George White Attempts Escape (1896)

Item

Title
George White Attempts Escape (1896)
Is part of
Emporia Republican
Publisher
W.L. Stahl
Place
Emporia, KS
Date
15 Oct 1896
Language
English
Temporal coverage
1882-1905
Description
The son of Jennie Stephens and John "Felix" White. After an unsuccessful escape attempt ca. 1849, he was first sold to Webb Ross of Georgetown, KY with his mother and siblings, then possibly separated. Eventually, he was reunited with his mother and several siblings. He enlisted in the USCT and died in 1914 at a Disabled Veteran's Home in Leavenworth, KS.
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Bibliographic citation
The Emporia Republican. Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82015318/>
Jennie Carter obituary. (1896, October 15). Emporia Republican, p. 4., Emporia, Kansas.

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