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Col. Charles Perry Polk[1]

Male 1813 - 1893  (79 years)


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  • Name Charles Perry Polk 
    Prefix Col. 
    Born 27 Oct 1813  Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Oct 1893  Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I22808  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2021 

    Father Ezekiel Franklin Polk,   b. 7 Dec 1747, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1824, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Sophia Neeley/ Neely/Nealey,   b. 1776, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1851, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F8577  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S127] Geni, https://www.geni.com/people/Col-Charles-Polk/6000000010103835043.
      Col. Charles Perry Polk
      Birthdate: October 27, 1813
      Birthplace: Maury County, Tennessee
      Death: October 27, 1893 (80)
      Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi
      Immediate Family:

      Son of Ezekiel Polk and Sophia Neeley Polk
      Husband of Ellen Matilda Polk (Fitzhugh)
      Birthdate: 1819
      Death: 1865 (45-46)
      Immediate Family:
      Daughter of Edmund Burdette Fitzhugh
      Wife of Col. Charles Perry Polk
      Brother of Eugenia Neilson; Benigna Wood; Gen. Edwin Fitzhugh Polk and Benigna Polk
      Half brother of Ezekiel Franklin Polk, Jr.; Jane Knox Dobson; Thomas B. Polk; Matilda Golden Campbell; Samuel Polk; William Wilson Polk; Clarissa Adeline McNeal; Louisa Neely; Mary Ophelia Hardeman and John Polk.
      Charles Perry Polk m. Ellen Matilda Fithugh, d/o Edmund Brudette Fitzhugh. Mother not shown.