane Blair (colored) who was
taken from Arkansas to Tennessee, when
quite young, desires to know the where-
abouts [whereabouts] of Susan Blair, her mother, who
formerly belonged to Dr. Blair. Any in-
formation [information] in regard to her—whether dead
or alive—will be thankfully received by
her daughter.…
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William Body searching for his brothers Dick, Jim, and Joe
The Columbia Herald (Columbia, TN)
February 25, 1870
INFORMATION WANTED.
The undersigned formerly belonged to Collins
Stokes, in Lunenburg County, Va., who
had three children, Marse Henry Stokes, Marse
Richard Stokes, and Miss Susan Stokes. If
any of them are living, I would be glad if they
would write to me and let me know what has become
of my three brothers, Dick, Jim and Joe,…
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Ben Batchelor searching for his mother, Lucy McNiel
The Daily American (Nashville, TN)
July 24, 1888
WANTED—Thankfully to receive informa-
tion concerning the whereabouts of my
mother. Lucy McNiel, colored. BEN BATCHE-
LOR. 208 South Summer street.
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Millie Scott searching for her son George Coates
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)
February 11, 1883
INFORMATION wanted of the whereabouts of
George Coates, who belonged to Charles Handsome
Coates, in Bowling Green, Ky.; when last
heard of he was in Clarksville, Tenn. Any information
of his whereabouts will be gladly received
by his mother, MILLIE SCOTT, 141 Longworth
st.
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Martha searching for her children
Montgomery Daily Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)
May 24, 1872
A colored woman in this city,
named Martha, who formerly belonged
to Mrs. Dolly Camps of Elkton,
Tennessee, desires information of her
children. Her daughter Cicely when
last heard of was in possession of Mr.
John Yerger, of Memphis, a grand
son of Mrs. Camp. She had a son
named Tom. Lewis, who, when last
heard of, was with a…
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James Smith searching for his mother Eveline Wade, stepfather Mike Wade, and siblings with the surname Heair
Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)
May 23, 1891
EVELINE WADE—I wish to find my mother
Eveline Wade, my step father Mike Wade, and my
sisters Sarah, Mary and Emily Heair, and my
brothers Wilson, Patrick and Mike Heair. When
last heard from they were in Lynchburg, Va.
Please address, James Smith, Inman, Tenn., care
of M. M. Bradley.
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Amanda Fields search for her father Jordan Mias
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
March 14, 1889
INFORMATION WANTED CONCERNING
my father, Joseph Mias He used to live in
Gainesborough, Tenn., and then he left
there for Nashville, Tenn., where we left
him; but since then heard that he moved to
Birksville, Ky. He is an old experienced
blacksmith. He had four of us children:
Rosetta, Amanda, Hannah and Joseph.
We were brought from…
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Sydney Elliott and Eliza Cannon searching for their sons Sidney and Harrison
The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)
March 22, 1866
Of my two sonss, Sidney and Harrison who belonged to Olean. Cannon, who formerly lived in Shelbyville, Bedford county Tenn., and were sold to Goodbar, a trader, and when last heard from were in Montgomery, Ala. The oldest one is about 26 years of age. My name is Sidney. When they left I belonged to a man by the name of Elliott. Information of…
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Robert Williams searching for his son Daniel
The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)
March 22, 1866
Of my son, Daniel, 15 or 16 years of age, who formerly belonged to Clinton Williams, Marshal county, Tenn., and subsequently to Harvey McRory. When last heard from was living in Memphis, Tenn. I am at present living at Unionville, Bedford county, Tenn., where I can be addressed, or the desired information can be sent to the Colored Tennessean,…
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Mrs. Anna Mollie Wright reunited with her daughter Mrs. Anna Freeman after 29 years
The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, WV)
April 11, 1892
AFTER TWENTY-NINE YEARS
A Mother and Daughter are Reunited.
The Daughter a Clarksburg Woman who
Was Sold During Slavery Days.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer.
FINDLAY, O., April 10.-A remarkable
reunion of mother and daughter who
had been cruelly torn from each other
at the slave block in 1863 has just taken
place in this city.…
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James Lawrence searching for his wife Margaret Lawrence
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN)
August 21, 1867
WANTED.
INFORMATION OF THE WHEREA-
BOUTS [WHEREABOUTS] of my wife, Margaret Lawrence, (colored) who
left Knoxville in June last to go to Georgia in search of her
father, who goes by the name of James Warden and James
Marshall. Nothing has been heard of said Margaret since
she left this place. It is supposed she has gone to Middle…
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Hiram Jefferson reunited with son Thomas after 30 years
Daily State Gazette (Green Bay, WI)
November 15, 1893
After thirty years' separation Hiram
Jefferson and his son Thomas are reunited
in Janesville. The father became separ-
ated [separated] from his family just after the capture
of Fort Donelson, he being a slave on a
plantation near the fort.
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George Harris and Mary J. Brooks reunite and remarry after 45 years
San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA)
July 23, 1904
FORMER SLAVES
JOIN FORTUNES
After Separation of Forty-
Five Years They Meet by
Chance at Fresno and Wed
BOTH MARRIED BEFORE
Each Had Lost a Loved One
and They Quickly Decide
to Finish Life Together
Special Dispatch to The Call.
FRESNO, July 22.---After a separa-
tion [separation] of forty-five years George Harris
and Mary J.…
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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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