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Callie Marchial searching for Uncle Wess McDaniel
Callie Marchial searching for Uncle Wess McDaniel and seeking information about which regiment Bob Marchial belonged to.
Frank Waters searching for his son John Waters
Frank Waters, of Baltimore, Maryland, was searching for his son, John Waters, who was in the 4th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops.
James Dogan found his first wife
Dogan, of Pottstown, PA, found his first wife in 1871. They had been separated during the Civil War, when Dogan escaped into the Union lines and enlisted. His second wife supposedly gave her "hearty consent" for him to return to his first wife and…
William White searching for his brother George White/Turner White
George White (known as Turner White before the Civil War) was born in Panola County, MS, and "formerly belonged to" Col. F.M. White. He was in the army. Mustered out in Mobile, AL, in 1867.
Henry Saffold searching for fellow veterans of his Civil War regiment
Saffold is searching for any officer or man of Co. E, 135th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops. Saffold is trying to get a Civil War veteran's pension.
Eli Newsom searching for Jim Smith
Newsom searching for Jim Smith, body servant of Andrew Smith, Co. H., 3d Ark./56th U.S.C.T. [Civil War]
Richard Brown searching for Capt. S. F. Craig
Brown, of Baltimore, MD, searching for Craig, of the 6th Michigan Artillery. Ad placed in September 1865, five months after the Civil War.
Richard Williams searching for his brothers Alfred Williams and Solomon Williams
Born in Nansemond County, VA. Sons of Lydia Williams. Richard last saw Solomon on the battlefield in Falmouth, VA, in 1863, during the Civil War.
Mrs Byard seeking information about Robert Byard, believed to be her husband (two ads)
Mrs. Byard seeking information on her husband, Robert Byard, who enlisted in Company C, 4th Massachusetts U.S. Colored Troops, 1865. She needs the information to obtain a Civil War widow's pension. The reply to her ad is also attached.
Geo. E. Lemon, attorney, searching for Sam Spoons Blakely
Sam Spoons/Sam Spoons Blakely was son of John Spoons/John Spoons Blakely, private of Co. B., 15th U.S.C.T.[Ad is presumably related to a Civil War pension application].
Joseph Taylor seeking the address of Col. John H. Holeman
Taylor, a Civil War veteran of the 1st U.S. Colored Troops, searching for Col. John H. Holeman. Taylor is applying for a veteran's pension.
Charles Ross searching for soldiers he knew at Andersonville Prison during the Civil War
Ross, veteran of Co. H, 35th U.S. Colored Troops, searching for paroled Union prisoners who swam with him at Andersonville Prison, and others. [Probably for a pension application?]
Thaddeus Scott seeks addresses of soldiers
Thaddeus Scott seeks the address of soldiers from the 44th Regiment Colored Infantry.
John J. Dwyer, an attorney, searching for Robert Bowen or his heirs
Bowen, born in North Carolina, went to Hartford, Connecticut, and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1863, during the Civil War. Bowen, or his heirs, are entitled to a "small estate."
Milton Anderson searching for his folks
Anderson left Lee County, Mississippi, during the Civil War, to join the Federal Army.
Geo. L. Mabson searching for George Smith
Ad placed in Wilmington, North Carolina. Smith was a "colored" discharged soldier. [A Civil War veteran?]
Nathaniel Dunmore looking for soldiers who know about Edmond Dunmore's death
Nathaniel Dunmore is searching for soldiers who know details of Edmond Dunmore's death. Enlisted from Pennsylvania during the Civil War. [Presumably related to a Civil War pension application].
George G. Jameson looking for fellow service members
Jameson, Aetna, Kansas, searching for members of the 9th Kansas [presumably to gather testimony for a Civil War veteran's pension].
Mrs. Mary A. Riker searching for her son Joseph A. Riker
Her son served in Company B, 5th Massachusetts Colored Cavalry, Civil War. He settled in Kansas in 1866. Riker needs information to prove her claim for a dependent mother's Civil War pension.
Henry Tolliver finds his father, Alfred Tolliver, after 55 years
Tolliver, of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold away from Daviess County, Missouri, at age 9 [in ca 1848]. In 1903, he learned that his father lives in Leavenworth, Kansas, and visited him.
Brothers Nathan Branch and Lee Branch reunited after 66 years
Nathan Branch, the "oldest colored man" in Evanston, Illinois, learns that his brother lives in Macon, Georgia. They were separated by sale in 1833, in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
Stephen Brown searching for his son Samuel Brown
Samuel Brown was mustered out of the 2d Kansas Colored Regiment last fall [1865] at Fort Leavenworth. His father is anxious to hear form him.
J. C. Boone looking for fellow servicemembers
J. C. Boone is searching for his old comrades who were with him at Camp Foster in 1864.
Martin Lucas searching for relatives and former fellow servicemembers
Martin Lucas searching for sister, Agnes Polks, wife of Archie Polks, and army comrades George Rosh, Charley Andrews, and Nathan Andrews [probably for a Civil War pension claim]
John C. Bender and William Bouy looking for fellow servicemen who served with Bouy in Virginia
John C. Bender and William Bouy are searching for a comrade who served in the same regiment as Bouy