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NavyU.S. Armyuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Melinda Smith seeking information about Melissa and Amelia Walker The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 4, 1867 Melvin Bell seeking his sister Lettie Lucinda The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 18, 1897 Melviny Goodall searching for her mother Letitia Dickson and her sister Mary Trimelese The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 8, 1883 Memphis Harvill searching for his mother Mrs. Harriet Harvill The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 4, 1884 Meriah Johnson seeks information about her son John Barclay The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 16, 1870 Milla Dawsey searching for her brothers Washington, James, Joseph, Henry, and Lafayette Bond and her son John Wesley Dawsey (Dawsey placed 2 different ads in the same newspaper on the same day) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 16, 1897 Milla Dawsey seeking information about her John Wesley Dawsey (Dawsey placed 2 different ads in the same paper on the same day) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 16, 1897 Millie Walker searching for her sister, Cintha Walker The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 9, 1888 Millie Walker seeking information about her sister Cintha Walker The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 31, 1888 Minder Latson searching for her siblings Jennie Moses, Mela Fields, Celia Fields, and James Fields The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 17, 1895 Mingo Chism looking for his mother Parthenia Chism and siblings Jackson, Green, Willis, Smith, Mary, and Phillis Chism The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 8, 1869 Minnie Blake (formerly Minnie Ross) searching for her mother Jane Ross The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 10, 1886 Miss Ann White searching for her nephew James Cooper Johnson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 13, 1876 Miss Estella Ferguson searching for Mrs. Florence Willette (formerly Florence Grant) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 4, 1886 Miss Francis Povler seeking information about her mother Mrs. Jennie and siblings Benjamin, Solomon, and Mary Esther The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 13, 1885 Miss Margaretta Simpson searching for her mother Mary Ann Moody The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 16, 1880 Miss Sophia Bishop looking for her brother Kinnett Claggett The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 12, 1888 Miss Sophia Bishop searching for her brother Kinnett Claggett Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 14, 1889 Moll Locket seeking information about her father George Brewer The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 12, 1889 Molley Wharton looking for her husband Joe Wharton The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 17, 1895 Mollie Hubbard (formerly Mollie Tyler) looking for her uncle Lewis Alexander The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 2, 1895 Molly Moody seeking information about her brothers Jerry and Reuben Burks The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 23, 1896 Momo Lowry searching for her parents Hannah and Sharper Lowry and her brothers Robert, Henry, Taylor, and Wesley Lowry The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 3, 1882 Monroe Penny seeking information on his brother Robert Penny The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 16, 1899 Moses McCloud searching for his brother Trussy David The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 5, 1893 of 41
