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Unnamed, searching for Billy Brown

Washington Times (Washington, DC)

August 8, 1900

WANTED--Information of Billy Brown, colored,
who was for years a servant in the Hall family.
Will he or anyone knowing his whereabouts please
send information to 113 Va. ave. sw. 1t,em

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Levi Richardson reunited with his sister

Washington Times (Washington, DC)

June 19, 1904

AUCTION SLAVES REUNITED.
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa., June 18-
Having been torn from each other on
the auction block, Levi Richardson, who
is at the point of death at his home at
Mainsville. this county. saw his sister.
Mrs. Clara Watters, of Pittsburg, yes-
terday for the first time since they
were slaves in Virginia before the war.

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Brothers George Drane, Phil Dougherty, and Charley Dougherty reunited after 60 years

The Washington Times (Washington, DC)

December 26, 1919

3 BROTHERS, PARTED BY
SLAVE BLOCK, REUNITED
Meet for the First Time in Louisville
in More than Half a
Century.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 26.--The
slave block, once the center of com-
merce in New Orleans, has rotted,
and even its former site has been oblitera-
ted by the hand of progress. But
memories of Christmas, seventy years
ago…

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James Bell is searching for his mother Julia Bell

The Washington Times (Washington, DC)

April 23, 1898

Looking for Relatives.
A pathetic letter was received yester-
day [yesterday] by Inspector Mattingly from James
Bell, colored, a resident of Highwood,
Conn. The writer is anxious to learn the
whereabouts of his relatives, whom he
has not seen for many years, and he be-
lieves [believes] they are in this city. Bell was
born in Stafford…

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An unidentified person searching for descendants or relatives of William and Mary Smith

The Washington Times (Washington, DC)

July 8, 1905

INFORMATION WANTED of descend-
ants [descendants] or relatives of William and Mary
Smith, colored, who in 1827 lived on Vir-
ginia [Virginia] avenue, near Twenty-third street
northwest. Address, with particulars,
Box 239, this office. jy6-3t

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