Enslaved Husband Herbert

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• Name	Enslaved Husband Herbert
  Born	1840
  Gender	Male
  Race	Black
  Died	​ Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I1172 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Family	Frances Herbert (Age 72 years) b. 1840, South Carolina, USA d. 28 Mar 1912, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 72 years)
  Married	Aft 1865 [1]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F401 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S1390] Newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph - 28 Mar 1912 - Page 10, (Name: Harrisburg Telegraph; Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Date: 28 Mar 1912;), Mrs Frances Herbert Ex-Slave_Telegraph_28 Mar 1912 28 Mar 1912. Torn From Family by Slave Block Never Saw Them Again Ex-slave Dies at Almshouse Burial by Former Employers Separated from family and friend many year ago by the cruelty of the auction block. Mrs. Frances Herbert, an old slave who had lost track of her own age died all alone In the world at the Dauphin County Alms House last Sunday night. Mrs. Herbert was born In South Carolina. When very young she and three other little girls were torn from their mother and sold at auction. She never saw any of her relatives again. Developing Into an excellent cook, she was sold in the course of time to several prominent men of the South, having three masters in all. Mrs. Herbert wa married twice. Her first marriage wa the ordinary slave ceremony of "jumpin' over a broom stlck." When her first husband died she was married to Mr. Herbert by a minister. At the time of President Garfield's assassination, Mrs. Herbert wa employed by Dr. Van Ressler, a brother-in-law of the President, of Berkley Spring. West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert came to this city many year ago. Mrs. Herbert was employed a cook by many prominent Harrisburg families. Several years ago, Mr. Herbert died, and Mrs. Herbert, being too old to work, was forced to go to the poor house. She is being buried by several of her old employers of this city. Funeral services were held this afternoon in St. Paul Baptist Church. Burial was made in the Lincoln Cemetery. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86818486/mrs-frances-herbert/?xid=637