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Jane Knox Polk
(1776–1852)
BIRTH
November 15, 1776
PLACE
North Carolina
NAME
Jane Gracey Knox
DEATH
January 11, 1852
PLACE
Columbia, Tennessee
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Samuel Polk
(1772–1827)
CHILDREN
James K. Polk
(1795-1849)
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Jane Knox Polk was the mother of U.S. president James K. Polk. She married Samuel Polk, a farmer; James was the oldest of their ten children.
EARLY LIFE
CAREER
DEATH
Jane Knox Polk continued to live in the family house at Columbia, Tennessee, after Samuel Polk's death. She died there in 1852, outliving her son President James K. Polk, who had died in 1849. She was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Columbia.
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