Anne Sorrow
Lifespan: 1789 - 1856
Birth: 11/9/1789 in Wilkes (now Oglethorpe), Georgia, USA
Marriage: William A. Goolsby
Children: Harriet Goolsby
Parents: Samuel Sorrow & Mary Perry
Death: 5/7/1856 in Lexington, Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
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