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Dear Editor : Information is desired of Eliza Jane Owens. Mother's name was Rachel Gooden, wife of Harris Hogans. Father's was Israel Patterson. I was sold by Wm. Owen to John [indecipherable] [John Mearsal?], and was eighteen years old when I left my mother at Nelson Hotel, Columbia, Tennessee. She was his cook. Address me care of William Elam, Batesville, Miss. ELIZA JANE ELAM