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NavyU.S. Armyuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Mary Minor searching for her daughter Sarah Minor The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 16, 1891 John Simus seeking information about his son James The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 12, 1882 Jane Dawson (formerly Jane Rim) looking for her son Shedrach Shines The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 3, 1881 Francis Sanders searching for their parents Eliza and Harry Cole and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 18, 1881 Clara Carriger looking for her daughter Minerva Cavanaugh The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 8, 1890 Clara Johnacin seeking information of her daughter Mary Crofford The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 16, 1893 Mrs. Louise Brown seeking information about her daughter Margaret Brown The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 8, 1891 Parents seeking missing child John Cholly (2 of 2 ads) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 27, 1890 Mrs. Sarah Woodruff searching for the whereabouts of her son Leander Woodruff The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 24, 1891 Mrs. James searching for her son Jeremiah Brown The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 23, 1891 Cassy Jane Bailey (formerly Cassy Jane Lawson) searching for her son James Dorsay Allen The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 25, 1891 Maria Taylor seeking information about her son James Alexander The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 23, 1891 Julia Smith (formerly Julia Gordey) searching for her son George G. 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Casselman The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 21, 1881 Ann Sloan (formerly Ann Colter) searching for her daughter Barbary Ann The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 10, 1881 Ann Sloan searching for her daughter Broery The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 3, 1881 Abraham and Maliala Chase seeking information about their daughter Jane Chase The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 22, 1877 Matilda Grant searching for her son John Issac Grant The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 2, 1877 Louisa Strother searching for her son Armstead Strother The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 18, 1880 Rev. T. H. Jackson searching for Harrison Bacon, son of America Bacon The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 28, 1880 Henry Hawkins looking for his brother George Hawkins The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 2, 1880 Amanda Smith searching for her son John White The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 20, 1880 Thomas Cooper looking for information about his father Henry Cooper and mother Mary Ann Cooper The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 1, 1880 of 29
