Mrs. Skiperth reunites with her sister
Sunday Morning Call (Battle Creek, MI)
December 14, 1884
An incident occurred the other day
which recalls the great changes that
have taken place in this country within
a few years. About thirty-five years
ago a young slave woman made her
escape from Kentucky across the river
to Cincinnati, where she found friends
of freedom, agents of the underground
railroad, who passed her from station to
station until she reached Battle Creek,
where she became a wife and mother,
where she still lives, esteemed by all
who know her. She left behind her an
only sister of whom there has been no
tidings in all these years, until a few
days ago a letter was received from her,
stating that she and her family are
residents of Detroit. Christmas the
long separated sisters and their families
will be united. The lady referred to is
Mrs. Skiperth, one of our esteemed
colored ladies, residing at No. 3 Pittee
street.
which recalls the great changes that
have taken place in this country within
a few years. About thirty-five years
ago a young slave woman made her
escape from Kentucky across the river
to Cincinnati, where she found friends
of freedom, agents of the underground
railroad, who passed her from station to
station until she reached Battle Creek,
where she became a wife and mother,
where she still lives, esteemed by all
who know her. She left behind her an
only sister of whom there has been no
tidings in all these years, until a few
days ago a letter was received from her,
stating that she and her family are
residents of Detroit. Christmas the
long separated sisters and their families
will be united. The lady referred to is
Mrs. Skiperth, one of our esteemed
colored ladies, residing at No. 3 Pittee
street.
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Hillary Delaney
Emiline Hall escaped from Kenton County, KY via the Underground RR and settled in Battle Creek, MI. She married Joseph Skipwarth and raised a family there. She was reunited with here sister, Julia, many years after the Civil War. Julia was living in Troy Ohio, as early as 1860, with her husband, Isaiah Lyon and their children. Information about her exit from Kentucky are not known.