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    • Widow refers to ads in which the person seeking information is a woman looking for information about a husband known or believed to be deceased; these ads were usually placed by women seeking information regarding their husbands’ military service for the purposes of securing a pension.

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A. B. Coleman searching for their relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 10, 1880

MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for some of my relatives of the fol-lowing names: Anderson Turner, son of Edith Turner; his sisters are Lucy, who belonged to Thomas Turner; Violet and Lizzie who belonged to Mark Alexander, and Eliza, who belonged to Henry C. Coleman. Her husband was Rob-ert [Robert] Coleman, now deceased. Eliza lives at…

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Alfred Yancey searching for his relatives, including his wife Phoebe Chandler

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 15, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to make
an effort, through your columns, to
find my relatives from whom I have
been separated many long years.
My name is Alfred; I was owned
by Lawyer Abraham Venable,
Granville Co., North Carolina, 15
miles from Oxford, the county seat.
My mother’s name was Pinkey;
brothers’, Monroe, Madison, Wil-
liam [William],…

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Alvin Steele searching for his mother Sarah Steele and his sister Harriet Steele

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

September 6, 1895

I desire to find my mother and sister,
who use to belong to Mr Angelo Steele.
My mother's name was Sarah Steele and
and my sister's, Harriet Steele. I was
carried from Huntsville to Canton, Miss.
during the war and have never seen or
heard from them until my return
to Huntsville, Aug. 20th in search of
them where I learn that my…

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B. F. Williams searching for his brother Edmond

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 31, 1882

Mr. Editor: I wish to enquire for my brother Edmond, who belonged to Widow Fox, on Tallahatchie River, Tenn. Our father, Ben Morris, died near Bolivar, Tenn, in 1860. If my brother, or any of his children, will come to me, I think I can be a help to them as I now have no children. Address me at Richmond, Texas. B. F. Williams.

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Casswell Jones seeking his father Briden Jones, mother Betty Howell, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 01, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for kindred. My father is Briden Jones and belonged to widow Jones in North Carolina, Wake county. My mother's name is Betty Howell. She belonged to Thomas Howell, and was sold to Robbin Williams, and he carried me to Tennessee about 30 years ago. I staid there until 1869, and came out to Mississippi. I have 4…

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Eddie Manuel (formerly Eve Gregg) searching for her children January and Beckey Grimbol

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 16, 1889

DEAR EDITOR: I would like [undecipherable] make an inquiry to see if you ca[undecipherable] find out where my children a[undecipherable] They left me in Mattersville, Mis[undecipherable] and used to belong to Mr. Gu[undecipherable]bol. One was January Grimb[undecipherable] and was sold to a Mr. Johns [undecipherable] Georgia in the year of…

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Georgiana Berry seeking the name of husband's Civil War company, for her Civil War widow's pension application

The Colored American (Washington, DC)

August 24, 1901

COLORED VETERANS, ATTENTION!
Is there any one who can give me the name of the colored company that was made up in the month of May in Grand Gulf Miss., in 1862? My husband was a member of that company. His name was John Berry. Since his death I have forgotten the name of the company and so cannot send application for pension until I find out the…

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Green Morgan and Prudence Croan reunited and remarried after 30-year separation

The Examiner (San Francisco, CA)

February 6, 1889

OLD, BUT STILL LOVING.
Remated After a Separation of Thirty
Years.
CRUEL SLAVERY DAYS.
Uncle Green and Aunt Prudence Go Down to the
Grave Together After All.
[Special to the EXAMINER.]
VERSAILLES (Ky.), February 5. -- A marriage
ceremony in the colored Methodist Church
here to-day developed in an ante-bellum ro-
mance [romance] of…

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Hannah Johnson searching for her parents Susan and Paul

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 21, 1889

DEAR EDITOR—I desire to find my people. Mother's name is Susan, and father's name is Paul. They belonged to John Bull, who was living then in South Carolina near Abbeville courthouse. We were sold to different men; I was sold to a man by the name of Robert with my sister named Cassey. I have five other sisters of whom I have not heard from since…

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Harriet Holman (formerly Harriet Switzer) searching for her children

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 8, 1883

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my children, whom I left before the war. There were eight. The boys were Ephraim, Andrew, Milas, Silas, James, Henry and George Washington. My name was Harriet Switzer. I belonged to George Switzer, near Newton, Lincoln county, N.C. Alex Boss, their father, died four years before the war. Ephraim belonged to George…

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Henrietta Jones (formerly Henrietta Fants) searching for her daughter Georgianna Jones (2nd of 2 ads placed)

New National Era (Washington, DC)

June 19, 1873

Information Wanted.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, May 3, 1873.
I have written several letters to Washington, in hopes of finding or hearing something of my daughter Georgianna Jones, but without success.
My maiden name was Henrietta Fants, my husband's name Cornelius Jones; we were both raised in the same house by Dr. Spencer Mitchell, and married under his…

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Hester Moore looking for his aunt Louisa Polk

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 17, 1882

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my aunt. Her name was Louisa Polk. She sold her property at Algiers, La., about four years ago, and left for Houston, Texas. Aunt Louisa was a widow. She had three children, two girls and one boy. Address me at Houma, La., HESTER MOORE.

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Hial Morris searching for relatives including Daniel Morris and John Ellison

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 8, 1886

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire for my relatives, Daniel Morris, John Ellison, Easter, Judy Ann, and Sarah Ann Morris. I left them in McDowell county, N. C., and last heard from them in Georgia, from whence I came from Texas before the war, with a man by name of Joseph Patterson. Daniel and Easter used to belong to Mrs. Charity Morris, a…

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Jack Rhodes searching for his sons Jack and Solomon

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 26, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I desire to inquire for my two sons whom I left in Mississippi before the war. The oldest, Jack, named after me, belonged in the Widow Escott's family, three miles from Grand Gulf. His mother was Sarah, grandfather Peter, grandmother Rose. The youngest was Solomon; his mother Clarissa died when he was small. He belonged in the Elias…

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James Benecke searching for relatives of Moses Newton

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 15, 1889

Dear Editor: I was requested to write to you for the purpose of obtaining information in regard to the family affairs of one Moses Newton, who died on September 3, 1875, in your city residing at the time of his death on St. Andrew between Liberty and Howard streets. His sister lives here, and is interested in knowing whether or not at the time of…

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Jeremiah Yates searching for his children John, Diana, and Jerry Yates

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 19, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I desire to know the address of John, Diana and Jerry Yates, whose father I am. Left them at Fair Bluff town, Columbus county, N.C. It has been 10 years since I left North Carolina for Robinson county, and thence to Middleton, Miss., in the charge of Eli Stevens. My sons were both picking up brush with old Anthony Gowens the day I…

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Jessie Mitchell searching for their father Ben Mitchell (or Ben Dotson), step-mother Patience Burton, and siblings Nancy, Tom Burton and Howard Burton

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 2, 1888

MR. EDITOR: I want to find my people: Father's name was Ben Mitchell or Ben Dotson, used to belong to Mr. Adam Richmond My mother died when I was so young that I don't remember her. Father then married again; his wife's name was Patience. She belonged to one Frank Burton. There were two children by my mother, myself (Jesse) and Sister Nancy and two…

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Jim Napier searching for his nieces and nephews

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 6, 1880

DEAR EDITOR--My father and mother, Lucy and Bamesel Napier, lived in Balmor, Miss. In 1869 I received a letter from them. Since I have heard they were dead, and my sister Emily was living in Corinth, Miss; her husband was killed during the war; brother Bill was dead and left three children, Minerva, Lucy and Joe; brother Andem was cooking on a…

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John Nelson (alias John Brest) seeking his people, including his mother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 27, 1887

I wish to inquire for my people who came from Bressau, Mo.; their names are Joe, Charley and Willie. Mother's name was Ellen. When last heard of her and Charley were living with a widow named Idell, Idell belonged to a Frenchman named Frayou. Made inquiry of Bressau's people. Address John Nelson, alias John Brest, Huntsville, Texas.

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Louisa Hardeman (formerly Louisa Kemple) searching for her aunt Elizabeth Ratcliff

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 16, 1880

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my aunt Eliza Ratcliff. Her husband is Dave Ratcliff. We all left Franklin, Tenn., together in 1875, moving to Arkansas, and parted at Memphis, Tenn. The last time I heard from them they were at Steward's Landing, White River. Her oldest daughter is named Mary. The next was Josie, the next Berrie. Her oldest son…

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Lucy Mead seeking information about her mother Patsy Reed and sisters Becky and Caroline

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 19, 1895

Do You Know Them.

I would like to find my people. I
was born near Hampton, Va Owned
by Lewis Davis He had a brother
named Robert Allen Davis. My mother's
name was Patsy Reed, her husband
was Bob Reed. I have two sisters
some where, Becky and Caroline. I
have one sister living in Virginia, her
address is Sallie Curtis, Hampton,…

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M. M. Muldrew searching for their father Butler Muldrew

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 16, 1883

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my father. He belonged to the Muldrews. Old Muldrew died and his widow married a Mr. Hendricks. Father was Butler Muldrew. The last I heard from him he went to war with his young master, then ran away from him, and was then living in Sangamon county, Illinois. From there he moved to Madison county. Mother was…

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Malinda Jones (formerly Malinda Rhode) searching for her father Samuel Rhode and her siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 6, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I was born in Virginia, about ten miles from Richmond, near James River. My owner was Stephen Johnson. Father was Samuel Rhode; sisters Mary Jane, Eliza and Sarah Rhode;brothers John, James, Nelson, Jor-dan [Jordan], Wilson and Uriah. Master'schildren were William, Thomas,Flemer, Hannah, Sarah and NancyJohnson. My name was…

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Mandy Tolen searching for her brother John Hendricks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 4, 1884

MR. EDITOR-- I would like very much to hear from my brother, John Hendricks. I was born in Virginia, and when four years old I was carried to Newbury, South Carolina. I had a brother, William. Our mother was Millie. When old master Tolen died I went to Joe Tolen and brother John to Dr. H. Tolen. I was carried to Mississippi and some years after…

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Martha A. Washington searching for addresses of officers or enlisted men from husband's U.S.C.T. Civil War regiment

National Tribune (Washington, DC)

May 31, 1888

Martha A. Washington (colored), New Albany, Ind., wishes the names and present postoffice addresses of any officers or enlisted men of Co. B, 113th U.S.C.T., who remember her late husband, George Washington, of said company and regiment, and of his contracting rheumatism at or near Memphis, Tenn., in April, 1864.

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