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Samuel Polk
(1772–1827)
BIRTH
July 5, 1772
PLACE
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
DEATH
1827
PLACE
Columbia, Tennessee
FAMILY
CHILDREN
James K. Polk
(1795-1849)
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AWARDS
Samuel Polk was a North Carolina and Tennessee farmer and the father of U.S. president James K. Polk. He married Jane Knox; James was the oldest of their ten children.
EARLY LIFE
He farmed in North Carolina and Tennessee.
CAREER
DEATH
Samuel Polk died in 1827 while living in the brick house he had built in Columbia, Tennessee. His wife Jane continued to live there until her death in 1852. Samuel was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Columbia.
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