Lou Davis searching for their friend Irvin Loveless

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 17, 1884

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MR. EDITOR-- Please allow me to inquire for a gentleman friend of mine. He was taken away in time of the war. His name was Irvin Loveless. His wife at that time was Harriet; her owner was Parson Lee, who lived about 3 miles from Dry Grove, Miss., and she had a son named Isaac; his owner was Willis Hand. He had two sons before he had this woman Harriet; one was Green, the other Zed. Their mother was Winnie, her owner Mr. Hand. When heard from last he was in New Orleans. Please address me at Edwards, Miss. LOU DAVIS.

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Lou Davis searching for their friend Irvin Loveless who was taken away during the war. He was then married to Harriet. He formerly enslaved by Parson Lee who lived three miles from Dry Grove, MS. He also had a son named Isaac who was formerly enslaved by Willis Hand. He had two other sons from a previous marriage named Green and Zed. Their mother Winnie was formerly enslaved by Mr. Hand. When last heard from, Irvin was in New Orleans.

Two ads were taken out, one by Lou Davis in 1884 and one by a Mrs. Loui Davis in December of 1886, searching for a sister Violetta Head. It's likely that Lou and Loui are the same woman, short for Louisa.
The former ad may be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/id/2571

Lou also took out another ad searching for her friend Lethea Winters, found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2573

Date
April 17, 1884
Searcher Location

Edwards, MS

Searchee Location

Dry Grove, MS

New Orleans, LA

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Daniel Runyon

Citation
"Lou Davis searching for their friend Irvin Loveless," Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA), April 17, 1884, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed September 9, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2572

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