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- Joseph and Nancy Sorrells' son John H. Sorrells is my great grandfather. He moved to Texas with Noah Spate Sorrells, son of Hiriam Sorrells. John H. married Mary V (?). They had five children. They were Sarah Elizabeth (Bettie) Sorrells 1864- 1946), William Wyatt Sorrells (1870-1935), Emma Sorrells (1874-), Nannie Sorrells (1877-1963) and Weaver Bacon Sorrells (1880-1935). Both Noah and John Sorrells joined the 18th Texas Calvary. Noah became a SGT and John was captured and taken to Camp Douglas, IL. He signed a "I will fight no more statement) and came home. Both John and Noah became Master Masons. Noah died in Seagoville, Texas and is buriedd there. A picture of Noah's tombstone is on the internet. John H. moved to kaufman County around Elmo, Texas. He died in Kaufman County but I have not been able to find his death certificate or his grave site. I know that John is the son of Nancy Redman Sorrells(Elliot) because on her application for a Civil War
pension she states, "my son went to Texas and I have not seen him since." John on his way back to Texas from Camp Douglas, IL would have to come thru Morgan County but he did not stop if what Nancy Sorrells states in her pension application. I have been trying to find all of the Masonic Records on John H. Noah's death is recorded in his lodge records. My great Uncle told me that my Grandfather was raised by a man named McClusky. I have been trying to records on him. I have all of the marriage Lic. on all of John H. Sorrells children. I would be glad to provide you with copies if you want them.
John H. Sorrells moved to Texas and had five Children;
1.Sarah Elizabeth was born in 1864 in Dallas, Dallas, County. She Married a man named B.Johnson on May 8, 1886. She was called Aunt Bettie and she died in Dallas, Texas on January 15/16, 1945.
2. William Wyatt was born on June 23, 1870 in Seagoville, Texas. He married Elizabeth Wilks in 1901, at Kaufman, Texas. He died November 15, 1935 in Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas.
3. Emma Sorrells was born about 1872 in Dallas,Texas.
She married J. L. Fly in Dallas, Texas on February 23, 1905. I do not know when she died.
4. Nannie Sorrells about 1876(?) in Dallas County, Texas. She married J. D. Huffman in Dallas, Texas on November 23, 1908. She died in Frederick, OK in the 1950's.
5. Weaver Bacon Sorrells Born July 12, 1880 in Dallas County, Texas. He married Dovie L. Dorsey on September 4, 1906 in Kemp, Kaufman, Texas. (This is my grandfather)He died on February 27. 1935 in Terrell, Kaufman, Texas. Dovie died in May 1935. Both are buried a Cemetery in College Mound, Kaufman, Texas in the Plot of Columbus Dorsey, Dovie's father.
I am in the process of tracing the families of Bettie, Emma and Nannie. I have just obtained a copy of Bettie's Obit from the Dallas Morning News. I knew one of her sons Henry.
I am researching the children of John H. Sorrells (Sorrels, Sorrell) He had a daughter who married a Huffman and moved to Oklahoma. I have found them in the 1940 census
Thanks again
Terry McKee
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