Matilda Woodrow searching for her sisters Leah and Hannah Ash
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 18, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my sisters—Leah and Hannah Ash. We are from Wilmington county, North Carolina. We were brought from said county to Texas by Mr. Grandgo. Our mother's name is Penny Ash.

The last time I heard from my sisters they were in Belton, Texas.

If any reader knows of their whereabouts will they please address me at Galves-ton [Galveston] county, Texas, in care of Rev.
J. K. Loggins, St. Paul M. E. Church,
Galveston, Texas.
MATILDA WOODROW

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