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“Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, who now resides in Marysville, California, was formerly owned together with her children. . . . About twenty-five years ago, the mother was sold to Mr. Marshal Stroud, by whom, some twelve or fourteen years later, she was, for the second time since purchased by him, taken to Arkansas. She has never seen the above named children since. . . . Preachers in the neighborhood of Woodbury, Tennessee, are especially requested to make inquiry, and communicate any information they may deem valuable, either by letter, or through the columns of the ‘Recorder.’”
- Elizabeth Williams, “Information Wanted by a Mother Concerning Her Children,” The Christian Recorder, March 17, 1866