Absalom Fouts/Absolom Faust (two items: ad and reply)

The St. Joseph Weekly Gazette (St. Joseph, MO)

January 30, 1894 (ad)

January 31, 1894 (reply, in two parts)

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ABSALOM FOUTS WANTED.

Postmaster Atkinson yesterday received
a communication from the postoffice
department at Washington making
special inquiry for the whereabouts
of Absalom Fouts, who at the last
known of him was in this city or vicinity.
The department has matters
of importance in hand in which Fouts
is interested and his presence with
Postmaster Atkinson is desired. The
postoffice department here has been
unable to locate the man.

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Postmaster in Washington, DC, searching for Fouts/Faust, of St. Joseph, MO, "regarding some slaves her formerly owned." His son-in-law "Doc" Daniels's reply, stating that Fouts/Faust died in 1875, was also published.

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Newspaper

The St. Joseph Weekly Gazette (St. Joseph, MO)

Date

January 30, 1894 (ad)

January 31, 1894 (reply, in two parts)

Searcher Location

Washington, DC

Searchee Location

St. Joseph, MO

Contributor

Jesse Nasta

Citation

"Absalom Fouts/Absolom Faust (two items: ad and reply)," The St. Joseph Weekly Gazette (St. Joseph, MO), January 30, 1894 (ad)

January 31, 1894 (reply, in two parts), Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed September 19, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/3527