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John C. Bender and William Bouy looking for fellow servicemen who served with Bouy in Virginia

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 3, 1884

I WANT TO FIND A COMRADE WHO SERVED
in the same regiment in the late war,
with William Bouy, he enlisted in Wash-
ington, D. C., in the summer or fall of 1863
Served in Virginia. Addre-s, John C.
Bender. St. Joseph, Mo., or William Bouy,
No. 175 9 h Ave., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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John Brunson searching for David Brunson

National Tribune (Washington, DC)

November 8, 1906

WANTED - The address of David
Brunson, Co. K, 54th Mass. (col-
ored), whose former home was Blairs-
ville Indiana Co., Pa. Address John
Brunson, Box 224, Sewickley, Pa.

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Jas. E. Bryant seeking information about his siblings Elizabeth Jones, Harriet Bryant, George, Joe, and Tom Bryant

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 28, 1897

INFORMATION WANTED--
The undersigned would thank any
person for information concerning
his sisters and brothers; viz: Eliza-
beth Jones, Harriet Bryant, George,
Joe and Tom Bryant; our parents
were Edmund and Nellie Bryant. I
left Washington D. C., in January
1862 with General Garfield.
Address: Jas. E. Bryant,
…

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Jas. E. Bryant searching for his siblings Elizabeth Jones, Harriet Bryant, George, Joe, and Tom Bryant

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

October 29, 1896

INFORMATION WANTED--
The undersigned would thank any
person for information concerning
his sisters and brothers, viz: Elizabeth
Jones, Harriet Bryant, George,
Joe and Tom Bryant; our parents
were Edmund and Nellie Bryant. I
left Washington D. C., in January
1862 with General Garfield.
Address: Jas. E. Bryant,
402 South 7th,…

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Jane Parker looking for her son Isaac Adams

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 30, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED.
Jane Parker, wife of Robert Parker, would
like to hear of her son, Isaac Adams. When
last heard from, he was in St. Louis, acting as a
substitute in the army. His mother is at present
residing in Idaho, Col. Ter.

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Jane Birton seeking for information about her husband George W. Birton

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 19, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED
Of my husband, George W. Birton, of Company
A, 115th Regiment, United States Army. When
last heard from, in 1865, he was in the hospital
at Brownsville. Any information will be thank-
fully received by his wife. Address
JANE BIRTON,
No. 20 Acorn Alley, Philadelphia.
(Chap. R. R. Laitine, U. S. A.)
May 19--2t.

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James M. Ferguson seeking information about his father Allen Clark

The National Tribune (Washington, DC)

May 6, 1909

Information regarding Allen Clark, a
colored soldier, once a slave of Wm.
Clark, Orange County, Va., who was
killed in the civil war. He ran off from
slavery, and joined the Union army.
His son is anxious to learn his regiment
and all particulars possible. -- James M.
Ferguson, 655 Adams St., Steubenville,
Ohio.

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James L. Ferguson searching for information about his parents Winston and Charity Ferguson and several siblings

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 23, 1882

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY BROTH-
ers, Washington and Dick Ferguson.
They were in the Government service at
Paducah, Ky., in the year 1863, and were
from Ballard county, Ky. They did belong
to a man by the name of John D. Ferguson,
a preacher, and left paducah and joined the
army of the United States somewhere not
known to us. They went with…

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James Hill searching for his parents Archer Hill and Julia

Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)

October 17, 1870

INFORMATION WANTED OF ARCHER HILL and JULIA, his wife who followed the army from Staunton in 1863. I have since heard they were in Ohio. Any information concerning their whereabouts would be gratefully received by their son. James Hill. (Colored.) Richmond, Va. oc 17.3t* [Ohio papers please copy.]

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James Haskins searching for son James Haskins

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 30, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED
Information wanted of James Haskins, a youth
seventeen years of age, who left the farm of Mr.
Thomas Epps, in Nottoway county, Virginia, in
May, 1865, with the Union Army.
Any information concerning this young man
will be thankfully received by his father, in
Richmond, Virginia. His brother Oscar, and
sister Nancy are…

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James Hall searching for his son Wesley

The Daily Dispatch (Wilmington, NC)

October 25, 1865

Information Wanted.
OF my son WESLEY, 13 years of age, light
complexion, raised in Richmond county, N.
C., by Mrs. Effy Gilchrist, left there about 1st
March with the Federal troops, last heard of
passing through Wilmington about the 1st June 1865.
His Father and Mother can be found at Mr.
Peden's…

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James Dogan found his first wife and his family

Reading Times and Dispatch (Reading, PA)

July 26, 1871

POTTSTOWN has an Enoch Arden in the
shape of a colored man named James Dogan,
who was a slave prior to the rebellion, and,
escaping into the Union lines, afterwards be-
came [became] a soldier and fought all through the
war. He became separated from his family,
and not hearing from them for several years,
subsequently married again.…

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Jackson Cumberland searching for his wife Jenny and children Albert and Martha

Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)

May 23, 1867

INFORMATION WANTED. - Jackson Cumberland
(colored), desires information of the
whereabouts of his family, a wife, named
Jenny and two children, one a boy, named
Albert, age about 11 years, the other a girl,
named Martha, age about 6 years. The
father was in the Union army as hostler at
the time of Milroy's retreat, at which time…

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J. T. Rex seeking Peter R. Laws and James H. Matthew

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

October 5, 1893

INFORMATION WANTED --
Any one knowing the whereabouts
of Orderly-Sargeant Peter R. Laws,
of Company I, 55th Massachusette
Volunteers, and Sargeant James H.
Matthew of the same company, will
kindly forward information to J. T .
Rex, 15 Veasey Street, Newark,
N. J. The matter is important to
them.

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J. Goins seeking fellow servicemembers from Co. H.

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

August 28, 1890

NOTICE.--The undersigned desires to
know where he can find any of his com-
rades belonging to Co. H., of the Third
Pennsylvania regiment, U. S. Infantry;
and requests any one of said comrades to
write to Lake Providence, La., P. O. Box
164: and further requests the favor of min-
isters in the connection, to read this no-
tice to their…

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J. E. Johnson searching for friend Thomas J. Steward

The Colored American (Washington, DC)

May 24, 1902

LOST FRIEND.
I would like to know the whereabouts of Mr. Thomas J. Steward an old soldier of the 14th R. I. Heavy Artillery of Providence. When last heard from he was working in the Treasury Department at Washington, D. C. gratefully received by J. E. Johnson, 73 Summer street, Providence, R.I.

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J. A. Wade searching for brothers Calvin, Joseph, and Gabriel

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 7, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my brothers Calvin, Joseph, and
Gabriel. Our father was Enoch
Wade, and he died in May 1863, at
Levi Wade's, the old home of our
owner. Mother was Rachel Wade,
and she died in 1878. She told me
and sisters Tennessee and Viney
just before she died that she was
going home. Father also passed…

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J. A. Simmons searching for Alex Wood

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

September 3, 1892

ALEX WOOD. - Information is desired of the
whereabouts Alex. Wood, a member of the U.
S. Colored troops which left Philadelphia with the
army in 1864. The last time I heard from him he
was in Chicago, J. A. Simmons, Cane Springs,
Kentucky. 6-25-92

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Issac Bray seeking his father Carter Bray

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

January 13, 1900

Do You Know Him ?

I desire to know the whereabouts of
my father, Carter Bray. He was with
McClellan's army in 1862. He had two
sisters and two brothers, but all are
dead.
I am the only one living of three
sons. He was born 25 miles west of
Ashland, Hanover County, Va., and was
owned by a woman, named Betsy Kimbrough.

His…

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Ishmael Fikes searching for Matt and John Allen

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 20, 1888

MR. EDITOR:—I want to inquire for my brother-in-law, his name is Matt Allen; and John Allen, left with Gen. Sherman's army in February, 1863; the last I heard of them they were in Jackson, Miss. Any information of their whereabouts will be thankfully received. They belonged to Bird Allen before the war. I ask all ministers to read this from their…

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Isaac Hughes Jr. searching for his father Isaac Hughes

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 21, 1888

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my father. His name is Isaac Hughes. He left Starkville, Miss., in May, 1863; he left with the Federal army and I have not seen him since. The last time I heard from him he was in Memphis, Tenn. I have one brother named Peter Hughes, and my mother is named Jennie Hughes. Any information as to his whereabouts will…

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Isaac Galley searching for his mother Nelly Thomas and siblings Charles, Deliade, and Amelia Galley

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 28, 1881

MR. EDITOR—I wish to know the whereabouts of relatives. I have a mother, one brother, and two sisters. Mother's name was Nelly Thomas; brother, Charles Galley; sisters, Deliade and Amelia Galley; they may have changed their names since I left them. I left mother and sister Deliade on the Mason farm, fifteen miles from the city of New Orleans.…

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Hicks' U. S. A. General Hospital searching for Mrs. Louisa Cook

The Sun (Baltimore, MD)

January 6, 1866

PERSONAL.
NOTICE.—If MRS LOUISA COOK. wife of Ben-
jamin [Benjamin] Cook, Private, Co K. 28th U. S. C. T., will
call at the HICKS' U. S. A. GENERAL HOSPITAL,
Baltimore Md., she will hear of something to her
advantage. j6-3t*(

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Hattie Strange searching for pastor Dave Slow and her husband Samuel Strange's family

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 21, 1910

Wants To Find Them.
Information wanted of Dave Slow who once pastored a church in Richmond, also the name of the church. I would also like to communicate with a family by the name of Strange. My Husband, Samuel Strange was from Richmond. He left there when he joined the Army. He had two sons, one was named Warren. His sisters were Celia,…

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Harrison Eaton searching for his brother John Eaton

The Daily Empire (Dayton, OH)

January 30, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED of John Eaton, of
the 1st Mississippi Colored Regiment.
When last heard from, he was at Vicks-
burg, when it surrounded. Any informa-
tion respecting him will be thankfully re-
ceived by his brother, Harrison Eaton,
Dayton, Ohio.

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