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Elijah Uerill seeking his wife Melisia Uerill, children James, Elija, Martha, and Alice Uerill, and stepdaughter Anna White

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 8, 1887

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire for my relatives through your paper, whom I left nine miles from Liberty Court House, State of Missouri. I left there in 1860. My wife was named Melisia Uerill. My sons names are James and Elija Uerill; daughters name are Martha and Alice Uerill; one step-daughter named Anna White. I used to belong to a man by the…

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Nancy Bryant seeking her husband Sandy Bryant, sons William P. King and Piar Mays, and Henry King

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 14, 1887

MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire for my people. My name is Nancy Bryant. My husband's name is Sandy Bryant. I have two sons, my oldest is William P. King and the other is Piar Maye. William's father was named Harry King. William was the only child when I came to Texas. I will be glad to receive any information concerning them. Address William…

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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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Lewis Wright searching for his wife and children

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 27, 1879

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my wife and children. Wife's name was Nancy. She used to belong to Matison Gunn, in Chicka-Co., Miss., and he sold her to R. D. Dick Price in 1862, and he sold her and children on Flint Creek, in Ga. I had by my wife five children, John, Reuben and Matt. I ask all the preachers to read this in their churches,…

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Mrs. Dolley Oliver searching for her husband, Joseph Oliver

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 25, 1880

DEAR EDITOR-- I desire information of my husband, Joseph Oliver We lived in Coranio, and in 1864 I was sold from him and brought to Texas by Henry Thompson. I have a sister, Susan Murphy, and friends named George Chambers and Rutha Chambers. Please address me at Richmond, Fort Ben Co, Texas, in care of Rev. A.C. Culbreath, Pastor. MRS. DOLLEY…

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Amanda Harbin searching for Milton Harbin

Herald of Kansas (Topeka, KS)

March 19, 1880

INFORMATION WANTED. Notices under this heading, not exceeding ten lines, will be published FREE OF CHARGE. OF the whereabouts of MILTON HARBIN. Any information of his present whereabouts will be thankfully received by his wife AMANDA HARBIN Topeka, Kansas, Or Editors of this paper.

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Nathan Malony searching for his wife Eve

The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)

October 6, 1866

Information Wanted,

OF EVE, wife of NATHAN MALONY, who resided
at Lexington, S.C., with Samuel Lurk.
She left, with many others, when Sherman was
marching through South Carolina, in February,
1865. Information of her present residence will
be thankfully received by her husband in San
Francisco.

Direct care of P.A. Bell, Editor of The…

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Maria Pope searching for her husband Andrew

Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, MO)

September 19, 1866

PERSONAL.
HUSBAND COME TO ME -- Andrew, who
formerly belonged to Dr. Pope, near Augusta,
Woodruff county, on White river, Ark., will find his wife
true and devoted to him at Jacksonport, Jackson coun-
ty [county], Ark. MARIA POPE
Andy is supposed to be in St. Louis, Mo., or Louis-
ville [Louisville], Ky.

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Preston Pagitt searching for his wife Ann Pagitt and children John Alexander Calhoun, Casandra Jane McDaniels, and Mary Lydia Frances

Livingston Journal (Livingston, AL)

May 11, 1867

Information Wanted.--We have received
a letter from a freedman named
Preston Pagitt, residing in Liberty,
Bedford Co., Virginia, who desires information
regarding his wife and three
children, who were taken from near
that place to Alabama, some ten years
ago. His wife's name was Ann Pagitt,
and the children's--John Alexander…

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Peter Mellett searching for his wife Henrietta

Charleston Mercury (Charleston, SC)

May 23, 1867

A FREEDMAN IN SEARCH OF HIS WIFE.-- Peter
Mellett (a freedman, whose address is Sumter,
S. C.) desires information concerning the whereabouts
of his wife, whose name is Henrietta, and
who belonged to the estate of Isaac Lenoir, of
Sumter District. She was carried from this section
to one of the Southwestern States about
seven or eight…

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S.P. Houston is searching for his wife, Elizabeth Houston

The Anglo-African (New York)

May 27, 1865

INFORMATION WANTED of Mrs. Elizabeth Houston, wife of S. P. Houston of Memphis, Tenn. Any friends who can give information in regard to the whereabouts of Mrs. H, will confer a great favor by dropping a few lines to S. P. Houston, at Chattanooga, Tenn., P. O. Box 189. 195-4t.

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Wm. Garnet searching for his wife Jane and children Willis, Abraham, and Jeney

Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)

July 19, 1865

Information Wanted.

WM. GARNET (COLORED), NO. 112 BOLIVAR
street, east of Erie, Cleveland, Ohio, wishes information
of his wife, Jane, and his children, Willis,
Abraham, and Jeney, formerly owned by Daniel Garrett,
of Manchester, Ky. Wm. Garnet has been separated
from his wife and children for fourteen years, and
will pay liberally…

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Robert Balem searching for his wife Jane C. Balem

Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)

July 10, 1865

Information Wanted
OF JANE C. BALEM (COLORED WOMAN, MY
wife), formerly owned by Tamond Hooper, of Cobb
county, Ga. Address ROBERT BALEM,
jv7d3* Humphrey, Cattaraugus co., N Y.

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John Williams searching for his wife Julia Williams and her son John

Topeka Tribune (Topeka, KS)

August 30, 1862

INFORMATION WANTED.--Of Julia
Williams (colored) and John, her
child about 12 years old, supposed to
be in company with Joe and Amanda
Miles, all of whom came from George-
town [Georgetown], Pettis Co., Mo. Address the
husband.
JOHN WILLIAMS, Topeka.
(Papers please copy.)

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Charles Scott searching for his wife Mrs. Melinda Scott and daughter Nancy Scott

Memphis Evening Post (Memphis, TN)

October 5, 1868

Information Wanted.
Charles Scott (colored), from Humboldt, who
reached the city Saturday, wishes information of
his wife, Melinda Scott, and his daughter, Nancy
Scott, who came to the city on the 7th of August
last. He can be found at this office, No. 14
Union street, this evening, from five to six
o’clock, or from eight to ten…

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Hicks' U. S. A. General Hospital searching for Mrs. Louisa Cook

The Sun (Baltimore, MD)

January 6, 1866

PERSONAL.
NOTICE.—If MRS LOUISA COOK. wife of Ben-
jamin [Benjamin] Cook, Private, Co K. 28th U. S. C. T., will
call at the HICKS' U. S. A. GENERAL HOSPITAL,
Baltimore Md., she will hear of something to her
advantage. j6-3t*(

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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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Lizzie Inloes searching for her husband William Inloes

The Sun (Baltimore, MD)

June 29, 1870

PERSONAL.
LEFT HIS HOME, about two months ago, WIL-
LIAM [WILLIAM] INLOES, colored. Any information will
be thankfully received by his wife, LIZZIE INLOES.
No. 9 Neighbor street. 1t'*

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Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson searching for her husband Sypio Johnson

Evening Star (Washington, DC)

June 25, 1866

PERSONAL.
NOTICE
TO MY HUSBAND, SYPIO JOHNSON, COL-
ored [colored], or to any of his friends, that any information
will be thankfully received by his wife, who has
not seen or heard from him since before the rebel-
lion [rebellion], when he left me on visit from Macon, Miss.
Address 214 H street west.
je 25-3t* MRS. ELIZABETH JOHNSON.

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Mrs. Hannah Lathan searching for husband Albert Lathan

The Council Grove Republican (Council Grove, KS)

July 24, 1885

Information Wanted.
Mrs. Hannah Lathan wants inform-
ation [information] of the whereabouts of her hus-
band [husband], Albert Lathan, (colored) who
left home, in feeble health, eight
weeks ago, hunting work, and has
not since been heard of.

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Mrs. A. A. Martin searching for her husband Armistead A. Martin

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

April 30, 1910

Whereabouts of Mr. Martin.
Kindly let me know what you can
of a party by the name of Armistead
A. Martin. I think he has some rela-
tives [relatives] in Richmond and his mother
resides in New London, Conn.
He disappeared from home very
mysteriously April 13, 1910.
If you can furnish any information
of his whereabouts or his…

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Rachel Carter searching for her husband Joseph Carter

The Sun (Baltimore, MD)

January 24, 1867

PERSONAL.
INFORMATION WANTED OF JOSEPH CARTER,
(colored,) of Baltimore, who left home about two
years ago. Any information will be thankfully re-
ceived [received] by his wife, RACHEL CARTER, Baltimore,
Maryland. [Papers generally please copy, and as-
sist [asist] thereby a distressed family.] j24-2t*]

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Mrs Byard seeking information about Robert Byard, believed to be her husband (two ads)

St. Albans Daily Messenger (St. Albans, VT)

November 26, 1898

Information Wanted.

Information is wanted of Robert Byard,
a colored man who enlisted in Company
C, Fourth Massachusetts colored
troops, March 25th, 1865, and was mustered
out August 20, 1865.

At the time of his enlistment Byard
gave his residence as St. Albans, Vt.

An aged colored woman residing at
New Rochelle N. Y.,…

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Susan Summers seeking her husband John Summers

The Anglo-African (New York, NY)

August 12, 1865

INFORMATION WANTED of John Summers, who lived in
Orange District near the Orange Court House, South Caro-
lina [South Carolina]. Any friend knowing of his whereabouts will con-
fer [confer] a favor by dropping a line to his wife, Susan Sum-
mers [Summers], Chattanooga, Tenn., care of S.P. Houston, Box
189. 205-12t
[It is supposed, by one…

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Mrs. Mary Grace Lockland seeking her husband James Hudelston and son Jake Hudelston

The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, Ohio)

August 25, 1888

Do You Know?
Any information of James, or Jake
Hudelston, formerly of Overton County,
Tenn., will be thankfully received by
Mrs. Mary Grace, Lockland, Hamilton
County, O., wife of James and mother
of Jake.

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