Robert Jones finds wife remarried

St. Joseph Gazette (St. Joseph, MO)

October 15, 1909

William Ware (formerly William Dyzart) searching for his brother Eddie Dyzart

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 11, 1880

DEAR EDITOR- I wish to inquire for a lost brother, Eddie Dyzart, nick named Tobie Dyzart. He was born in St. Joseph, Mo., was taken to White Cloud, Mo., then to St. Louis, then to Oxford, Miss., and from there to Mobile, Ala. Since then I have not heard from him. Our mother's name was America Dyzart. Please address me at Ludlow, Scott Co., Miss. My…

Absalom Fouts/Absolom Faust (two items: ad and reply)

The St. Joseph Weekly Gazette (St. Joseph, MO)

January 30, 1894 (ad)

January 31, 1894 (reply, in two parts)

ABSALOM FOUTS WANTED.

Postmaster Atkinson yesterday received
a communication from the postoffice
department at Washington making
special inquiry for the whereabouts
of Absalom Fouts, who at the last
known of him was in this city or vicinity.
The department has matters
of importance in hand in which Fouts
is interested and his…

Frank E. Lawrence finds his father after 36 years

Juniata Sentinel and Republican (Mifflintown, PA)

November 11, 1891

After a separation of thirty-six
years, Frank E. Lawrence, of South
Chester, has discovered the where-
abouts [whereabouts] of his father, in St. Joseph,
Mo. As slaves his father and moth
er [mother] were separated.

Unnamed man finds his sister, Louisa Smith, through ad

The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, IN)

March 9, 1887

ROMANCES OF SLAVERY TIMES.
There are more romances of the cruel days of
slavery among the colored people, even a quar-
ter [quarter] of a century after the emancipation procla-
mation [proclamation], than white-skinned people are generally
aware. It is quite customary for inquiries to be
read from the pulpits of colored churches asking…

Matilda Richardson

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

March 12, 1892

I desire information concerning my sister,
whose original name was Emeline Vance. She
was sold from St. Joseph, Mo., a year before
the war, by Henry Maxwell. Think she went
to Texas. She formerly belonged to the Cummin's,
of Louisville, Ky At the time of the
selling she had two sisters, myself, formerly
Matilda Vance, and Mrs.…

Tenie L. Robinson

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

March 12, 1892

I desire information concerning my mother's
aunt, whose name was Lucinda Moore. Her
home was in Pittsburgh, Pa My grand mother,
her siste-in-law [sister], whose original name was
Mrs. Mary Hill, has not heard from her since
before the war. Her brother, George Hill,
died about six years before the war, aboard a steamer
enroute from St.…

Mrs. Katy Reese searching for her unnamed mother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 15, 1880

DEAR EDITOR ------ I desire information
of my mother, sisters and
brothers. Mother belonged to Wm
Taller. Father was Drury. Mother
married John Semmon. When last
heard from she was living in St.
Joseph, Mo. I was then living with
the family of Oscar Newton, Summit,
Miss. Address me at Lavernia,
Texas. MRS. KATY REESE.

Louisa Moore (formerly Louisa Graves) seeking information about her mother Jane Graves and brother Dirk Graves

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

July 26, 1883

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY MO-
ther's whereabouts. Her name was Jane
Graves. The last time I heard of her she
was living in St. Joe, Mo. She was then
living with a family by the name of Paint
er, who separated us during the war when
I was quite small. My name is Louisa I
am now married to a man by the name of
Frank Moore, and am living in…