Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 163 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Abilene Weekly Reflector (Abilene, KS)Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Asheville Daily Citizen (Asheville, NC)Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)Battle Creek Daily Moon (Battle Creek, MI)Bee (Ripley, OH)Boston Post (Boston, MA)Bucyrus Journal (Bucyrus, OH)Charlevoix County Herald (East Jordan, MI)Cincinnati Commercial Tribune (Cincinnati, OH)Clinch Valley News (Tazewell Courthouse, VA)Commercial Advertiser (New York, NY)Daily Republican (Wilmington, DE)Daily State Gazette (Green Bay, WI)Davenport Sunday Democrat (Davenport, IA)Eufala Daily Times (Eufala, AL)Harrisburg Daily Independent (Harrisburg, PA)Indianapolis Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN)Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)Jersey City News (Jersey City, NJ)Juniata Sentinel and Republican (Mifflintown, PA)Justice (Chattanooga, 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S. ArmyU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored TroopsU.S. Armyuncle(s)Underground Railroadveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Hiram Jefferson reunited with son Thomas after 30 years Daily State Gazette (Green Bay, WI) November 15, 1893 Frank E. Lawrence finds his father after 36 years Juniata Sentinel and Republican (Mifflintown, PA) November 11, 1891 Jack Corkley finds his mother after 40 years The Cincinnati Daily Star (Cincinnati, OH) January 23, 1879 George Thompson finds his first wife after 46 years Boston Post (Boston, MA) February 22, 1876 George Harris and Mary J. Brooks reunite and remarry after 45 years San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA) July 23, 1904 Albert Harris and Mariah Harris reunite after 37 years and remarry Richmond Democrat (Richmond, MO) February 25, 1886 Tom Carnahan, the only black police officer in Lincoln, NE, finds his brother after two decades The McCook Tribune (McCook, NE) November 4, 1886 Henry Tolliver finds his father Alfred Tolliver Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA) August 7, 1903 Robert Warren and Charity Atwater reunited and remarried after 53 years Davenport Sunday Democrat (Davenport, IA) June 6, 1897 Henry Wilson reunited with his sister after 39 years The Jacksonville Daily Journal (Jacksonville, IL) November 4, 1903 Brothers Nathan Branch and Lee Branch reunited after 66 years The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL) July 14, 1899 Rev. Mack Henson finds his father The Austin Weekly Statesman (Austin, TX) March 26, 1891 Wesley Torry reunited with his wife after 21 years Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) June 28, 1882 Harrison Bradley and his wife reunite after 21 years and remarry The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH) August 17, 1880 Robert Anderson and Ida Pryor reunite and remarry Staunton Daily Leader (Staunton, VA) January 9, 1905 Unidentified parents reunited with their daughter after 20 years Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) July 29, 1875 John Williams reunited with his mother Harriet Blackwell after 32 years Asheville Daily Citizen (Asheville, NC) December 31, 1892 Robert Cox reunited with his wife after 24 years Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) February 27, 1879 Martha Cobble finds her sons Thurston Cobble and Ned Cobble after a 40-year search The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA) August 16, 1889 Mrs. Louisa Fry reunited with her mother, "Aunty" Strong, for first time since the Civil War Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) March 22, 1908 George W. Moveety finds his family The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL) November 17, 1886 Susan Anderson found her brother and relatives The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) September 29, 1894 Henry Anderson found his friends and family The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) April 23, 1896 Unnamed man finds his sister, Louisa Smith, through ad The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, IN) March 9, 1887 Lucy A. Johnson responding to Eliza Husher (formerly Eliza Clark) The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) July 16, 1892 of 7
![Mrs. Louisa Fry reunited with her mother, "Aunty" Strong, for first time since the Civil War](https://www.informationwanted.org/files/fullsize/add7387bd8f683fa84ef08d1f6fa61be.jpg "Mrs. Louisa Fry reunited with her mother, "Aunty" Strong, for first time since the Civil War")
