Mrs. Julia Christian searching for her children Adeline Matthews, John Matthews, and Obediah Wilkins

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 27, 1889

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Any one knowing the where bouts or anything concerning Adeline and John Matthews, former belonging to Squire Matthews, Gonzales, Tex., and has since sided in Houston, Tex., from [undecipherable] place their mother last heard them. Also Obediah Wilkins who formerly belonged to JqL Harris, of Langston, Ky., will co fer a great favor by writing their mother, Mrs. Julia Christian care T. L. Williams, P. O. Box 33 New Orleans, La.

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Mrs. Julia Christian searching for her children, John Matthews, Adeline Matthews, and Obediah Wilkins who were formerly enslaved by Squire Matthews and John Harris. John and Adeline are thought to be in Texas, and Obediah in Kentucky.

Date
June 27, 1889
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New Orleans, LA

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Lena Lannutti

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"Mrs. Julia Christian searching for her children Adeline Matthews, John Matthews, and Obediah Wilkins," Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA), June 27, 1889, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed October 21, 2026, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/4481

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