She made lye soap one day and died in her sleep that night.
Death Information from the Records of Hannah's Gap Baptist Church membership records Lincoln Co., TN also listed as death in Apr 1898 in another entry In Hannah's Gap records.
Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Name: W H Sowels [William Harvey Sorrells]
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 18 Aug 1864
Marriage Place: Lincoln, Tennessee, USA
Spouse: S E Scott [Sarah Elizabeth Scott]
[1]
Name: William Torrells [Sorrells]
[William Sorrells]
Age in 1870: 26
Birth Date: abt 1844
Birthplace: Tennessee
Dwelling Number: 177
Home in 1870: District 10, Lincoln, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Mulberry
Occupation: Farmer
Male Citizen Over 21: Yes
Personal Estate Value: 800
Real Estate Value: 700
Household Members Age
William Torrells 26
Elisabeth Torrells 24
Mary Torrells 5
Josephine Torrells 2
1880 United States Federal Census[2]
Name: Harry Sorrello [Harvey Sorrells]
Age: 38
Birth Date: Abt 1842
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1880: District 10, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA
Dwelling Number: 239
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Sarah E. Sorrello
Occupation: Farmer
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members Age Relationship
Death Place: Marshall County, Tennessee, United States of America
Cemetery: Sorrells Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Marshall County, Tennessee, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: Samuel Scott
Mother: Elizabeth Scott
Spouse: William Harvey Sorrells
Children:
Pearl Freeman
William Noah Sorrells
Thomas Jefferson Sorrells
Cordie Wagster
Nancy Josephine King
John Thomas Sorrells
wife of William Harvey Sorrells Sr., b: 10 May 1842 in Tennessee. They married: 18 Aug 1864 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee. She was the daughter of Samuel Scott and Elizabeth Ryalls Scott
Sources
Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Gap Baptist Church Membership Rolls
↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: District 10, Lincoln, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1544; Page: 318B
↑ 1880 United States Federal Census; Year: 1880; Census Place: District 10, Lincoln, Tennessee; Roll: 1267; Page: 154C; Enumeration District: 125
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148493382/elizabeth-sorrells: accessed 11 October 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth “Lizzie” Scott Sorrells (1848–23 Mar 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 148493382, citing Sorrells Cemetery, Marshall County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Sherry Finchum (contributor 47414518) .
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