Cecil Elbert Sorrell

1906 - 1921  (14 years)

• Name	Cecil Elbert Sorrell
  Birth	27 Jun 1906	Quail, Collingsworth Co., TX
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F54A5787DA1A1148A2EA12FF15B1561235CD
  Death	1921	Daisy Pittsburg Co., OK
  Person ID	I39193	sorrells
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Rufus Elbert Sorrell,   b. 22 Dec 1879, Alexander City, AL d. 6 Feb 1958, Bonham, Fannin Co., TX (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Lillian Grace Harris,   b. 6 Nov 1885, Pulaski East, Giles Co., TN d. 29 Mar 1964, Bonham, Fannin Co., TX (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F14506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  According to my father, John Henry Sorrell, known in the family as "Pete", his brother Cecil was killed at the age of 15 when he opened the door to a shed which had been boobytrapped with a shotgun. (KMassie1_1) Cecil Elbert Sorrell Birth 27 Jun 1906 Quail, Collingsworth County, Texas, USA Death Jun 1921 (aged 14–15) Ti, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA Burial Vivian Cemetery Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA Memorial ID 19434407 Cecil was born about 1906, the son of Rufus Elbert (born in Alabama, died 1958 in Texas, buried at New Hope Cemetery in Fannon County) and Lillian Grace (Harris) Sorrell (born 1904 and died sometime in the 1960's in Texas and buried at New Hope Cemetery in Fannon County). He was killed by a gun that was rigged to a cabin door to prevent unauthorized entry around 1920. His grave was marked in 1993 by a rock within a rock-outlined grave.