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Victoria Moses searching for her parents Moses and Katie Wood

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 11, 1889

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire through the columns of your paper for my mother and father. Father's name is Moses Woods; mother's name Katie Woods. We were owned by a widow by the name of Adolph Cherefan Rashaund, a little below Alexandria, La. Shortly after the Yankees came down I and two brothers, Gustave and Harry Woods, and a young man…

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Mrs. Margaret Rollins searching for her uncle, James Mitchell

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

March 23, 1917

WHERE IS JAMES MITCHELL?
Shreveport, La., Feb. 24, 1917.
To The Fraternal Monitor,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dear Mr. Editor:
I would like to ask if you or any
of your readers can tell me the pres-
ent whereabouts of James Mitchell, a
son of Mrs. Millie Benden and a half-
brother of Allen Lee. In slavery time
the family was owned by…

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Jerry M. Pitman searching for his brother Jefferson Pitman

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 23, 1885

I wish to inquire for my brother, Jefferson Pitman. He left Madison county in the first part of the year 1883, and we have not heard from him since. His mother's name was Eliza Pitman, and he had two sisters whose names were Diana Simmons and Leaner Pitman, and two brothers, Jerry and Andrew. We would like to find him if possible. Any information…

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Mrs. Lou Lang searching for her brother John Altheus Richardson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 7, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I wish to inquire
for my brother John Altheus Rich-
ardson [Richardson]. Mother's name is Charlotte
Williams. During the war we lived
at Terrebonne Station; mother
kept a boarding-house there for
soldiers. The last I heard of bro-
ther [brother] he was at Boutte Station, St
Charles parish, La. Any informa-
tion…

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Daniel Hoskin searching for his parents Susan and Jerry Hoskin and siblings Margaret and Frederick

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 26, 1882

DEAR EDITOR - I want to
inquire for relatives Mother and
Father Susan and Jerry Hoskin
sister Margaret married Washington
Wilson in Queen Anne county.
I left Frederick the youngest, and
was sold about 36 years ago to
James [indecipherable] in New Orleans.
Address Daniel Hoskin. Houma, La.

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