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- W.W. 1860 Dyer Co., TN Census.
Listed as W. W. Sorrell age 25
S. S. Sorrell age 25
M. F. Sorrell age 2 (F)
Mary King age 24
1880 Census:
Listed as: M. W. SORRELL Self M Male W 45 TN Farmer NC NC
Olar SORRELL Wife M Female W 24 KY Keeps House KY KY
William SORRELL Son Male W 16 TN On Farm TN NC
Maggy SORRELL Dau S Female W 11 TN At School TN NC
Tandy SORRELL Son S Male W 7 TN TN NC
Reuby SORRELL Son S Male W 2 TN TN NC
P. WOOD Other S Male W 20 TN Laborer TN TN
Thomas VIAR Other S Male W 18 TN Laborer TN TN
Source Information:
Census Place District 2, Dyer, Tennessee
Family History Library Film
NA Film Number T9-1253
Page Number 13B
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Snowball Sorrell
Birth Date: 1883
Death Date: 1887
Cemetery: Sorrell Chapel Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
Has Bio?: N
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: William A Sorrell [William P Sowell]
Age: 56
Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1920: Civil District 2, Dyer, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: William W Sorrell
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Home Owned: Own
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
William A Sorrell 56
William W Sorrell 85
Jessie Green 35
Dora Bowen King 12
He is listed in the 83 page publication of Dyer Co., TN, compiled from History of TN published by Goodspeed .
W. W. Sorrell, a prominent citizen and farmer of the Second District of Dyer County, was born in Gibson County, in 1834, and was one of nine children, his parents being L. W. and Sarah (Cooper) Sorrell. His father was born near Raleigh, N. C., in 1806, moved to Tennessee, locating in Gibson County, in 1826, and in 1836 moved to Dyer County, where he was well known all over the county; he died in 1885. His mother was born in North Carolina, in 1806, and is now living in Dyer County. Our subject married, in 1858, Miss Sarah, daughter of James and Mary King; she was born in North Carolina, in 1838, and died April 15, 1873. One son, William A., was the result of this union. After marriage he located on a farm within a half mile of his present home, which is four miles southeast of Dyersburg. He owns over 200 acres of valuable land. October 15, 1877, he married Mrs. Viola (Allen) Turnley, daughter of Alfred and Margaret (Matheny) Allen, and widow of Dr. J. T. Turnley, who died in 1873. Mrs. Sorrell was born in Jefferson County, Ky., in 1853, and during the war her family moved to Indiana, and in 1864 to Kentucky, where she was raised. Her father, Alfred Allen, was a captain on a steam boat on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, and with his wife, who died in 1862, is buried at New Albany, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Sorrell have four children: Rubie, Harris, Mary A. and Viola. Mr. Sorrell is conservative in politics; he is held in great esteem by all who know him; he is a good business man and liberal and honest in all his transactions.
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