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- JOHN ALLEN SORRELS was born December 29,1860 in Crenshaw County, Alabama and died September 1933 in Crenshaw County, Alabama(No correct according to death information!) He is buried in the Liberty Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery between Brantley and Dozier, Alabama.
John Allen married Mary Harriett Wallace about 1890, she was the daughter of William Monroe Wallace and Martha Ann nee: Blackwell. Mary Harriett was born November 12, 1862 in the Burnt Corn Post Office District of Monroe County, Alabama. She died June 8, 1922 in Crenshaw County, Alabama and is also buried in the Liberty Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery.
Mary Harriett’s maternal grandparents were Edward Blackwell and Harriett Ward. {Through this couple there’s an Native American Bloodline, it could be through both grandparents, It is the CREEK INDIAN line, the percentage of the bloodline is unknown but these descendants are members of a Tribe in Troy, Pike County, Alabama where Martha Ann Blackwell Wallace is on the DAWES ROLL}
John Allen and Harriett Sorrells had five children:
EDDIE LEE SORRELLS
CLAUDIE LEONA SORRELLS
OLLIE ALLEN SORRELLS WILLIAM FOSTER SORRELLS
ELLA MAE SORRELLS
JOHN D. SORRELLS
1900 Census - 08 Jun 1900 - Leon, Crenshaw County, Alabama - He is a farmer.
John A Sorrells 39
Mary H Sorrells 37
Claud L Sorrells 9
Edie Sorrells 8
Ollie Sorrells 6
Foster Sorrells 3
Ella M Sorrells 0
1910 Crenshaw Co., AL Census, Page 19 on Ancestry( not indexed)
John A. Sorrell age 47 (this is his second marriage!) lists his father as being born in GA and mother in AL
Harriet age 45 (married 1) for 20 years 7 children with 6 living
Edward age 14
Claudia age 20
Ollie age 16
Foster age 14
Ella M. age 11
Johnnie (male) age 8
1920 Crenshaw Co., Precinct 8 on 8 Jan:
John age 55 b AL
Mary age 54 b AL
Claudie f age 28
Ella Mae age 19
John age 18
1930 Census - April 12, 1930 - Brantley, Crenshaw County, Alabama - He is farming and renting a house on Main Street and the Glenwood Road. His daughter Claudia is the only person living with him.
1940 United States Federal Census
Name: John Sorrells
Age: 78
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Father
Home in 1940: Mount Ida and Brantley, Crenshaw, Alabama
Inferred Residence in 1935: Mount Ida and Brantley, Crenshaw, Alabama
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 12B
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: 0
E L Sorrells 48
Thae Sorrells 43
Oral Sorrells 23
Louise Sorrells 21
John Sorrells 78
Name: John A Sorrells
Death Date: Sep 1933
Death County: Crenshaw
Volume: 49
Certificate: 24313
Roll: 3
Name: John Allen Sorrell
Death date: 24 Mar 1941
Death place: Brantley, Crenshaw , Alabama
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Race or color (expanded): White
Age at death: 79y 2m 26d
Estimated birth year:
Birthdate: 29 Dec 1861
Birthplace: S.C.
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse's name: Mary Sorrell
Father's name: James Sorrell
Father's birthplace: S.C.
Mother's name: Miss Nesse
Mother's birthplace: S.C.
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Brantley, Crenshaw , Ala.
Burial place: Brantley, Rt Crenshaw , Ala.
Burial date: 25 Mar 1941
Film number: 1908599
Reference number: cn 5620
Collection: Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908-1974
Web: Alabama, Find A Grave Index, 1817-2011
Name: John Allen Sorrells
Birth Date: 29 Dec 1861
Age at Death: 79
Death Date: 24 Mar 1941
Burial Place: Theba, Crenshaw County, Alabama, USA
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1860 - 1941 (80 years)
