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Unnamed father and son reunited
National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)
August 9, 1862
A Strange Incident.—Six years ago, a young black man in Maryland, tired of being a slave, took advantage of a propitious night, and ran away to Canada. On sending back an occasional message to his aged father, who remained behind in bonds, he found means, for some time, of procuring answers, until at length no more answers came. Then for five…
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W. J. Deboe searching for his father Lewis Pearce and relatives
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
September 14, 1901
Do You Know Them?I desire to know the whereabouts of my father and relatives. His name was Lewis Pearce. He was sold to a Negro trader down South, but refused to go and ran away to Canada.I was only two weeks old and one week later, my mother, Patsy Crider died and my grand mother, Katy Crid-er [Crider] raised me to 9 years of age and she…
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Mr. Ambrose reunited with his family
National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)
October 12, 1865
A FAMILY REUNION. HOW AN ESCAPED SLAVE BECAME WEALTHY AND DISCOVERED HIS RELATIVES. A Chicago paper tells the story of the return to the South of an escaped slave, who had amassed wealth in the North, and recently started on a journey to discover his relatives, whom he found in Louisiana. The story is as follows: "A few years ago, a runaway…
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Henry Clay searching for his mother Malinda Gill
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 2, 1883
MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my mother, if possible to find out her whereabouts. Her name is Malinda Gill. We were separated in 1843, in Wake county, North Carolina, when I was about 2 or 3 years old. We belonged to Col. Oaddis (who was my father), he sold us to Israel Gill; my mother being high-tempered, Gill sold her and kept me. Rev.…
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Pastor L. M. Hagood seeking the family of church member
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
December 8, 1877
MR. EDITOR— I herewith send a notice hunting for the kin people of a member of my church here. He was born near Lebanon Tenn., and lived on a farm not far from Lebanon. He thinks his mother's name was Caroline and that he had a twin brother. When three years of age he was sold to pay a debt. He was put in jail at the above named place. When he was…
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Mrs. Cornelia Edwards searching for her father Plenty McKeniers and family
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 16, 1888
MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my people, viz: father's name was Plenty McKeniers; my mother's name was Lydia Buchanan.; she is dead. I had two sisters, viz: Eliza and Ellen Buchanan; one brother named Edmund, who was hung for killing May Buchanan, his master. One aunt on mother's side named Betsy Buchanan, one uncle named Phil. Father and his…
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Samuel Pollock searching for his uncles Frank, Sam, and Joe
Souhwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 5, 1880
DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my uncles, Frank, Sam and Joe, who went from Kemper Co., Miss. Their mother's name is Penny Pollock. Joe ran away from Dr. A. Brown during the war, and the last I heard of him he was in Chicago, Illinois. Frank left to go to Texas with John Warren, and I have heard that he is there. Sam is in Louisiana. Their…
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David Rideout searching for his father's relatives, including his grandparents Dick and Peggy Rideout
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
November 25, 1880
MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my father's people. My grandfather is Dick Rideout, grandmother Peggy Rideout. They belonged to Sam Shags, of Maryland, 13 miles from Washington City. They had 16 children--Betty, James, Barbary, Tettee, Rachel, Mary, David Henderson, Sophia. Amelia, Christian, Ann. My father is Henderson Ripeout. He was sold, ran…
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Mary O. Johnson searching for her father David Nelson
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
December 9, 1880
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my father, David Nelson, who left Yazoo county with the Union army about the year 1863 or '64. He wrote to his sister, Mary Eale, at or near Satartia, Yazoo Co., Miss He was at Clarksville, Mo. Since that time we heard that he had removed to the State of Ohio. He left mother, sister Lucy, and myself, Octavia; he…
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J. W. Winbush searching for their father's relatives, including their grandmother Edith Williams and brother Daniel Williams
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
November 21, 1889
Dear editor: I wish to inquire for my father’s people. Father’s name was Washington William Winbush. He lived in Gr[undecipherable] county, Alabama. His gra[undecipherable] mother's [grandmother's?] name was Millie Har[undecipherable] She belonged to Mr. Page Har[undecipherable] His mother, who is dead, [undecipherable] named Hannah Williams.…
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C. G. Dunham searching for his mother Ann Elizabeth Garrison (formerly Eliza Wells)
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 9, 1889
MR. EDITOR: In glancing over the columns of your paper I find that you are very successful in finding lost relatives, so I thought I would get you to inquire for my mother's relations. Her name is Ann Elizabeth Garrison. She came from Winchester, Va., and belonged to a man by the name of Stewart Grant. He got broke and we were sold at auction. My…
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Elizabeth James (formerly Elizabeth Torry) searching for her sister Esther Allen
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 19, 1880
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my sister, Esther Allen. When I left home she had two sons, Nelson and Ned Allen, and a daughter, Mary Ann Allen. My owner was E. C. F. Jeffers, of Claiborne Co., Miss. I had one brother, Ned Adams, who left home during the battle of Port Gibson. Father's name is Moses Hawthorn. My name was Elizabeth Torry, but…
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Baptist Martin looking for his father Dick Martin
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 11, 1881
MR. EDITOR: My father's name was Dick Martin. He went to Canada from Louisiana about the year 1848 He belonged to Duncan Walker, on Bayon Lafourche. If any one who reads this knows him, please address BAPTIST MARTIN. First African Baptist Church, New Orleans.
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Wash. Stewart searching for his brother Abraham Stewart
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 28, 1881
DEAR EDITOR—I want to find my brother Abraham Stewart. We belonged to Robert Malloy in Louisiana. He went off with Gen. Banks troops in 1862, and we were brought to Texas, and have not heard from him since. Ten other slaves belonging to the same master went with him. I will pay ten dollars to the finder of my brother. WASH STEWART. Williamsburg,…
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Washington Stewart searching for his brother Abraham Stewart
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 28, 1881
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my brother Abraham Stewart. He went off with the Yankees in 1863 from Louisiana. He is a son of Ned and Rutha Stewart. We belonged to Robert Malloy in Louisiana and Abraham was the oldest of eight children. He is about forty years old. I heard he went to Missouri. I will pay ten dollars to the finder of him.…
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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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Stephen Coleman seeking his uncle Bob Coleman
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
January 19, 1888
MR. EDITOR-- Please allow me to inquire for my uncle. There were three brothers: Watson Coleman, Bob Coleman and Spencer Coleman. Watson got killed just after the war and uncle Bob went to Mexico in time of war or just before. Spencer Coleman is living at Columbus, Texas; he is my father. The last time I heard from uncle Bob he was in Mexico,…
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Susan Wilson searching for her relatives, including Henry Payne and her aunt Judy Payne
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 16, 1880
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my relatives. My mother was sold from Carthage, Tenn., about the breaking out of the war, to Larkin Payne, of Chattanooga. In the early part of the war I left my aunt Judy Payne and Henry Payne at Carthage, and went to live in Ohio. Address me care of Mr. Cunningham, corner of Rampart and Julia streets, New…
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Betsy Doods searching for her son Sam Doods
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 15, 1880
DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my son, Sam Doods. He belonged to Moses Foster, who lived in Copiah Co., Miss. He left home in June, 1862. When last heard from he was in the 58th U.S. Colored Infantry under Col. Preston. Address me at Brookhaven, Miss., in care of Rev. H. May. BETSY DOODS.
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Isaac Moore searching for his father Abraham and mother Tomer
The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)
December 29,1871
INFORMATION WANTED.
By Isaac Moore of his parents and relatives.
He was born in Clay County, Missouri, about
12 miles north-east of a small town called
Liberty. His father's name was Abraham,
he belonged to a man named Joel Moore. His
mother's name was Tomer, she first belonged
to a man named Mike Wellton,
who sold her to Dave…
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Howard McDermott searching for his sisters Ellen Cooke and Eliza Cooke
Daily Chronicle (Knoxville, TN)
April 4, 1884
Information is wanted of the whereabouts
of Ellen and Eliza Cooke, who left Athens,
Tenn., with Sherman's army in 1863. If
living, they may be going by the name of
McDermott. They will hear of something
to their advantage by writing to their broth-
er, Howard McDermott, Jalapa, Monroe
county, Tenn.
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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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Charles Owens searching for his brother Harry Bowen
Ottumwa Courier (Ottumwa, IA)
January 14, 1869
Information Wanted.
A colored man commonly called
Harry Bowen, escaped from his mas-
ter [master], Jerry Wayland, near St. Fran-
cisville [St. Francisville] Mo., about New Years night
1859.
It is supposed that he went to
Chicago, and from there to Canada,
but has not been heard from since
his escape, notwithstanding the
three…
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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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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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