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Callie Marchial searching for Uncle Wess McDaniel and the former regiment of Bob Marchial

Weekly Avalanche (Memphis, TN)

May 22, 1890

INFORMATION - As to the whereabouts
of Uncle Wess McDaniel (c), also the regi-
ment [regiment] Bob Marchial belonged to. Address
CALLIE MARCHIAL. Redell, Tenn. ma22

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S.P. Houston is searching for his wife, Elizabeth Houston

The Anglo-African (New York)

May 27, 1865

INFORMATION WANTED of Mrs. Elizabeth Houston, wife of S. P. Houston of Memphis, Tenn. Any friends who can give information in regard to the whereabouts of Mrs. H, will confer a great favor by dropping a few lines to S. P. Houston, at Chattanooga, Tenn., P. O. Box 189. 195-4t.

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Susan Howard searching for her son Billy Howard

Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)

October 10, 1865

Information Wanted

Of Billy Howard, A COLORED BOY, ABOUT
19 years old, who left Kingston, Ga., in the spring
of 1864. Address his mother, at Chattnooga, Tenn.,

010d3* SUSAN HOWARD.

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Leroy Humbler searching for his son Lee Andrew Humbler

Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)

August 8, 1865

Information Wanted
Of LEE ANDREW HUMBLER, A COLORED BOY,
my son, who was carried off together with his
brother, Sam Henry, by the rebels in some of their
raids into Southern Kentucky. The boys were parted
at Knoxville, Tenn, and Lee Andrew was taken to-
ward [toward] Savannah. Sam Henry has got home. I will pay
a liberal reward for…

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John M. Anderson searching for his father and two sisters

Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, TN)

June 5, 1893

Information Wanted.

A negro named John M. Anderson, who
before the war was the property of
Mason Anderson, of Lee county, Miss.,
is anxious to learn something of the
whereabouts of his father, Richard Anderson,
and his two sisters, Polly and
Rachael, who, he thinks, were sold and

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Howard McDermott searching for his sisters Ellen Cooke and Eliza Cooke

Daily Chronicle (Knoxville, TN)

April 4, 1884

Information is wanted of the whereabouts
of Ellen and Eliza Cooke, who left Athens,
Tenn., with Sherman's army in 1863. If
living, they may be going by the name of
McDermott. They will hear of something
to their advantage by writing to their broth-
er, Howard McDermott, Jalapa, Monroe
county, Tenn.

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Charles Scott searching for his wife Mrs. Melinda Scott and daughter Nancy Scott

Memphis Evening Post (Memphis, TN)

October 5, 1868

Information Wanted.
Charles Scott (colored), from Humboldt, who
reached the city Saturday, wishes information of
his wife, Melinda Scott, and his daughter, Nancy
Scott, who came to the city on the 7th of August
last. He can be found at this office, No. 14
Union street, this evening, from five to six
o’clock, or from eight to ten…

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Mrs. Ann Rucker searching for her son Mack Paine

Knoxville Press and Messenger (Knoxville, TN)

August 12, 1874

Information Wanted.

Mrs. Ann Rucker, colored, would be glad
to receive any information concerning the
fate or whereabouts of Mack Paine, her son,
who left her for years ago to work on the
Wills Valley Railroad, below Chattanooga.
About twelve months ago, he worked on the
Railroad at Tuscaloosa. Address,
MRS ANN RUCKER, colored,…

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Henry Wright searching for his children (2nd of 3 ads placed by Wright)

Daily Press and Herald (Knoxville, TN)

July 21, 1874

Notice—Information Wanted.
Henry Wright, a colored resident of Knox-
ville, desires to hear of some of his chil-
dren or relatives, whom he left at Fairfax
Court House, Culpepper county, Va., sev-
eral years ago. He belonged to Judge
John C, Greene, of that place, while his
wife, Betsy, belonged to Mr. John Stone,
who lived twelve miles…

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Henry Wright searching for his children (1st of 3 ads placed by Wright)

Daily Press and Herald (Knoxville, TN)

April 2, 1873

Lost Children Wanted.
I want to find my children. My name is
Henry Wright. I was raised in Culpepper
county, Virginia, one mile from Fairfax
Court House. First wife's children: Lucinda,
Malinda, James, Myner, Charles. Second
wife's children: Kate, George, Isy and Hamp,
I would be glad for my children or their chil-
dren to come; they…

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Henry Wright and Malinda Wright searching for their children and step-children (3rd of 3 ads placed by Wright)

Knoxville Daily Tribune (Knoxville, TN)

March 8, 1878

Information Wanted.
This is to inquire the whereabouts of
the children or step-children of Henry
Wright, colored, who are somewhere in the
South. Their names are : Charles Thomas,
Henry Wright, James Nelson, Minor Frank-
lin, Isaac Williams, Hamp Conway, and
Lucinda, children or step-children of Henry
Wright and Malinda Wright. Direct…

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Unnamed person searching for Richard Murray who also goes by Richard Cloyd

Memphis Daily Post (Memphis, TN)

September 26, 1867

INFORMATION WANTED OF RICHARD MURRAY
ALIAS RICHARD CLOYD (COLORED).—The where-
bouts of Richard Murray alias Cloyd, formerly
with John Cloyd, of Fayette county, Tenn., is
earnestly desired at our office on South Court
street, or Simpson, Hadden & Co., No. 202 Front
street. HUMES & POSTON.
9-21-xx

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Isaac Rosser family

The Weekly American Union (Chattanooga, TN)

December 26, 1866

Information Wanted,
ANY information respecting Isaac Rosser (colored)
family; of LaGrange, Troup county, Ga., will be gla
eceived Peter [undecipherable].
Address American Union, Chattanooga, Tenn.
dec22-2t

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Lizzie Creamer searching for Julia Creamer

The Daily Memphis Avalanche (Memphis, TN)

November 24, 1874

PERSONAL.
PERSONAL—Information wanted of JULIA
CREAMER, by her daughter, Lizzie
Creamer. When last heard of, Julia was taken
from Memphis by John Creamer. Address
HENRY WICKENHOFER,
Wilsonbury, Harrison county, West Virginia.
no22 6t

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Rev. Filman Duncan

The Daily Memphis Avalanche (Memphis, TN)

July 31, 1877

PERSONAL--Information wanted of Rev.
Filman Duncan, colored, who resided in
Memphis three or four years ago.
Address or call upon the Postmaster, Memphis, Tenn.
jy26 1 w

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William White searching for his brother George White (formerly Turner White)

Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)

October 20, 1882

—William White, colored, of Lagrange,
Lee county, Ark., writes the APPEAL for
information concerning his brother, George
White, known before the war as Turner
White. He was born in Panola county,
Miss., and formerly belonged to Col. F. M.
White. His mother was living in Memphis
in 1867, when George White went to Mobile
to be…

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Wm. Patton searching for his mother Nellie Holmes and brothers Tom and Littleton

The Weekly Floridian (Tallahassee, FL)

June 5, 1883

Information Wanted.

Wm. Patton, a respectable colored man sixty-seven
years old, was brought to this county
about forty years ago as the slave of Alex. Patton.
He was born on the estate of John Holmes,
twelve miles from Memphis, whence he was
taken to Jackson, Tennessee, at the age of seven
years, by a Mr. Lundy, who sold him to Mr.…

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Jeff Frierson and Mary Burt reunited and remarried after 44-year separation

The Nashville American (Nashville, TN)

September 25, 1903

AFTER FORTY-FOUR YEARS

Jeff Frierson and Mary Burt Are Reunited
in Marriage.

Special Dispatch to The American.

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 24. --
A somewhat romantic marriage occurred
in colored circles last night. The
facts about it are these: Before the
Civil War, and in slave times, Jeff
Frierson, a slave belonging to the…

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Miles P. Wood seeking the name of his brother Gabriel Wood's regiment and company

St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)

September 7, 1879

Information Wanted.
To the citizens of the United States: GEN-
TLEMEN—Will some of you be so kind as to tell
me what was the name of the colored regiment,
if so it was called one, stationed at or on Presi-
dent Island, about five miles below Memphis,
Tenn? I had a brother who enlisted in it, I
suppose in 1861, also served as a soldier until…

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Martha Hunt searching for her son William Talbert

St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)

December 31, 1884

WANTED--Information of William Talbert (colored),
supposed to be in Memphis, Tenn., sold by
Henry Patterson in 1852. Any information will be
thankfully received by his mother, Martha Hunt,
Sacramento ave., St. Louis, Mo. Memphis papers
please copy.

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Geo. E. Lemon searching for Sam Spoons Blakely

National Tribune (Washington, DC)

November 17, 1892

WANTED—By Geo. E. Lemon, attorney, Wash-
ington, D. C.—The address of Sam Spoons, or
Sam Spoons Blakely, who received mail at Danville,
Tenn., and later at Kellysville, Tex.; son of John
Spoons, or John Spoons Blakely, late private Co. B,
15th U. S. C. T.

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Eliza Montgomery searching for her brother Dick Bush

Baptist Times (Garnett, KS)

March 1892 [published in a monthly newspaper]

Lost.

I wish to find my brother, Dick
Bush. who was born in Tennessee,
and wae the slave of Edward Bush, a
negro trader, who was our father.
My mother, Fannie Bush, was sold to
Thompson, a negro trader, who sold
her and left us two very small children
alone. I was then sold, in or near
Nashville, Tenn. to a Mr. Holiway
who…

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Jane Bell is searching for her children Polly Bell, Grafton Bell, Jeremiah Bell, Lorenzo Bell, and Fanny Bell

Republican Banner (Nashville, TN)

May 13, 1871

A Mother of Twenty-seven Children
in Search of Her Offspring.
To the Editor of the Banner:
Knowing that you have always been
kind to the poor I desire to put this
notice in your paper:
I desire to know of the whereabouts
of my five children (colored), viz:
Polly Bell, Grafton Bell, Jeremiah Bell,
Lorenzo Bell and Fanny Bell. They…

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E. H. Lampkins searching for his former wife Mrs. Bennie Jacko (formerly Mrs. Bennie Lampkins)

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

June 27, 1913

LETTER OF INQUIRY.
22 Nevada street, San Antonio, Tex.,
June 9, 1913.
Nashville Globe, Nashville, Tenn.:
I am sending this inquiring letter
to you in quest of Mrs. Bennie Jacko
or Mrs. Bennie Lampkins. She was
once married to me, but the last
time she married a man by the name
of Jacko; her mother's name was Mrs.
Charlotte Johnson, who…

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Alexander Oglesby searching for three Civil War veterans Mr. Mines Goodall, Abraham Pussley, and Robert Allen

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

August 22, 1913

ALEXANDER OGLESBY INQUIRING
FOR SOLDIER COMRADES.
A letter from Mr. Alexander Ogles-
by [Oglesby], in care from Adjt. General's office,
War Department, Washington, D. C.,
has the following to say:
"I would like to find Mr. Mines
Goodall, who was a soldier, Company
L, 14th U. S.; C. T. or Abraham Puss-
ley [Pussley], who lived at…

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