Sophia Gates seeking her mother Betsy Jones and father Yorkup Staples
MR. EDITOR—I left my people in Cooper county, Mo., about the year 1862 or 1863. My mother's name was Betsy Jones; she belonged to the Jones; my father's name was Yorkup Staples, and he belonged to the Staples'. I had two brothers and two sisters, Ann, Priscilla, Merretta and Jacob. Miss Sarah was the daughter of Mr. Jones, and she married a Mr. Nash Gates, and then bought me from her father and went to Springfield, Mo., where I was sold, and went to Texas. I have never been married, and would like to find my father and mother. Address any information to Sophia Gates, care Rev. W. Hartley Jackson, box 46, Belleville, Texas.
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