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Howard (formerly Anna Maria White) searching for her grandmother Palmer, aunts, and uncles Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 26, 1880 Louise William Sneed searching for parents Sarah Calebed Raliele and Colebed Raliele Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 20, 1888 Reverend Grey searching for the family of his mother-in-law Dinah Flowers (formerly Dinah Simon) Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 22, 1888 Nelson Grey searching for his brother Henry Garner Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 1, 1888 Henry Clay searching for his mother Malinda Gill Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 2, 1883 Sarah Jane Farris looking for her father Land Callery and her siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 19, 1883 Rev. J. I. Turner searching for his mother Maria and his siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) February 22, 1883 Eliza Jane Elam searching for Eliza Jane Owens Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 25, 1883 Bennet H. Forrest seeking his grandparents Bennet and Delila Johnson Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 9, 1883 D. J. Price seeking his uncles John and Jesse Price Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 4, 1883 Sarah Ann Lewis seeking her father August Brown and siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 28, 1882 Milton Douglas reuniting with his wife Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 7, 1882 Bennet H. Forrest seeking the family of his mother Sarah Forrest (formerly Sally Johnson and Sally Brown) Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 17, 1882 Emily Wilson (formerly Emily Priest) searching for her daughter Mary Ann Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 15, 1882 Nevan Moore searching for his brothers Joe Moore, Thomas Hamilton, and Henry Hamilton Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 23, 1890 Spencer Voss searching for his brother Henry Voss (2 of 2) Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 15, 1889 Ed Williams searching for his brothers Andrew and Washington Dabbs Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 15, 1889 Mary Jane Douglass searching for her son Godfrey and relatives Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 8, 1889 Martha Bills searching for her brothers Rufus and Lewis Glaze Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 22, 1888 Caesar Ferguson searching for his uncle Benjamin and aunt Phillis Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 2, 1880 Reverend Benjamin Foster searching for his wife Eliza Foster and children Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 2, 1880 Sarah Ratliff (formerly Sarah Davidson and Sarah Vance) searching for her siblings James Almnight, Henry Davidson, and Mary Knight Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 9, 1880 Caroline Rhodes (formerly Annie Ferrill) searching for her father Joseph, mother Milly, and siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 16, 1880 Letitia E. Rodgers searching for her brother Arthur Zacheriah Tolaver Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 16, 1880 Alexander Shaw seeking his father Jack Shaw, mother Annie Shaw, and siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 29, 1888 of 47
