Ellen Loy (fomerly Colwell) searching for her father Jim Colwell

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 21, 1883

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MR. EDITOR: ---- I wish to inquire for my father, Jim Colwell, who lived in Meridian, Miss. His wife was Dolly, and she had four children ----- Ellen, Charley, Louvinia and Mary Colwell. Louvinia and Charley died when babes. We are here where he left us --- Ellen and Mary --- but I married am now Ellen Loy. Address me at Meridian, Miss., care of R. N. Loy.

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Ellen Loy (formerly Colwell) searching for her father Jim Colwell. He was last known to live in Meridian, Mississippi.

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June 21, 1883
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Meridian, MS

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Meridian, MS

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Margaret Strolle

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"Ellen Loy (fomerly Colwell) searching for her father Jim Colwell," Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA), June 21, 1883, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed October 21, 2026, https://www.informationwanted.org/items/show/2094

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