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1. Land Records - Arkansas
Harrison Land Office
Name: Hugh L. Sorrels
Document No. 627
Issue Date: March 26, 1890
No Mineral Rights reserved
Number of Acres: 160
Land Description: North l/2 of SW Corner of Section 2; Twp 20N, Range 13W
South l/2 of NW Corner of Section 2; Twp 20N, Range 13W
2. Census Records for Hugh L. Sorrels:
1880 Arkansas - Baxter Co., Pigeon Twp. - ED#6
Page 32; Enum. 24 June; Roll #T9_38
2/2 Hugh L. Sorrels, 22; Farmer; b. Arkansas (N.C., N.C.)
In household of Walter P. and Louisa J. Hargraves
3. Census Records for Hugh L. Sorrels and Lucy A. (Hargraves)
1900 Arkansas - Baxter Co., Mountain Home Twp. - ED#7
Page 9a (70); Enum. 15th June; Roll #T623_50
123/124 Hugh L. Sorrels, 42 (4/1858); Md.17 yrs., b. Arkansas (N.C., N.C.);
Farmer
Lucy A., wife, 39 (2/1861); Md.17 yrs.; 8ch/6 living; b. Arkansas
(Ark., Tn.)
Robert B., son, 14 (5/1886); b. Arkansas; Farm Laborer
Eulah V., dau., 12 (1/888); b. Arkansas
Jake T., son, 9 (6/1890); b. Arkansas
Thomas C., son, 7 (4/1893); b. Arkansas
Deal W., son, 4 (2/1896); b. Arkansas
Martha L., dau., 2 (2/1898); b. Arkansas
1910 Arkansas - Baxter Co., Independance Co. - ED#4
Page 5a (47); Enum. 26th April; Roll #T624_43
79/79 Hugh L. Sorrels, 52; Md.27 yrs., b. Arkansas (N.C., N.C.); Farmer
Rents/Farm
Lucy, wife, 49; Md.27 yrs., 9ch/7 living; b. Arkansas (Tn., Tn.)
Cleveland, son, 17; b. Arkansas
Dearmire, son, 14; b. Arkansas
Laura, dau., 12; b. Arkansas
Pearl, dau., 9; b. Arkansas
1920 Arkansas - Baxter Co. - Independence Twp. - ED#4
Page 2b (221); Enum. 5th January; Roll #T625_53
22/22 Hugh L. Sorrels (Rens); 61; Md.; b. Arkansas (N.C., N.C.); Farmer
Lucy A., wife, 48; Md.; b. Arkansas (Ark., Ark.)
Walter D., son, 23; Md.; b. Arkansas; Farmer
Pearl G., dau., 18; b. Arkansas
Virgie A., dau. inlaw; Md.; b. Arkansas (Ark., Ark.)
1930 Arkansas - Baxter Co., Independence Twp. - ED#7
Page 1b; Enum. 3rd April; Roll #T626_65
21/21 Albert R. Hargrave, 46; b. Arkansas (Ark., Ark.); Farmer
Mary E., wife, 31; b. Arkansas (Iowa, Iowa)
Irene, dau., 13; b. Arkansas
Hugh L. Sorrells*, uncle, 73; Widowed; b. Arkansas (S.C.,S.C.);
No Occupation
4. News Article re death of Hugh L. Sorrels:
Fort Worth Press
Dated May 8, 1939
"Pedestrian is Traffic Victim"
Hugh L. Sorrells, 81 takes step backward into path of car.
An elderly pedestrian stood for a tense moment near the middle of the street.
Two cars almost abreast were moving toward him watching the first, he stepped back - against the side of the second.
Hugh L. Sorrells, 81 of 2408 Market, was hurled to the pavement. he died five hours later in a local hospital. Funeral services were scheduled at 2 p.m. today at Shannon's North Side Funeral Home, led by Rev. M. Feland, pastor of Saginaw Methodist church. Burial was to be at Saginaw.
The accident at 4 p.m., Saturday at NW 25th and Gould, brought Tarrant County's traffic death toll for the year to 16, the city's to nine. All nine killed in Ft. Worth have been pedestrians.
Mr. Sorrells taking his usual evening stroll acorss 25th St. An auto driven by Edwin Langstown, 20 of 2709 NW 29th approached the intersection from the east. Another car was passing it in the same direction. Mr. Sorrells took a step back. Witnesses said he would have been safe had he stood still. Both drivers stopped and rendered aid. Police exonerated Mr. langston. The injured man was taken to a hospital in a Shannon's ambulance, died at 9 p.m.
Mr. Sorrells came to Fort Worth 15 years ago from Arkansas and lived with his son, Walter D. Sorrells. Three other sons and two daughters survive: J. T. of Conroe, Robert of Oklahoma, Cleve of Springfield, Mo.; Mrs. Eula Walters of
Mountain Home, Ark. and Miss Pearl Sorrels of Springfield, Mo. and a sister,
Mrs. Julia Brixley of Holdenville, Ark.*
*should be Holdenville, Ok.
Note: Hugh's wife, Lucy is buried in Midway Cemetery in Midway, Baxter Co., Arkansas. There is a double headstone with Hugh's name on it, but he is not buried in Arkansas, but in Texas
2.Obituary for Hugh L. Sorrels
Fort Worth Star Telegram - May 1939
"Traffic Victim's Funeral Conducted"
"Rev. M. Feland conducted funeral services at 1 p.m., Monday for Hugh L. Sorrels, 81 or
2408 Market Street, who died Saturday night in a hospital here from injuries
received in an automobile accident earlier in the day.
Burial was in Saginaw Cemetery after services at Shannon's North Side Funeral Home.
The fatal accident, Tarrant County's sixteenth this year, occurred as Mr. Sorrels was walking across Twenty fifth Street at the Gould Ave. intersection about 5 p.m. Investigators said the victim stepped back to avoid one passing vehicle and into the side of the one driven by Edwin Langston, 20, of 2709 West Twenty Ninth Street, North.
Langston reported to police after rendering aid."
In other news articles the survivors are listed as: four sons, W. D. of Ft. Worth; J. T. of Conroe; Bob of Oklahoma City and Cleve of Springfield, Mo.; two daughters, Mrs. Eula
Walters, Mountain Home, Ark. and Miss Pearl Sorrels, Springfield, and one sister,
Mrs. Julia Brixey, Holdenville, Ark.*
(*should be Holdenville, Oklahoma)
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1858 - 1939 (81 years)
