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Peter Wilson searching for his brother James Wilson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 14, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- Please allow me space in your paper to inquire for my brother James Wilson. He was born in Arkansas, near Arkadelphis. His father's name was James, mother Fannie Wilson. He left Arkansas in 1845 for Texas, and from there to California with a man by the name of John Wilson, his master. His fellow servant, who went with him, was killed…

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Unnamed person seeking their family including their mother Fancis Jackson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 3, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my people. My mother's name was Fancis Jackson. There was ten children of us, James, John, Dennis, Ellis and Simeon, Eliza, beth, Salia, Nancy, Adeline and Laura Jackson, five boys and five girls, the boys are all dead and two of the girls. Laura Jackson was in Yazoo City, Miss., the last time I heard from her.…

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Caroline Warford (formerly Caroline Powells) searching for her father Obe Powells

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 24, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to find my people. I used to belong to Dr. Brown. My father's name was Obe Powells and my mother's name was Leanther Brown. She died when I was a babe. She was on her way out to Texas when she died, and I was given to a man who was named Parker and taken back to Alabama. This Dr. Brown came to Texas and married a lady named…

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Simon Marrs searching for his mother and brother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 26, 1880

DEAR EDITOR-- Please allow me space in your columns to make inquiry for my mother and brother. We were separated about the year 1852 or '53. My mother, two brothers and myself were all sold at an administrator's sale in Fayetteville, Washington Co., Arkansas. A Mr. Marts bought brother Pete and myself, and we are together yet. John Balingly got…

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W. H. Cooper searching for his brother Isaiah Cooper

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 30, 1879

MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my brother. His name is Isaiah Cooper. He used to belong to one Mark A. Cooper, who now lives in East county, Ga., which is now called Barto county. When last heard of, he was going to Nashville, Tenn. At the present we are all living. His father is living in Austin, and all of the children are in Texas but him.…

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P. Sullivan Brown searching for his uncle Mr. Ed. Denton

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 4, 1880

DEAR EDITOR-- Mr. Ed. Denton, a son of Capt. John B. Denton, and my mother's brother (white), it is supposed, left Texas some twenty years ago. It was my mother's last request that I should find out where he was and whether he was living. He has many relatives here in Texas who want to know his whereabouts. If he is living he will confer a favor…

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Handy Williams seeks their brothers and sisters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 13, 1887

MR. EDITOR— Please allow me space to inquire for my brothers and sisters. There were four brothers and four sisters. Brothers named Tonny, Louis, Handy, and Sandy, but called Dick. Sisters were named Easter, Badery, Francis and Ellen, but she got burned to death. Mother died when I was a boy, her name was Beanny. We all belonged to Merderic B.…

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Rev. J. C. Skinner searching for his brother Edward Avington

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 20, 1879

MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my brother, whom I last saw in Georgetown, D.C., Oct. 12, 1860, and have heard of him through letters, but not since 1875. I know not whether he is dead or alive. Mother's name is Emmaline Grey. her first husband's name was Richard Skinner. She is yet alive, as is also her last husband, Jordan Grey. Sister…

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Miles P. Wood seeking the name of his brother Gabriel Wood's regiment and company

St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)

September 7, 1879

Information Wanted.
To the citizens of the United States: GEN-
TLEMEN—Will some of you be so kind as to tell
me what was the name of the colored regiment,
if so it was called one, stationed at or on Presi-
dent Island, about five miles below Memphis,
Tenn? I had a brother who enlisted in it, I
suppose in 1861, also served as a soldier until…

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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)

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…

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L. Lindsay searching for his brother P. S. Lindsay

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

December 5, 1903

Do You Know Him?
If anyone know the whereabouts of
my brother, P. S. Lindsay, any infor-
mation [information] will be thankfully received. His
mother is dead.
Very respectully yours,
L. LINDSAY,
168 N. Craig St.,
Pittsburg, Pa.

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Mrs Byard seeking information about Robert Byard, believed to be her husband (two ads)

St. Albans Daily Messenger (St. Albans, VT)

November 26, 1898

Information Wanted.

Information is wanted of Robert Byard,
a colored man who enlisted in Company
C, Fourth Massachusetts colored
troops, March 25th, 1865, and was mustered
out August 20, 1865.

At the time of his enlistment Byard
gave his residence as St. Albans, Vt.

An aged colored woman residing at
New Rochelle N. Y.,…

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Mr. John G. Lewis, Grand Master of Masons for Louisiana, searching for Mrs. Amy Fuller

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

April 12, 1906

WANTS INFORMATION
Mr. John G. Lewis G. M. of Masons
for Louisiana, wishes information of
one Mrs. Amy Fuller, who lived near
Post Oak Ala. Her son John Fuller is
dead and it will be to her interest to
communicate with Grand Master Lewis
at Natchitoches, La.

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E. H. Lampkins searching for his former wife Mrs. Bennie Jacko (formerly Mrs. Bennie Lampkins)

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

June 27, 1913

LETTER OF INQUIRY.
22 Nevada street, San Antonio, Tex.,
June 9, 1913.
Nashville Globe, Nashville, Tenn.:
I am sending this inquiring letter
to you in quest of Mrs. Bennie Jacko
or Mrs. Bennie Lampkins. She was
once married to me, but the last
time she married a man by the name
of Jacko; her mother's name was Mrs.
Charlotte Johnson, who…

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Wm. G. Wilson searching for Miss Annie Tucker's parents

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 21, 1899

Do You Know Her?

I desire to know the whereabouts of
Miss Annie Tucker's mother or father
or any of her relatives.

She died here in the Hartford Hospital,
Monday night, October 9th, and
was buried Thursday, 12th inst.

She was insured for $150. She leaves
a baby two weeks old. Her parents
live in Lunenburg Co., Va.

They can…

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Geo. W. Donagan searching for Geo. Robertson

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

September 1, 1899

INFORMATION WANTED
The Following Letter Which Has
Been Received by President W.
H. Councill is Self-Explanatory.
Springfield, Ill., Aug. 27, 1899.
Prof. Councill,
Dear S r:—I desire to find a man near
Huntsville by the name of Geo. Robert-
son [Robertson]. He is a farmer and has two daugh-
ters [daughters]. His son Edward W. Robertson…

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Jefferson Anderson searching for Thomas Anderson

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 22, 1904

Do You Know Them?
Lexington, Va., Oct. 17, 1904.
I desire to know the whereabouts of
Thomas Anderson, son of Annie and Jef-
ferson [Jefferson] Anderson of Lexington, Va. They
left here some years ago. Their parents
are dead and the property has been left to
him. Any information concerning
him will be thankfully received. Ad-
dress…

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Nathaniel Dunmore searching for soldiers regarding Edmond Dunmore's death

National Tribune (Washington, DC)

August 29, 1889

—Nathaniel Dunmore,
Oral, W. Va., desires the addresses of any soldiers
who know anything pertaining to the time and
death of Edmond Dunmore (colored), who enlisted
from the State of Pennsylvania. —

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An unidentified party is seeking for information about Stephen Pembroke

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 14, 1889

INFORMATION WANTED OF STE-
PHEN [STEPHEN] PEMBROKE.
Stephen Pembroke once resided in
Hagerstown, Md., but later somewhere
near New York City, where he died sev-
eral [several] years ago. We desire to know the
exact date and place of his death. Ad-
dress [Address] CHRISTIAN RECORDER.

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An unidentified person searching for descendants or relatives of William and Mary Smith

The Washington Times (Washington, DC)

July 8, 1905

INFORMATION WANTED of descend-
ants [descendants] or relatives of William and Mary
Smith, colored, who in 1827 lived on Vir-
ginia [Virginia] avenue, near Twenty-third street
northwest. Address, with particulars,
Box 239, this office. jy6-3t

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W. H. Anderson searching for three Civil War soldiers' service information

The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL)

October 30, 1920

Information Wanted

Any person, Grand Army post, or
relative of William Green, who was
killed at the Battle of Manassas, who
can give any information of his service
in the U. S. Army, or any facts
as to his death, the name of the commanding
officer, of company or regiment,
will please communicate with
the undersigned. Would like…

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Mrs. Catherine Anderson looking for information about her deceased husband John Anderson

Afro-American Ledger (Baltimore, MD)

April 11, 1908

Information Wanted
Any one that was in Company C,
of the Virginia Regiment of the Civil
War, of which John Anderson was a
private soldier, any information will
be thankfully received by his widow
Mrs. Catherine Anderson, 1808 Etting
Street. 1t

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A. B. Campbell searching for heirs of Robert Anderson and Jane Anderson

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 21, 1905

Do You Know Them.
Wanted to know the whereabouts
of one Henry Anderson, Jacob An-
derson [Anderson] or heirs. These men are
sons of Robert Anderson and Jane
Anderson, deceased. They left Sa-
lem [Salem], Va., about 30 years ago. One
of them was heard from in Texas a
number of years ago. Any informa-
tion [information] will be…

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Mrs. Frances Bundy searching for nephew Hugh W. Thomas

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 13, 1916

Some information is wanted of the whereabouts of Hugh W. Thomas, who was born in Essex County, VA, about 19 years ago. His father, William L. Thomas, died when he was two years old, and his mother, Mary Thomas, formerly Mary Parsons, took him to Richmond. She died soon afterwards leaving him with an aunt, Helen Parsons. When last heard of, he was…

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S. B. H. searching for the relatives of Roland Griffin

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

March 25, 1916

Fairbanks, Alaska. Feb. 3, 1916. To the Editor of the Planet. Richmond, Va.: Dear Sir.—I am writing to locate the relatives of the late Roland Griffin. Deceased was born in Paris, Kentucky, in 1857 or 1858. He went to Chicago in the early Eighties, and there worked as teamster for years, and also married in Chicago. He has three brothers, to-wit:…

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