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Ellen Johnson reunited with her mother after 50 years
Johnson, age 60, reunited with her mother, reported to be 112 years old. Johnson lived in Louisville, KY. Her mother had been sold, by Ben Johnson of Frankfort, KY, and sent to New Orleans 50 years earlier [ca 1835].
Jeff Frierson and Mary Burt reunited and remarried after 44-year separation
Jeff Frierson and Mary Burt were reunited and remarried in Shelbyville, TN, in 1903. They had been separated in that county [Bedford County, TN] 44 years earlier, when Mary was sold and taken to Arkansas.
Vina Johnson reunited with her first husband after 43 years
Johnson's first husband, Geo. Perry, escaped from Fleming County, KY, to Canada 43 years earlier [ca 1830]. Johnson and their child were went with him but were caught and taken back to Kentucky, where they remained in slavery until the Civil War.…
Nat Miller reunited with his sister
Nat Miller/Nate Miller/Nathan Miller, of Lawrence, Kansas, lost his sister "during slavery times." He found her in 1904.
Sisters, Julia Lyon and Emeline Skipwarth, reunited after 40 years
Emeline Skipwarth escaped from slavery in Kentucky to Michigan. Forty years later, in 1885, she found her sister, Julia Lyon, near Troy, Ohio.
Richard Jones and Jane Vaughn reunited and married in 1899
Jones and Vaughn, of Kansas City, Kansas, were separated after emancipation. Reunited and married in 1899.
"Uncle Levi" and "Aunt Aggie" reunited and remarried after 40 years
They were separated in Morgan County, Georgia, in 1844.
Alexander Foley and his wife reunited and remarried after forty years
Foley, of Natchez, Mississippi, found his wife in 1891 in Carrollton, Kentucky. They had been separated by sale [in Virginia?]
Brothers Joshua Collins and Solomon Collins meet in Cincinnati after decades-long separation
They ran into each other in 1867. From Fleming County, Kentucky. Joshua bought his freedom in 1849. Solomon escaped to Canada in 1837.
Robert Warren and Charity Atwater reunited after 53 years and remarry
They married "according to slave laws" in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 60 years earlier [ca 1837]. They were separated by sale seven years later. Reunited and remarried in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1897.
Rev. Mack Henson finds his father
Rev. Henson, of Austin, Texas, finds his father after a decades-long search. His father traveled from Alabama to Austin to see him but died within two days.
Mrs. Louisa Fry reunited with her mother, "Aunty" Strong, for first time since the Civil War
Mrs. Louisa Fry, of Pleasantville, NJ, finds her mother in Philadelphia. Had not seen her since they were liberated from a Virginia plantation at the end of the Civil War, 43 years earlier.
Mrs. Jas. Coakley found her uncle (2nd of 2 ads)
Mrs. Jas. Coakley informs the Richmond Planet's editor that she has found her uncle living in Brazil, Indiana.
Brothers George Drane, Phil Dougherty, and Charley Dougherty reunited after 60 years
Brothers reunite sixty years after being separated by sale in New Orleans in 1859
Abraham Blackburn finds his mother after writing 236 letters of inquiry
Abraham Blackburn finds his mother after writing 236 letters of inquiry. Blackburn was sold away from his mother in 1862. He continues to search for several siblings.
Mrs. Woodsen finds sister Mrs. Culton after 42-year separation
Mrs. Woodsen finds little sister, Mrs. Culton, of Bonne Terre, Missouri