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Mrs. Diana Johnson (nee Diana Hellard) searching for information about her parents and siblings

Buffalo Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo, NY)

January 16, 1900

SLAVERY DAYS.

Texas Woman Tells a Story of the
Breaking Up of Her Family--Letter
to County Clerk Wende.

County Clerk Otto H. Wende this morning
received the following letter, which vividly
recalls the days of slavery:

January 13, 1900.

I desire to find my people. I was born in
North Carolina, Roman County, five miles
from…

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Henry Wright searching for his children (1st of 3 ads placed by Wright)

Daily Press and Herald (Knoxville, TN)

April 2, 1873

Lost Children Wanted.
I want to find my children. My name is
Henry Wright. I was raised in Culpepper
county, Virginia, one mile from Fairfax
Court House. First wife's children: Lucinda,
Malinda, James, Myner, Charles. Second
wife's children: Kate, George, Isy and Hamp,
I would be glad for my children or their chil-
dren to come; they…

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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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Mrs. Amy Frenchy (formerly Amy Morris and Amy Baxter) found her mother Feraby

The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)

May 4, 1884

AFTER MANY DAYS,
A Former Slave Hears from
Her Old Home.
A Separation of Thirty Years
Having Elapsed.
A Scrap of History.
Years before the war of the rebellion,
Wm. Eli Baxter, a lawyer and planter,
lived in Hancock county, Georgia, not
far from the town of Sparta. He own-
ed [owned] 150 slaves, among the number, Fer-
aby [Feraby],…

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Jeff Frierson and Mary Burt reunited and remarried after 44-year separation

The Nashville American (Nashville, TN)

September 25, 1903

AFTER FORTY-FOUR YEARS

Jeff Frierson and Mary Burt Are Reunited
in Marriage.

Special Dispatch to The American.

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 24. --
A somewhat romantic marriage occurred
in colored circles last night. The
facts about it are these: Before the
Civil War, and in slave times, Jeff
Frierson, a slave belonging to 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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Vina Johnson reunited with her husband George Perry after 43 years

The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)

August 14, 1873

Wedding After Forty Years of
Separation.
Our town is all agog this morning
over the wedding that is to be cele-
brated [celebrated] in a day or two between Aunt
Vina Johnson, an old colored lady of
our place, and a former husband,
from whom she has been separated
for forty years. Forty-three years
ago Aunt Vina was the slave of a Mr.…

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Miss Carrie Lewis searching for her mother Annie Lewis and brothers Eddie and Orange Lewis

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

September 24, 1910

Wants to Find Them.
I am very anxious to locate if
possible some of my people. My
mother's name when I last saw her
was Annie Lewis. It may be that she
has married again. She was a widow
then. There were two brothers, Ed-
die [Eddie] and Orange Lewis. I will be very
glad to hear from them if living, or
if any one can furnish any…

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E. H. Lampkins searching for his former wife Mrs. Bennie Jacko (formerly Mrs. Bennie Lampkins)

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

June 27, 1913

LETTER OF INQUIRY.
22 Nevada street, San Antonio, Tex.,
June 9, 1913.
Nashville Globe, Nashville, Tenn.:
I am sending this inquiring letter
to you in quest of Mrs. Bennie Jacko
or Mrs. Bennie Lampkins. She was
once married to me, but the last
time she married a man by the name
of Jacko; her mother's name was Mrs.
Charlotte Johnson, who…

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Lee Barton reunited with his wife after 38 years

Eufala Daily Times (Eufala, AL)

May 10, 1891

AFTER MANY YEARS.

AFFECTING MEETING OF TWO SISTERS.

Special Telegram to the Inter Ocean.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Nov. 19.--Forty
years ago Julia and Emeline, two sisters,
were slaves upon the plantation of a master
by the name of Hall, in Kentucky. Emeline
left her sister one night, and with a party of
fugitives crossed the Ohio…

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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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Miss Mattie Gooseby searching for her mother Mollie Gravely

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

March 16, 1901

Do You Know Her?
I desire to find my mother. The last
time I saw her was five years ago. She
was then in Greensboro. N. C. Her
first husband's name was Ned Goosby,
last husband's name, Green Gravelly.
She goes by the name of Mo[undecipherable]lie
Gravely. She had four children, viz.
Mattie, Johnnie, Mary and Rosa Goos-
by [Goosby],…

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The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children of New York searching for James Davis's mother Annie Van Netten and his siblings Fannie and Stephen.

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

August 10, 1901

Do You Know Them?
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children of New York has in
its charge a boy who gives his name as
James Davis, claims he lives at No. 66
John street, Richmond, Va., and that
his mother remarried, her present name
being Annie Van Netten. She has two
other children, Fannie and Stephen.
They first lived…

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John Thompson and Kitty Owens reunited and married after 25 years

The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

January 17, 1894

EX-SLAVES MARRIED.

Two Old Darkies United After a
Separation of Twenty-Five
Years.

The Groom Had But Ninety Cents To
Pay Magistrate Camp For
His Services.

Two ex-slaves who had not seen each
other for twenty-five years, were married
yesterday by Magistrate B. F. Camp at
his office in Court place. The principals
were John…

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"Uncle Levi" and "Aunt Aggie" reunited and remarried after 40 years

The Butler Weekly Times (Butler, MO)

January 30, 1884

A ROMANCE OF SLAVERY.

The Husband and Wife Torn Apart
Forty Years Ago Happily United.

Rome, Ga. Special to Courier-Journal.

That there are romances as touching
in negro life as were ever told is
proven by the story of a colored
couple named Uncle Levi and Aunt
Aggie, who lived in Cedartown Valley.
In 1840 Levi belonged to Mr.…

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James Smith searching for his mother Eveline Wade, stepfather Mike Wade, and siblings with the surname Heair

Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)

May 23, 1891

EVELINE WADE—I wish to find my mother
Eveline Wade, my step father Mike Wade, and my
sisters Sarah, Mary and Emily Heair, and my
brothers Wilson, Patrick and Mike Heair. When
last heard from they were in Lynchburg, Va.
Please address, James Smith, Inman, Tenn., care
of M. M. Bradley.

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George Thompson finds his first wife after 46 years

Boston Post (Boston, MA)

February 22, 1876

---George Thompson is a negro of Newport, 81 years of age, who escaped from slavery at Freder-ick, Md., forty-six years ago, leaving a wife and family, and who has just heard from his wife, whom he had given up for dead, having been unable to hear from her in years past. Since his flight to the North he has married, but his second wife and four…

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George Harris and Mary J. Brooks reunite and remarry after 45 years

San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA)

July 23, 1904

FORMER SLAVES
JOIN FORTUNES
After Separation of Forty-
Five Years They Meet by
Chance at Fresno and Wed
BOTH MARRIED BEFORE
Each Had Lost a Loved One
and They Quickly Decide
to Finish Life Together
Special Dispatch to The Call.
FRESNO, July 22.---After a separa-
tion [separation] of forty-five years George Harris
and Mary J.…

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Robert Warren and Charity Atwater reunited and remarried after 53 years

Davenport Sunday Democrat (Davenport, IA)

June 6, 1897

Married After Fifty-three Years.
Oskaloosa, June 5. There was sol-
emnized [solemnized] here today a wedding that re-
united [reunited] “Uncle” Robert Warren, of Os-
kaloosa [Oskaloosa], and Charity Atwater, of North
Carolina, after a separation of 53 years.
The two were married according to
slave laws at Chapel Hill, North Caro-
lina…

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Harrison Bradley and his wife reunite after 21 years and remarry

The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)

August 17, 1880

AFTER MANY YEARS.

Reunion of a Colored Man and His Wife,

Who Were Separated During the Days
of Slavery.

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE ENQUIRER.

YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO, August 16.—In the
year 1857, when the baneful curse of slavery
existed in the South, the marrying and intermarriyngof
colored people were not recognized
by the forms…

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Robert Anderson and Ida Pryor reunite and remarry

Staunton Daily Leader (Staunton, VA)

January 9, 1905

Romantic Lives Of Slave Couple.
A marriage license was issued at Hagerstown last week to Robert Anderson, of Weverton, aged 74 years, and Ida Pryor, of Staunton, aged 67, both colored. The story reads like a romance. The couple were married before the war and both were slaves down in South western Virginia. Anderson was sold and separated from…

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W. H. Gilliam seeking Mrs. Johnson (formerly Miss Hannah Harmer).

The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH)

February 12, 1887

Information Wanted Of Miss Hannah Harmer or Mrs. Johnson, widow, daughter of Elizabeth and John Harmer, who formerly resided east of Toronto, Can., near Sharkhill and Brooksbush. Left Toronto in 1864, in company with her mother and brother, Thomas Harmer, en route for Buffalo and left the latter place for Wisconsin, Iowa or Indiana. Was reported…

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Teaner Deaver seeking their mother Bettie La Mott

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

November 18, 1893

I would like to know of the whereabouts of
my mother by the name of Bettie La Mott;
married a man by the name of Yaricks Crook-
shank [Crookshank]. I was sold to Jim Deaver, at Giles Co
Tenn. The last time I heard from her, she was
in Charleston, S. C., at 86 Archidel street, in
the year of 1847 A. D. Yours Respectfully,
Teaner Deaver,…

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Mrs. Jas. Oakley searching for her paternal grandmother Martha Ann Page Crump Egester

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 16, 1909

Wants to Find Her Father.

My father, William Egester, was
born in Richmond, Va., 1841 (?)
and was sold to Mr. John Wither-
spoon in Lawrenceburg, Ky., in
1849. His mother's name was Mar-
tha Anne Page Crump Egester. She
afterwards married a Cox. Her
children were named John and Chas-
tine Cox. John Cox married a lady
by the name of…

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Permelia Statefield searching for her son Turner Staterfield

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 11, 1885

MR. EDITOR- I wish to inquire for my son, a young man about 26 years of age. His name is Turner Saterfield. He left home Feb. 10, 1874, and I have have heard from him once; he was then in Cincinnati, O. He was to lave Cincinnati in a few days for Memphis, Tenn., at the time I heard from him. I think it was in 1877. My name is Permelia Saterfield.…

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