James Knox married Sarah Whitsett CHILDRESS
1 January 1824
in Tennessee, USA
.
Sarah Whitsett CHILDRESS
was born
4 September 1803
in
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA.
Sarah Whitsett died
14 August 1891
in
Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
James Knox POLK died
15 June 1849
in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Occupation: President of the United States
born at Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Details of the family tree of James appear below.
America - Did you know?March 30, 1870 - U.S. acquires Alaska from Russia for the sum of $7.2 million.
Carolina is from the Latin word for Charles (Carolus) honoring King Charles I of England (who made the original land grant in 1629). South Carolina was formed in 1729, when the Carolina colony was divided in two. (statesymbolsusa.org)
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Bio JAMES K. POLK, the eleventh President of the 'United States, was born in Mecklenburgh County, N. C., November 2, 1795. His parents were Samuel and Jane (Knox) Polk, the former a son of Col. Thomas Polk, who located at the above place, as one of the first pioneers, in 1735. In 1806, with his wife and children, and soon after followed by most of the members of the Polk family, Samuel Polk emigrated some two or three hundred miles farther west, to...Read MORE...
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
1795 Birth 2 November 1795 , North Carolina, USA
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
1824 Marriage / Partner James Knox POLK and Sarah Whitsett CHILDRESS 1 January 1824, , Tennessee, USA
1845 - March 4 - James K. Polk (1795-1849) becomes 11th President of the United States When James K. Polk accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for the presidency, he was not very well known. The Whig opposition party played on his obscurity, sniping, 'Who is James K. Polk?' An experienced speaker, Polk surprised everyone when he campaigned vigorously and won the presidency on November 5, 1844. He was called a 'dark horse' candidate because he was not expected to beat his opponent, Henry Clay of the Whig Party, to become the...Read MORE...
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