dead letter office

Letters remaining at the post office.

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Wilson Advance, 21 May 1880.

  • Hester Barnes — perhaps, in the 1880 census of Wilson, Wilson County: housekeeper Hester Barnes, 24, with children Lindy M., 3, and Dennis, 1.
  • Norfleet Joyner
  • James Jordan

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Wilson Advance, 17 September 1880.

  • Diana Durding — Dinah Scarborough Darden
  • Emma Gay
  • Alger Vaughn — in the 1880 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Sarah Dardin, 57, Virginia-born son-in-law Algia Vaughn, 23, daughter Mittie, 22, and grandchildren Joseph, 8, Sarah, 6, and Macinda Vaughn, 8 months.

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Wilson Advance, 21 January 1881.

  • Betsy Dawson
  • Mack Dozier — in the 1880 census of Jackson, Nash County: Mack Dozier, 32, wife Elizabeth, 22, and mother Charlotte Williams, 55. In the 1900 census of Wilson, Wilson County: painter Mack Dozier, 60, wife Elibeth, 48, children Julia, 17, and Sid, 15, and mother Charlott, 89. Elizabeth worked in washing and Sid as a tobacco stemmer.

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Wilson Advance, 11 March 1881.

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Wilson Advance, 8 September 1882.

  • Jack Cohen
  • Elick Moore