Sarah
CHILDRESS
(b.
4 September 1803
,
Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA
d.
14 August 1891
,
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
)
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Sarah CHILDRESS was born 4 September 1803 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA
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Sarah married James Knox POLK 1 January 1824 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA . James Knox POLK was born 2 November 1795 in Pineville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA. James Knox died 15 June 1849 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Sarah CHILDRESS died 14 August 1891 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
daughter of Joel Childress and Elizabeth Whitsett
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James Knox POLK-- Date: 1 January 1824 Place: Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA
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1803 Birth 4 September 1803
Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA
The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
1824 Marriage / PartnerSarah CHILDRESS and James Knox POLK 1 January 1824, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA
She was 20 years old.
From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1849 Death of Spouse/PartnerJames Knox POLK died 15 June 1849, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states. 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
Obituary
MRS. JAMES K. POLK DEAD
Nashville, Tenn., Aug 14 Surrounded by a few loving relatives and friends, Mrs. James K. Polk, relic of the tenth President of the United States, departed this life at 7:30 o'clock this morning, peacefully and quietly, in full possession of her mental faculties. Mrs. Polk had been in perfect health until last Wednesday evening, when, returning from a short drive she was taken suddenly ill, from which she never rallied. Had she lived until the 4th day of September next she would have been 18 years beyond the three score years and ten allotted the human race. Her death was caused simply from exhaustion resulting from old age. The bells through the city are mournfully tolling, and sympathy and regret are heard from the masses of the people as they gaze upon the bulletins announcing the demise of an honored and loved lady, who spent her years among the people she loved so well, and who respected her as one of the noblest of her sex. Her death was truly that of a...Read MORE...
Vernon Courier
Lamar County, Alabama
August 20, 1891
MRS. JAMES K. POLK DEAD
Nashville, Tenn., Aug 14 Surrounded by a few loving relatives and friends, Mrs. James K. Polk, relic of the tenth President of the United States, departed this life at 7:30 o'clock this morning, peacefully and quietly, in full possession of her mental faculties. Mrs. Polk had been in perfect health until last Wednesday evening, when, returning from a short drive she was taken suddenly ill, from which she never rallied. Had she lived until the 4th day of September next she would have been 18 years beyond the three score years and ten allotted the human race. Her death was caused simply from exhaustion resulting from old age. The bells through the city are mournfully tolling, and sympathy and regret are heard from the masses of the people as they gaze upon the bulletins announcing the demise of an honored and loved lady, who spent her years among the people she loved so well, and who respected her as one of the noblest of her sex. Her death was truly that of a...Read MORE...
Vernon Courier
Lamar County, Alabama
August 20, 1891
1891 Death 14 August 1891
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
She died at the age of 88.
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