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NavyU.S. Armyuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Lucy Lee looking for her son, Willie Lee The Plaindealer (Detroit, MI) November 7, 1890 James Wilson looking for his son, Eugene Wilson The Plaindealer (Detroit, MI) September 19, 1890 Clara Bashop searching for her daughter San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA) October 11, 1892 Dulcina Hall searching for her father, Isaac Tolson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 9, 1888 Mrs. Jane Drake (formerly Jane Shanklin) searching for her son John Gardner (1st of 2 ads) The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL) November 8, 1895 Peyton Hemingway finds wife remarried The Wilson Advance (Wilson, NC) May 2, 1884 Pink Smith finds wife remarried The Columbia Record (Columbia, SC) August 16, 1910 Unnamed preacher reunited with daughter Bucyrus Journal (Bucyrus, OH) September 16, 1881 Charlotte Holt searching for her two sons Levi and Archie Holt Afro-American Advocate (Coffeyville, KS) July 29, 1892 George Bruden searching for daughter Mrs. Celia F. Shields The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 23, 1897 Sophia Knox (formerly Sophia Williams) searching for her mother-in-law Eliza Morris and daughter Hannah Williams (also known as Teedee) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 4, 1897 John Jordan searching for son John Jordan Freedmen’s Record (Boston, MA) June 1866 James Davidson found his daughter Miss Lena Davidson The State Ledger (Topeka, KS) April 13, 1894 Elvira Claton (formerly Elvira Saphran) looking for Saphran family The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 8, 1893 Serena Trotty looking for her son Alek Martin The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA) October 13, 1866 Mrs. D. 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