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Tolbert searching for her relatives, including her father Jordan Wren and mother Cherry Wren Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 18, 1880 Maria Applewhite (formerly Maria Anderson) searching for her mother Phillis, father Haskin, and siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 25, 1880 Clara Oliver searching for her relatives Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 4, 1880 Rufus Rollings searching for his mother Letty and his siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 15, 1880 Mrs. Virginia Coaston searching for her mother Hannah McClure and family including her brother, aunts, and uncle Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 6, 1887 Johnny Gibbons searching for his mother's family Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 11, 1880 John Gatewood searching for his mother Amanda Gatewood Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 25, 1880 Eliza Virginia Williams searching for her mother Maria Louisa Williams, father Rowel Williams, siblings, and uncle Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 12, 1879 Caroline Rodes (formerly Annie Ferrill) searching for father Joseph, mother Milly, sisters Maria and Julia, and brother Anthony Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) December 4, 1879 Henry Abram searching for his father Abram, his siblings, and two uncles Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 20, 1879 L. S. Deckard (formerly Martha Booman) searching for her family, including father Jarrett Booman and mother Leanah Booman Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 13, 1879 J. R. McCuin (formerly Jane March Banks) searching for her father James Thomas and mother Aley Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 13, 1879 Pleasant Riley McGill searching for her father Sias Anderson Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 6, 1879 Anaster Richardson searching for Alford Cravers and Sidie Ann Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 6, 1879 Reverend Lymas A. Anders (formerly Lymas Cook) searching for Gideon Cook, Betsy Cook, and their children The Freedman (Boston, MA) February, 1869 Mary C. Stewart searching for her father William W. Wheeler The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) December 20, 1873 Elizabeth Powell searching for her father Sam Moseley, mother Elizabeth, and siblings Harry, Amos, Isaac, Rebecca, and Lucretia The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) May 27, 1870 Jane Stokes searching for her mother Mrs. Harriet Cooley and her children The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) June 25, 1869 Georgiana Gibson searching for her mother Dorcas Barton The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) December 31, 1869 Martha Ann Goff searching for her father William Goff The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) October 15, 1869 Unidentified man searching for his father Alfred Turner The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) July 8, 1870 Isaac Moore searching for his father Abraham and mother Tomer The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) December 29,1871 of 57