1910 United States Federal Census
Name: John T Sorrels
Age in 1910: 35
Birth Year: 1875
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1910: Civil District 5, Marshall, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
[Self (Head)]
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Sue E Sorrels
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
John T Sorrels 35
Sue E Sorrels 34
Clyde Sorrels 13
Lizzie M Sorrels 10
Leonard D Sorrels 7
Lillian D Sorrels 71920 United States Federal Census
Name: J F Sorrells [J T Sorrells]
Age: 46
Birth Year: abt 1874
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1920: Civil District 5, Marshall, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Susan E Sorrells
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
J F Sorrells 46
Susan E Sorrells 44
Clyde Sorrells 22
Leonard Sorrells 17
Lillion Sorrells 17Birth of children- Certificates in possession of Sherry S. Finchum
He went to work for Uncle Willie helping on the farm when he quit high school. He was a farmer.
He went to Yancey, Harlan Co., KY about 1927-1928 (during the depression). Auntie (Laura Ada Sorrells) and Uncle Leonard Cowden were truck farmers in Southeastern KY around Cumberland. They raised groceries to see to the coal miners. Uncle Leonard needed a team of mules, and Leonard Sorrells rode one and took the team for Uncle Leonard to KY. When he got there, he stayed and worked there in the truck farm delivering groceries. He then began to work for the men over the mines and became the store manager of a miner's commissary in Yancey, KY. The miner's paid to visit the commissary through script. "Scripting" was a form of payment by the mining company. The boss signed a note that endorsed their purchase of a fixed amount of goods at the commissary. He mailed Vida an engagement ring back to PoGrab. She accepted, so he came back to PoGrab in 1930 to marry and took Vida went back with him. All 3 children were born in Yancey.
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Name: Miss Vida Redd
Spouse: Leonard Sorrells
Marriage Date: 14 May 1930
Marriage County: LincolnIn the summer of 1940, he returned to PoGrab and bought the house on 31 Po-Grab/Chestnut Ridge Road. He and Vida lived until about 1986 when Fred moved them to Mosheim, TN.
1940 Harlan Co., KY, Yancey-Magistrate-District 1 taken on 14 Apr 1940 recorded based on 1 Apr 1935 residence. Harold, age 6, 1 year school, George F. -listed as a daughter, age 3, Dorthy, age illegible.Listed as a store manager of the commissary.
1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Leonard Sorrells
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1903
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Liggett-Stanfield, Harlan, Kentucky
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Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Liggett-Stanfield, Harlan, Kentucky
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 10A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 134
Leonard Sorrells 37
Vida Sorrells 34
Harold Sorrells 6
George F Sorrells 3
Dorothy Sorrells"PoGrab is a small farming community located in Lincoln County, TN between Fayetteville, the county seat, Lewisburg (Marshall Co.), Shelbyville (Bedford Co.), and Lynchburg (Moore Co.). Petersburg, in Lincoln County, is the nearest town. Leonard and Vida Sorrells raised their 3 children on the farm in PoGrab.
When I was a child, Leonard (my grandfather) was a farmer and he raised tobacco, cattle, hogs, sheep, chickens, and had a few horses. He planted a large garden my grandmother could cook the best country foods imaginable. My grandparents believed in hard work and when we visited, we might help cut thistles in the barn lot, haul manure, gather eggs, and feed the cattle or my favorite job shelling corn in the barn.
As children my brothers and cousins and I spent many hours in the creek below the house. Swimming, gather crawdaddies and small fish called slickguts and hornyheads. We loved going grabbling with my daddy and Uncle Harold. My job was usually to carry the burlap sack for the fish.Many an afternoon hour was also spent stringing June bugs and flying them around like a kite. In the evening we caught lightening bugs on the front lwawn, went frog gigging in one of the many nearby ponds, or went coon hunging.
Granddaddy was a very spiritual man. I remember seeing him read his Bible every time we visited. He was a deacon at Hannah's Gap Baptist Church in PoGrab, TN. I never saw him angry. He loved his family and especially his grandchildren!! My favorite memories of him are when I climbed into his lap to have him 'scrape' an apple for me, and he would also let me take his knife and clean under his fingernails when he had been working out on the farm." (Sherry Sorrells FINCHUM)
He was called "GreatDaddy" by his great-grandchildren.
Social Security Death Index
ame: Leonard D. Sorrells
SSN: 400-07-8853
Last Residence: 37818 Mosheim, Greene, Tennessee, United States of America
Born: 10 Nov 1902
Died: 24 Aug 1992
State (Year) SSN issued: Kentucky (Before 1951 )Death Certificate state of TN Vital Statistics, Copy in possession of Sherry S. Finchum He died after a series of strokes. He was diagnosed with Senile Dementia.
Social Security Number: 400-07-8853
He had diabetes that he developed later in life, and controlled with his diet.
She graduated from high school in 1923.
She attended MTSU for one year. This training made her eligible to be a teacher. She came home to PoGrab and began teaching at PoGrab School. She only taught about 2 years, leaving when she married and went to KY. Leonard mailed her an engagement ring from KY. (Fred Sorrells)
"A marriage of interest to their friends was that of Miss Vida Redd and Mr. Leonard Sorrells which was solemnized Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the home of the bride. The rooms were decorated for the occasion. The wedding music was rendered by Miss Retta Lambert and Mr. W. T. Warren of Fayetteville. Rev. M. J. Taylor of Mulberry officiated. The bride was gowned in blue georgette with harmonizing accessories and carried and arm bouquet. The bride is the beautiful and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mr. G. L. Redd. Mr. Sorrells holds an important position in Yancey, KY. After the marriage the bridal party went to the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sorrells where a wedding dinner awaited them. After a two week's stay they will leave for KY." (The wedding announcement from the local paper.)
"Grandmother was a wonderful woman. She was always very patient with her grandchildren, and great- grandchildren. She broke her hip carrying Brent when he was only an infant. She tried to protect him as she lost her balance, and ended up hurting herself. She recovered quickly. She wrote memoirs for her grandchildren about her life growing up. I have a copy of them. She lived to be 92 years old. The last time I saw her, she patted me, and said, "You were my first". She told Brent, "You were also my first". She called Eric "Her sparkling eyes boy." She reminisced with Katie about eating macaroni & cheese and Brown Cows. I will always treasure the memories of hearing her talk about how much she loved her family, and her advice on saving pennies, and a stitch in time saves nine. She saved everything. She gave me a treasured robe that Granddaddy had given her one time for her birthday. She picked it out herself. It was a powder blue polyester with covered buttons and a lace collar." (Sherry Sorrells Finchum)
Social Security Death Index
Name: Vida R. Sorrells
SSN: 409-64-7708
Last Residence: 37745 Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States of America
Born: 12 Mar 1906
Died: 27 Aug 1998
State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (1956 )
He played the guitar, sang and yodeled.
"I met Fred at his shop in Gatlinburg. He had a girl who worked for him. He rented the building from the Ogles. He learned the leather trade from George. He might have finished high school in Tazewell, I'm not sure." (Emma Deane)
"Hattie Belle and Fred shelled corn to take to the mill. They got to Roy Chesterson's and he hollared at them to play and sing. He loaned them his guitar. They were late gettin home. They told their parents that the strings fell off the sacks that had held the corn and they had to pick up each kernel by hand. They explained that was the reason they were late." Relayed to me by: Helen INGLE.
MARRIAGE-SPOUSE-PARENTS: Marriage Bond KY, No 187; 1937 in possession of Sherry S. Finchum
BIRTH-PARENTS: Vital Statistics Birth Certificate KY #48981 1912 in possession of Sherry S. Finchum
Kentucky Birth Index, 1911-1999 Record info
about Fred E Ingle
Name: Fred E Ingle
Date of Birth: 22 Sep 1912
County: Bell
Mother's Name: Nancie Florence
State: Kentucky
Volume Number: 123
Certificate Number: 48931
Volume Year: 19121930 United States Federal Census
Name: Fred Ingle
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1913
Birthplace: Tennessee
Race: White
Home in 1930: District 1, Claiborne, Tennessee
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Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Edith Ingle
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Fred Ingle 17
Edith Ingle 161940 United States Federal Census
Name: Fred E Ingle
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1913
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Kentucky
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Son-in-law
Home in 1940: Sevier, Tennessee
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Inferred Residence in 1935: New Tazewell, Claiborne, Tennessee
Residence in 1935: New Tazewell, Claiborne, Tennessee
Sheet Number: 7B
Lillie B Clark 67
Emma D Ingle 30
Fred E Ingle 27
Loretta F Ingle 1He was stationed at Fort Lee, VA in WW II.
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Record info
about Fred E Ingle
Name: Fred E Ingle
Birth Year: 1912
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Kentucky
State: Tennessee
County or City: Sevier
Enlistment Date: 29 Dec 1943
Enlistment State: Georgia
Enlistment City: Fort Oglethorpe
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Foreman, Sawmill or Shoe Repairman* An asterisk (*) appearing after a job title indicates that a trade test for the particular occupation will be found in the United States Employment Service Manual, Oral Trade Test.
Marital Status: Married
Height: 01
Weight: 001He ran a leather shop in Gatlinburg, TN. There were several tepees that other shop owners had that were set-up around his shop in Gatlinburg. He had an elderly Cherokee man who sat in the back of his shop
He was Mayor of Gatlinburg, TN in 1954-1955.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
Name: Fred Elmer Ingle
Birth Date: 22 Sep 1912
Death Date: 31 Aug 1961
Cemetery Location: Sevierville, TennesseeFred Elmer Ingle
Birth: Sep. 22, 1912
Death: Aug. 31, 1961
Burial:
Shiloh Memorial Cemetery
Pigeon Forge
Sevier County
Tennessee, USADEATH-PARENTS: Death Certificate TN #61-20927 1961 in possession of Sherry S. Finchum
CHILDREN: Court Records- Will in Sevier Co, TN 1961 page 211 in possession of Sherry S. Finchum
"The last day I saw him, he took Tim and I to the Dari-Delite in Greeneville, TN to get an ice cream cone." (Sherry S. Finchum)
Shiloh Cemetery: On Henderson Chapel Road, coming into Pigeon Forge, from Sevierville, stoplight number one turn right beside Mountain View Wedding Chapel, you can stand in Smith Family Theater parking lot and see the cemetery about 200 yards away, the Theater is beside Ruby Tuesday.
"I went from first grade through high school at Camp Smoky. It was not totally a private school. 5 months were free and Dad paid the rest tuition for the rest of the year. I always knew that as a little girl I was going to Carson Newman" (Emma Deane)
She graduated from Carson Newman College. She taught first grade at Smoky, and one other school she taught all grades one-eight.
She was originally named when a visitor was at her house and heard the children calling her "sister". (Her brothers and sisters were all named after family members, but when she was born, they had used up all the family names.) The visitor told her mother that it was a shame for a two-year old not to have a name. She looked up at the visitor and said,"I do have a name. It is Emma Deane." After that she would no longer answer to "sister". Emma Deane Caton had given her a pair of white Roman sandels and she thought they were beautiful, so she chose to name herself after Emma Deane Caton.
"The church organ was up for sale, so mother gave Laura the money to go and buy it because I was taking piano lessons and needed it to practice." (Emma Deane)
She was called "Nan-Naw" by her granddaughter, Sherry Lynn Sorrells, who could not say Mam-Maw, and it stuck.
She taught school at Phi Beta Phi in Gatlinburg, TN for years. There is a lengthy article on her retirement in records of her granddaughter Sherry S. Finchum.
She passed away during recovery following emergency surgery to repair a hernia in her bowels . Her heart, which had been regulated by a pace-maker for over 10 years, just stopped beating. She had Alzheimer's Disease for many years.
Cause of death: Sepsis, strangulated inguinal hernia
Social Security Death Index
Name: Emma D. Woltemate
SSN: 410-68-8261
Last Residence: 37760 Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States of America
Born: 15 Mar 1910
Died: 5 Sep 2002
State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (1959 )