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12 de jul. de 2022 · Date: No later than 1897. Source: Gilchrist, Annie Somers (1897) A souvenir of the Tennessee centennial; poems (Public domain ed.), Nashville, Tenn.: Gospel Advocate Publishing Company
Early Life. Sarah Childress Polk was born on September 4, 1803, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The daughter of Captain Joel and Elizabeth Childress, Sarah was wealthy and well-educated. She attended the Moravians’ Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, one of the few institutions of higher learning available to women at the time.
SARAH WHITSETT CHILDRESS POLK. Birth. 4 September 1803. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Ancestry. Scottish, Irish, English; Shortly before her death, Sarah Polk’s friend and biographer, serving as a secretary responded to one of the former First Lady’s maternal cousins about a genealogical matter involving her mother’s ancestors: “Mrs. Polk ...
Fall, Sarah Polk Jetton 1847-1924; Fall, Sarah Polk Jetton 1847-1924 . Save Share Portrait #411. Additional Details. Subject/Title: Fall, Sarah Polk Jetton 1847-1924;
Sarah Childress Polk (1803–1891) was first lady from 1845 to 1849, during the administration of her husband, James Knox Polk.A fashion trendsetter, she used her keen intelligence, abiding religious faith, pleasant manner, and superb organizational skills to artfully regulate the White House, serve as her husband’s main political partner, and orchestrate an exhausting social schedule of ...
4 de feb. de 2019 · First Lady Sarah Polk formed half of an unusual political partnership with her husband, President James Polk, during his sole term in office from 1845 to 1849. Despite his brief time in office ...
Polk died on August 14, 1891, at age 87, less than a month before her 88th birthday. She was buried next to her husband originally at their home in Nashville and was later reinterred with him at the Tennessee State Capitol when Polk Place was demolished in 1901. Polk left the contents of Polk Place to her grandniece, Sarah Polk Fall. See also
