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Mollie Curren (nee Agnes Thorp) searching for her aunts and uncle

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 5, 1907

Wants to Find Them.

I would like to know the where-
abouts of some of my people. Lew-
is Smith, my uncle is of dark brown
complexion. When last heard of he
was in Arkansas. My aunt, Sallie
Anne Thorp married a Spaniard some
years ago. I had another aunt
named Patsy Thorp. She was sold
during slavery and when last heard
of was…

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Mollie Smith searching for her sisters Misses Sarah and Emily Smith

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

July 24, 1897

INFORMATION WANTED

Of Misses Sarah and Emily Smith by
their sister, Mollie Smith, 716 West
Franklin St. They used to belong to
Jesse H Hare of Lynchburg, Va.
Any information of their where-
abouts will gladly received by their
sister
MOLLIE SMITH,
716 West Franklin St., Richmond, Va.
7,24-2t.

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Moses Mark Braxton searching for his father Frank Braxton's people

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

November 14, 1914

DO YOU KNOW THEM.

I would like to know the where-
abouts of some of my relatives. My
mother died when I was 4 years old
and my father, Frank Braxton placed
me in the Colored Orphan Home, in
Washington, D. C. On Jan. 8th,
1872, I was adopted by Emily John-
son.

When I grew up I found that my
father had died. I had an Uncle,
but I have…

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Mr. J.P. Leach looking for Mr. Robert Steward

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

November 27, 1915

WANTS TO FIND HIM. If Mr. Robert Steward will communicate with Mr. J. P. Leach, 89 Wilkinson street, Putnam, Conn. he will learn something of interest to him.

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Mrs. A. A. Martin searching for her husband Armistead A. Martin

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

April 30, 1910

Whereabouts of Mr. Martin.
Kindly let me know what you can
of a party by the name of Armistead
A. Martin. I think he has some rela-
tives [relatives] in Richmond and his mother
resides in New London, Conn.
He disappeared from home very
mysteriously April 13, 1910.
If you can furnish any information
of his whereabouts or his…

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Mrs. A. G. Jackson searching for Mrs. Louisa Pollox

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 13, 1893

Do You Know ThemPortland, Me., April 27th, 1893.To the Editor of RICHMOND PLANETDear Sir:--Information is wanted of Mrs. Louisa Pollox formerly of New Orleans but now of Kingsville, Tenn. Her grand-daughter [granddaughter] Mrs. Louisa Palmer nee Gor-don [Gordon] is anxious to known her whereabout [whereabouts], when last heard from she was in…

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Mrs. Alice Granville searching for her sister Miss Mary E. Tomlinson and aunt Ellen Smith

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

March 15, 1902

Do You Know Her?
Mrs. Alice Granville, residence,
No. 100 Sawyer street, Boston,
would like to know the whereabouts of
her sister, who was a Miss Mary E.
Tomlinson, adopted some years ago by a
Mrs. Priscilla Davis at Portsmouth, Va.,
and also same of an Aunt, whom was a
stewardess on a boat, plying between
Norfolk via Baltimore. Maiden…

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Mrs. Amanda Wells searching for her father Cager Simms, mother Jennie, and several siblings

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

July 9, 1898

Do You Know Them?

405 E. 1st St., FORT WORTH, TEX.,
June 24, 1898.

Editor PLANET;
Dear Sir: —Allow me space
in your paper to say a few words about
my lost relatives. I left them in Virginia
years ago. My father, mother,
two brothers and three sisters. They
were owned by Burton Woods. Father
and mother were named Cager and…

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Mrs. Amy West searching for her sister Doll Irving

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

December 10, 1892

Letter of Inquiry.
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, Dec. [4?], 1892.
I had a sister by the name of Doll Irving
in Orange Co., Va, belonging to a
man by the name of Elijah Goodwin,
was sold to a Negro Traitor by the
name of Brady. She was a bright mulatto
girl, straight black hair between 10
and 12 years when sold. Her mother
was named Ann, her…

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Mrs. Anne Johnson searching for her brother John Elisha Garner

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

April 3, 1897

Do You Know Them?
I desire to know the whereabouts of my
brother, John Elisha Garner. He
was born at Clover, Halifax County,
Va., and was one of four children,
three brothers one sister. The
parents namei were Oliver and Mary
Garner. When last heard from in De-
cember 1886, he was in Danville, Va.
Any information will be thankfully…

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Mrs. Anne Matthews searching for her husband, Benjamin Curry

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

March 29, 1902

Do You Know Him?

I would like to know the where-
abouts of Benjamin Curry to whom I
was married long before John Brown's
Insurrection. We had two children.
He being a slave was sold away from
me to Richmond, Va., and I have not
heard from him since. His master's
name was Isaac Foulk of Harpers' Fer-
ry, Va.

Any information will be…

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Mrs. Annie Polk searching for her brother Henry Hogue

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

December 28, 1895

Do You Know Them?
I am looking for my brothers from
whom I was sold just before the war
I was so young that I don't know the
county from which I was bought; but
it was somewhere from the central
part of the State of Virginia. I have
three or four brothers, one name
Henry Hogue. Any information from
him or the others will be gladly…

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Mrs. Annie Powe seeking her father Gilbert, mother Leah Miles, sisters Mary Ann and Levy, and an unnamed brother

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

April 7, 1894

Do You Know Them ?
_________

LAKE SCOTT CO., MISS.
To whom this may concern:
I am inquiring for my long lost people
whom I left in Richmond, Va., before
the war. My father was named Gilbert.
My mother was named Leah Miles, one
sister was named Mary Ann Miles, one
was named Levy Miles. The name of
my brother I have…

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Mrs. Arlena Parish searching for Julius Edward Parish

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 22, 1904

Do You Know Him?
Any one knowing the whereabouts of
Julius Edward Parish, son of Ephraim
and Mary Parish or relatives, (relatives
formerly live in Newport [indecipherable, possibly News] Va.)
[undecipherable] communicate with [undecipherable]
MRS. ARLENA PARISH,
35 Spring Street,
Newark, N. J.

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Mrs. Bettie Graves is searching for her grandmother

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 15, 1909

Want to Find Her.
Mrs. Bettie Graves, of Radnor, Pa.,
is very anxious to locate or hear
something of the whereabouts of
her grandmother, Mrs. Annie Kelley.
Address all communications to,
MRS. BETTIE GRAVES,
Care of Mrs. Henley,
Radnor, Pa.

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Mrs. Bettie Tucker searching for her brother, William Henry Jones

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

April 27, 1907

Do You Know Him?

I would like to know the where-
abouts of my brother, William Henry
Jones, of 37th St., New York City.
He was last seen there in June, 1906
Since that time no one has been able
to locate him. His mother is nam-
ed Louisa Jones, his father, Roland
Jones, sister, Bettie Tucker, all of
Church Road, Va. Any one who
knows…

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Mrs. C. Goodlette seeking Harrison Hurbert

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

November 27, 1915

DO YOU KNOW HIM? I, would like to know the whereabouts of Harrison Hurbert, who was discharged from the Petersburg Insane Asylum in the year of 1913 as cured. MRS. C. GOODLETTE, 131 Main Street, New Rochelle, N. Y.

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Mrs. Caroline Clemments searching for her daughter Lillie Clemments

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

April 20, 1901

Do You Know Her.
I would like to know the wherea-
bouts [whereabouts] of my daughter, Lillie Clem-
ments [Clemments]. She left Richmond 4 years
ago with Mrs Randolph Norris for
Yonkers, N. Y , after which she moved
to East Orange N J.
The last I heard of her, she was in
New York. Any information will be
thankfully received by her…

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Mrs. Catherine Alexander

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

September 3, 1910

Where Are They?

Mrs. Catherine Alexander of St.
Martinsville, La., wishes to find her
mother Mrs. Nancy Robinson, and
her two sisters, Mrs. Fanny Thomp-
son and Mrs. Millie Randolph. They
used to belong to Mrs. Edmonia
Crenshaw of Richmond, Va. Any in-
formation of the above parties will
be thankfully received by J. H. Ham-
lin, 261 [?]…

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Mrs. Celia Bankhead searching for her mother Mary Halingworth

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

February 27, 1897

Do You Know Her.

I desire to know the whereabouts of
my mother - Mary Halingworth. When
last heard from she was in Paris, Miss
I have not heard from her for many
years. She is of a light-brown com-
plexion. Any information concerning
her whereabouts will be thankfully re-
ceived by her daughter,
Mrs. CELIA BANKHEAD,
Corinne, Utah

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Mrs. Charlotte Brown searching for her relatives James and Emily Macon

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

January 8, 1898

Do You Know Them?

ROANOKE, VA., Dec 21, '97

I desire to know the whereabouts of
my relatives, James Macon and Emily
Macon, formerly of Powhatan Co.
Any information will be thankfully
received. They reside I think in eith-
er Richmond or Manchester.
(Mrs.) CHARLOTTE BROWN,
In care J.B. Osborne,
[undecipherable] Fifth Avenue,…

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Mrs. Charlotte Haskins searching for her children Harriet, Oscar, Louisa, and Sarah

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

March 22, 1890

CHARLOTTE, who formerly be
longed to Mrs. EMMELINE GREGORY,
wishes information concerning her
children HARRIET and OSCAR, who
were sold by Mr. William Chalkley
just before the war commenced,
LOUISA, who was sold by Mr. Miles
Chalkley, and Sarah, who was sold
by Mr. Thomas Cox. They were all
born on Mr. James Gregory's farm,
seven…

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Mrs. Charlotte Mason searching for Mr. Albert H. Harris

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

November 7, 1903

--If Mr. Albert H. Harris, former-
merly of Rochester, N. Y., will com-
municate [communicate] with Mrs. Charlotte Mason,
814 North 3rd Street, Richmond, Va.,
he will receive information of interest
to him. 2t

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Mrs. Clara Baship (appears elsewhere as Bashop) looking for her daughter Patience Green (4th of 4 ads)

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

August 10, 1895

Do You Know Her?
I wish to find my daughter Patience
Green. I have no trace of her since
she was sold at Richmond, Va., in
1859. She was then 12 years old. I
also desire information regarding the
whereabouts of my son, John William
Harris. He went to Washington after
Lee's Surrender with some servants of
Mr. Batts, who lived in…

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Mrs. D. Thornell reunited with her father William Moss

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 9, 1891

The Lost Found.Mr. and Mrs. D. Thornell of Brad-ford [Bradford], Pa. are in the city on a visit to her father, William Moss, of this city. It seems that Mrs. Thornell has been awayfor 20 years. Recently she had an en-quiring [enquiring] notice inserted in the PLANET, inorder to find her father. He saw it and wrote to her. The result is that she,…

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