Clarissa is the daughter of Jackson "Jackie" Tolliver Sorrells and Harriet Jane Cooper. Her father worked as a Stage Driver for a hotel in Buncombe county, NC. She is a sister to Columbus, Albert Pinckney, George A, Melissa A, Clifton and Israel Sorrells.
She married Rufus M Witt on 26 Aug 1871 and they are the parents of Benjamin Frank Witt, Margaret Emma Witt Styles, Blossom Witt and an as yet unidentified son. The children were born in TN. Rufus Witt was a minister and he died in 1890,several years before her admission to the asylum.
An online family tree indicates Clearacy's date of death and that her hospital record reveals she died by hanging herself soon after her admission.
She married Rufus M Witt on 26 Aug 1871 and they are the parents of Benjamin Frank Witt, Margaret Emma Witt Styles, Blossom Witt and an as yet unidentified son. The children were born in TN. Rufus Witt was a minister and he died in 1890,several years before her admission to the asylum.
An online family tree indicates Clearacy's date of death and that her hospital record reveals she died by hanging herself soon after her admission.
Clarissa is the daughter of Jackson "Jackie" Tolliver Sorrells and Harriet Jane Cooper. Her father worked as a Stage Driver for a hotel in Buncombe county, NC. She is a sister to Columbus, Albert Pinckney, George A, Melissa A, Clifton and Israel Sorrells.
She married Rufus M Witt on 26 Aug 1871 and they are the parents of Benjamin Frank Witt, Margaret Emma Witt Styles, Blossom Witt and an as yet unidentified son. The children were born in TN. Rufus Witt was a minister and he died in 1890,several years before her admission to the asylum.
An online family tree indicates Clearacy's date of death and that her hospital record reveals she died by hanging herself soon after her admission.
She married Rufus M Witt on 26 Aug 1871 and they are the parents of Benjamin Frank Witt, Margaret Emma Witt Styles, Blossom Witt and an as yet unidentified son. The children were born in TN. Rufus Witt was a minister and he died in 1890,several years before her admission to the asylum.
An online family tree indicates Clearacy's date of death and that her hospital record reveals she died by hanging herself soon after her admission.
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