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MR. EDITOR -- I left my people in Cooper county, Mo., about the year 1862 or 1863. My mother's name was Betsy Jones; she belonged to the Jones; my father's name was Yorkup Staples, and he belonged to the Staples'. I had two brothers and two sisters, Ann, Priscilla, Merretta and Jacob. Miss Sarah was the daughter of Mr. Jones, and she married a Mr. Nash Gates, and then bought me from her father and went to Springfield, Mo., where I was sold, and went to Texas. I have never been married, and would like to find my father and mother. Address any information to Sophia Gates, care Rev. W. Hartley Jackson, box 46, Belleville, Texas.