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Parker Moore and Sarah Moore searching for Aaron Moore

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

February 29, 1864

INFORMATION WANTED OF AARON
MOORE, colored, of Belair. Harford county,
Md., who was drafted at the last draft, and came to
Baltimore for exemption, he being disabled in the
right leg, since which time nothing has been heard
from him. Any information of his whereabouts
will be thankfully received by PARKER MOORE,
at Calverton,…

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O. B. Armstrong searching for fellow servicemembers

The National Tribune (Washington, DC)

September 29, 1910

O.B. Armstrong, Punta Gorda, Fla., en-
listed [enlisted] at Camp Casey, Va., July 27, 186[?]
in the 2d U.S.C.T., and served as First
Sergeant, Co. D, until mustered out Jan.
16, 1866, at Washington, D.C., and would
like to hear from any of his old comrades.
He will answer their letters.

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Nelson Parrat searching for his parents John and Margaret Parratt

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 18, 1865

TAKE NOTICE
If any one knows the address of John and Mar
garet Parratt, who were, at last accounts,, in
Charleston, Jefferson Co., Va, he will confer a
great favor by addressing their son,
NELSON PARRAT,
C [unclear] A. 102d U. S. C. T.
…

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Nelson Lewis searching for David D. Ficket, U. S. C. T.

National Tribune (Washington, DC)

September 22, 1904

WANTED-The Address of David D. Ficket, Cap-
tain, Co. D, 20th U. S. C. T., by Nelson Lewis,
Mendota, Ill.

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Nathaniel Dunmore searching for soldiers regarding Edmond Dunmore's death

National Tribune (Washington, DC)

August 29, 1889

—Nathaniel Dunmore,
Oral, W. Va., desires the addresses of any soldiers
who know anything pertaining to the time and
death of Edmond Dunmore (colored), who enlisted
from the State of Pennsylvania. —

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Mrs. Winnefred Sanders searching for anyone who served in the U. S. Navy with Joseph Bell

National Tribune (Washington, DC)

July 28, 1904

WANTED--Name and address of any person who
served in U.S. Navy with Joseph Bell, colored,
who enlisted in March of April, 1863, at Camp Birney,
Md. Mrs. Winnefred Sanders, Box 254, Sewickley, Pa.

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Mrs. Victoria Hullum searching for relatives of her father, William Wigg Young

Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

September 18, 1908

SEARCHING FOR RELATIVES
The postmaster of Nashville, Maj.
A. W. Wills sent to the Nashville
Globe ahis week a letter from Pass
Christian Miss. The writer of the
letter is Mrs. Victoria Hullum. The
lady in question has reasons to be-
lieve that she has in Nashville some
relatives, or that some one in and
about Nashville can assist…

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Mrs. Theresa Smith searching for James Alexander

Greenville Advance Argus (Greenville, PA)

March 18, 1880

MRS. THERESA SMITH writes from
Oil City, making inquiries concern-
ing [concerning] the whereabouts of James Alexan-
der [Alexander], colored, and an old soldier, to
whose material interest it will be to
report at that place at once—there is
money in bank for him.

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Mrs. Sarah G. Carter searching for her sons Thomas C. Allen and Hubbard Franklin Allen (or Tomas C. Perkins and Hubbard Franklin Perkins)

The National Tribune (Washington, DC)

April 9, 1908

WANTED--The addresses of Thomas C. Allen
and Hubbard Franklin Allen, who are sup-
posed [supposed] to have enlisted in the 65th U.S.C.T.
at Benton and Brakes, Mo. The brothers may
have enlisted under the name of Perkins in-
stead [instead] of Allen. Address their mother, Mrs.
Sarah G. Carter, No. 710 Belle St., Alton, Ill.

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Mrs. Maggie Broad searching for officers or enlisted men who knew Julian Broad

National Tribune (Washington, DC)

June 28, 1900

WANTED--ADDRESSES.
Subscribers to THE NATION-
AL TRIBUNE may insert a
three-line advertisement under
this head at the rate of 50c. for
one insertion; three insertions for
$1. The privilege of this column
is strictly confined to our sub-
scribers.

WANTED-The name and postoffice address of any
officer or enlisted man who knew Julian…

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Mrs. Jane McGee seeking her son William Pascal McGee and daughters Isabella and Easter Fanny McGee

Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN)

April 17, 1867

INFORMATION WANTED

OF MY SON WM. PASCAL MCGEE, and two daughters, Isabella and Easter Fanny McGee. My son was in 2d Kansas Colored Infantry, Company H. Any information concerning either of them will be thankfully received. I was formerly a servant of Mrs. Jane Gillespie, of Louisville, Tenn, Address JANE MCGEE

mar20[undecipherable] Box 227,…

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Mrs. Jane Horton looking for information about her mother Louisa Banks and brother Benjamin

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 23, 1893

INFORMATION WANTED.--Of my
mother and brothers. Mother's name was
Louisa Banks ; she was sold to a specu-
lator by the name of Nelson, at Winston,
Hertford Co , N. C., in 1842, with two
children : Freddo and Ellen Gatling. Moth-
er was known as the wife of Stephen
Manly who was drowned in Maharring
River between Murfreesbororo and…

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Mrs. Catherine Anderson looking for information about her deceased husband John Anderson

Afro-American Ledger (Baltimore, MD)

April 11, 1908

Information Wanted
Any one that was in Company C,
of the Virginia Regiment of the Civil
War, of which John Anderson was a
private soldier, any information will
be thankfully received by his widow
Mrs. Catherine Anderson, 1808 Etting
Street. 1t

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Mrs. Burton searching for her husband George W. Burton

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 5, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED
Of my husband, George W. Burton. When last
heard from, in 1865, he was in Brownsville,
Texas, in the hospital located there. Any in-
formation addressed to myself (his wife) at No.
20 Acorn Alley, will be most thankfully received.
Perhaps I should have stated that my husband
was a member of the 115th Regiment U. S.…

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Mrs Byard seeking information about Robert Byard, believed to be her husband (two ads)

St. Albans Daily Messenger (St. Albans, VT)

November 26, 1898

Information Wanted.

Information is wanted of Robert Byard,
a colored man who enlisted in Company
C, Fourth Massachusetts colored
troops, March 25th, 1865, and was mustered
out August 20, 1865.

At the time of his enlistment Byard
gave his residence as St. Albans, Vt.

An aged colored woman residing at
New Rochelle N. Y.,…

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Mr. L. E. Gideon searching for his father Robert Gideon

The Topeka Plaindealer (Topeka, KS)

July 27, 1906

INFORMATION
WANTED
OF THE WHEREABOUTS OF ROBERT
GIDEON. He was born in or near the town of
Harrisonville, Cass County, Mo. He was a slave and
at the out-break of the war enlisted in the First Kansas
Colored Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He
may have went by the name of Rhine or McAfee, having
been owned by both…

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Miss Fannie Ford searching for Granderson Washington

Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)

May 4, 1889

Information wanted by Miss Fannie
Ford concerning Granderson Washington,
who was cook at the Colored Camp
Fremont, near Washington, D.C., in
1862. Address, Mrs. Fannie Brown,
care of THE APPEAL, Chicago, Ill.

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Milton Anderson searching for his family

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

February 28, 1896

Wanted To Find His Foiks.

I wish to learn of the whereabouts of
my folks. My father was name Dickson;
brother name Edmond Anderson;
sisters named Polly, Dinah and Rachel
Anderson. Sister Polly married a man
by the name of John Anderson.

I came from South Carlina when I
was 19 years of age and stayed 2 or 3
years in Green county…

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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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Matthew Thompson seeking mother Jane Thompson and two brothers

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 22, 1888

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to inquire for my relatives. My father's name was Matthew Thompson, mother's Jane Thompson. My father died in 1867, but mother is still living. I had two brothers, one was Calvin Thompson, the name of the other I do not remember. Gavin entered the war in March, 1862, at Natchez, Miss., and was an officer; the other went to…

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Matthew Thompson searching for his brothers, and aunts Fannie and Sallie

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 24, 1888

MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my two brothers and two aunts. My father was Mat. Witherspoon, and my mother Jane Witherspoon, and belonged to Wm. Witherspoon. We left one of my annts in Natchez, Miss.; her name was Fannie, and Sallie was sold to a man by the name of Lowzeknow, in Franklin county, Miss. Mother had seven children. In 1864 Calvin…

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Mary Miller looking for her brothers William Gardner and Green Cockrell

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

August 6, 1892

WILLIAM GARDNER AND GREEN COCKRELL I
wish to find my brothers, as named above. They
went into the army from Clarke County, Kentucky
going to Camp Nelson. Our father's name was
Mongo Cockrell. Mother's name was Maria Cock-
rell [Cockrell]. I was small when they went away. Address
Mary Miller, 736 Austin Ave., Chicago, Ill.

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Mary Kile (formerly Mary Burns) searching for her brothers

The National Tribune (Washington, DC)

April 22, 1909

WANTED ----- To know if any old comrade or anyone knew Isaac, Daniel, John or Robert Henry Burns, of Culpeper Courthouse, Va.: owned by Presley Rixey. I am their sister, Mary Kile, 407 Orange street, Argenta, Ark.

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Martha McDermit searching for her brother Lowery McDermit

The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)

August 12, 1865

INFORMATION WANTED
OF A MAN BY THE NAME OF ELIAS
LOWERY McDERMIT, who used to
belong to Thomas Lyons, of Knoxville, East
Tennessee. He was sold to a man by the
name of Sherman about ten years ago, and
I learned some six years ago that he was
on a steamboat running between Memphis
and New Orleans, and more recently I heard
that he…

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Martha Hawkins searching for her son Isaac Martin Van Buren Hawkins

The Sun (Baltimore, MD)

December 28, 1867

MARTHA HAWKINS, (COLORED,) OF YORK-
TOWN [YORKTOWN], VA., wishes information of her son,
ISAAC MARTIN VAN BUREN HAWKINS, who
went South with Captain Dunbar of a New York Re-
giment [Regiment]. d27-3t*§

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