Lou Davis searching for their friend Lethea Winters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 10, 1884

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MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for a lady friend, Lethea Winters, who was in Alabama the last I heard from her. Henry Winters was her husband, and they had a son Bill. She had three sisters, Margaret, Zella and Adeline, and a brother, Floyd Bolton, living 10 or 12 miles from Demopolis. Address me at Edwards, Miss. LOU DAVIS.

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Lou Davis searching for their friend Lethea Winters. The last time she was heard from she was in Alabama. Henry Winters was her husband and she had a son Bill. She had three sisters, Margret, Zella, and Adeline and a brother, Floyd Bolton, living 10 or 12 miles from Demopolis, AL.

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
The latter ad may be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2148

Lou also took out another ad searching for her friend Irvin Loveless, found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2572.

Date
April 10, 1884
Searcher Location

Edwards, MS

Searchee Location

Demopolis, AL

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Daniel Runyon

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"Lou Davis searching for their friend Lethea Winters," Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA), April 10, 1884, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed May 4, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2573

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