SORRELLS (William H.) CEMETERY, N. side Sorrells Rd, MARSHALL COUNTY
TENNESSEE
Labeled photo of Sorrels graves and William Harvey Sorrells at two stages in his
life.
Mapping the Location
*Photo of the Survey Participates:2442/Cousin
John Sorrells taking a break:2441
*Visitors Sherry Sorrells & "JayDee" M.
surveying the graveyard. Horses in background:
2428
*The 1st Row of Graves on the west
side of the Cemetery labeled:2442L
*Photo overviews of the William H.
Sorrells Cemetery:
2443
*Standing just south of the
cemetery - view south toward Sorrells Hollow:2449/View
Southeast toward Sorrells Hollow:2450/view
of distant hills above Sorrells Hollow:2451/view
Northeast:
2452/North view
Cemetery on our left inside trees:
2453/View
North:2454
Photos by Sherry Sorrells Finchum: 0001 /
0002 / 0003 /
0004 / 0005
/ 0006
BONNER, William Harvie, Jan 31, 1895 - Apr 29, 1897,
Son of W.N. & C.D. Bonner [s/o Willie N. Bonner (1872 - 1894) & Cordie Sorrells
Wagster Bonner (1871 - 1906)] 2439C/2439/footstone
W.H.B.:2440
BONNER, Willie N., May 10, 1872 - d. Dec. 10, 1894,
Lincoln County, TN, Marriage to Cordilia "Cordie" SORRELLS 1871 in Lincoln Co.,
TN, m. 5 Jul 1891 in Marshall Co., TN. Children: 1. Lena Elizabeth BONNER
b: 14 May 1892, 2. William Harvie BONNER b: 31 Jan 1895.
Photo by Sherry
KING, Nancy Josephine "Josie" Sorrells, Aug 15, 1868 - Sep 4, 1893;
member of Hannah's Gap Baptist Church; died of typhoid fever; no children. d/o
William Harvey SORRELLS Sr. (b. 1842) & Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" SCOTT (b:
1848)Marriage to: William Sidney KING the son of Hiram White King and Susan
Catherine McAdams. William may have remarried after her untimely death.
2432/2433
SORRELLS, William Harvey, Sr., May 10, 1842 - Mar 8, 1926. s/o Thomas
Sorrell, (b: 1803) and Elizabeth (Russell) Sorrell (b: 1810).
He Married 1st:Sarah Elizabeth Scott (daughter of Samuel Scott and Elizabeth
Ryalls.)(1848 - 1898)He Married 2nd:Nancy Elizabeth Waldrop (1877 - 1962)(She
later married Walter Freeman; Walter may be buried in Armstrong Cem?)
2434/footstone on right W.H.S.:2435/grave
cradle:2437
SORRELLS, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Scott, 1848 - Mar 23 1898 Marshall Co., TN
(daughter of Samuel Scott and Elizabeth Ryalls Sorrells; wife of William Haarvey
Sorrells Sr.) 2434/footstone on left
E.S.S.:2435/grave
cradle:2436
WAGSTER, Cordie Sorrells, Mar 25, 1871 - Mar 8, 1906. Living with her
father in 1900 Census; member of Hannah's Gap Baptist Church; diabetic; d/o
William Harvey SORRELLS Sr. (b. 1842) and Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" SCOTT
(b.1848) Marriage 5 Jul 1891 1st to Willie N. BONNER (1872 - 1894; Children: 1.
Lena Elizabeth BONNER b: 14 May 1892. 2. William Harvie BONNER b: 31 Jan 1893.
Marriage 2nd to John Randolph WAGSTER b. 1864). Children: 1. Lonnie Lee WAGSTER
b: 5 Aug 1903 & 2. Infant Daughter b: & d: 21 Oct 1905.
2427/2426/2425/footstone
C.W.:2444/Grave cradle:2445
WAGSTER, Infant Dau., Oct 21, 1905 - Oct 21, 1905. d/o John Randolph
Wagster & Cordelia Sorrells Wagster)2424
Field rocks under a cedar thicket. Is there are grave in here?:
2446/2447/2448
Fieldstones marking graves:GPS:N 35.36036 W 86.61293:2429/From
the grave head:2430/Same
but from the grave foot:2431/GPS:N
35.36035 W 86.61293:2438
Photographed on a Saturday evening 30 Jun 2015. The inscriptions were updated with exceptions found or known by C. Wayne Austin. This publication culminated from various sources. Namely a listing by the family of Sherry Sorrells Finchum of East Tennessee . Never listed before this and the listing which is now on Findagrave.com. For more family history go there and to <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sorrells&id=I306> Thanks Sherry Finchum for sharing your family history.