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Mrs. Jas. Coakley found her uncle (2nd of 2 ads)

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

November 13, 1909

FOUND HER UNCLE

The Planet as an Advertising
Medium.

The publication of an enquiry
notice in the columns of the
PLANET recently brought the fol-
lowing results:
214[?] 14th Street.
New Albany, Ind., Dec. 21, 1909.
DEAR EDITOR.—
I write to inform you that I have
found my uncle whom I have been
looking for. I can not express…

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Susan Anderson (formerly Susan Burrus) seeking information about her mother Rachel and her father Martin

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

March 3, 1894

I would like to find my people. I was called
Susan Burrus in Virginia; I belonged to the
widow Burrus. The widow Burris had a son,
Dr John L. Burrus; his sisters, May, Liza and
Caroline My mother was named Rachel She
belonged to Dr. John L. Burrus My father
was named Martin. I had two sisters, Mary
Jane and Louisa; three…

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Henry Anderson found his friends and family

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

April 23, 1896

Found His Relatives.
Mineola, Tex., Special.
Henry Anderson now living in Tex-
as an ex-slave of Somerset, Md., found
his long lost friends and relatives
through advertising in The Freeman.

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Mrs. Clara Bashop seeking information about her daughter Patience (2nd of 4 ads)

St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)

October 2, 1892

HUNTING HER CHILD.
A Former Slave Still in Search of Her
Lost Daughter.
New York, Oct. 1. - For thirty three years
Mrs. Clara Bashop of Morristown, N. J., has
been searching for her lost daughter, and she
is searching still. Tears have often flowed
over the woes of Uncle Tom, but her story is
sadder and more pathetic than the one…

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Mrs. Clara Bashop searching for her daughter Patience (3rd of 4 ads placed)

The New York World (New York, NY)

October 2, 1892

A THIRTY YEARS' SEARCH.
Mrs. Bashop's Pitiful Quest for Her
Daughter, Patience.
THEY WERE SEPARATED AT AN AUC-
TION [AUCTION] SALE OF SLAVES.
The Aged Mother Sought in Many States
for Clues of Her Missing Child, but
Without Avail—Now She Wants "The
World's" Million Readers to Assist
in Finding the Girl for Whom She
Has Slaved So…

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Henry Anderson searching for mother Peggy, brothers Chas, Horace, and Alex, and sisters Sarah Ann and Malinda

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

December 7, 1895

LOST RELATIVES.
I would like to find my relatives. I was born
in Somerset County, Maryland. My name is
Henry Anderson, my Master was John Ander-
son [Anderson] of Eastern Shore M. D., I left about six
years before the war. Mothers name was Peg-gy [Peggy] and my brothers were named Chas, Horace,
Alex, and Sandy I left two sisters in…

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Henry Wright and Malinda Wright searching for their children and step-children (3rd of 3 ads placed by Wright)

Knoxville Daily Tribune (Knoxville, TN)

March 8, 1878

Information Wanted.
This is to inquire the whereabouts of
the children or step-children of Henry
Wright, colored, who are somewhere in the
South. Their names are : Charles Thomas,
Henry Wright, James Nelson, Minor Frank-
lin, Isaac Williams, Hamp Conway, and
Lucinda, children or step-children of Henry
Wright and Malinda Wright. Direct…

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Henry Wright searching for his children (1st of 3 ads placed by Wright)

Daily Press and Herald (Knoxville, TN)

April 2, 1873

Lost Children Wanted.
I want to find my children. My name is
Henry Wright. I was raised in Culpepper
county, Virginia, one mile from Fairfax
Court House. First wife's children: Lucinda,
Malinda, James, Myner, Charles. Second
wife's children: Kate, George, Isy and Hamp,
I would be glad for my children or their chil-
dren to come; they…

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