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Sophia Polk (Neeley)

Also Known As: "Sophia Leonard", "Sophia Linnard", "Sophia Lennard"
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Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Death: December 24, 1851 (74-75)
Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States
Place of Burial: Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States
Immediate Family:

Wife of Major Leonard and Lt. Colonel Ezekiel Polk
Mother of Col. Charles Perry Polk; Eugenia Neilson; Benigna Wood and Gen. Edwin Fitzhugh Polk
Sister of Capt. Charles Rufus Neely; Samuel Neely; George Neely; James Neely; Pallas Neely and 3 others

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About Sophia Polk

His first wife, Mary Wilson Polk, bore him eight children, including Samuel, the father of James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States. No children of his second wife, Bessie Davis, survived infancy. Some sources contradict Davis as his second wife and instead show a Polly Campbell.Genealogical Notes on Ezekiel Polk By his third wife, Sofia Neely Lennard Polk, he had four children

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel_Polk

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Sophia Polk's Timeline

1776
1776
Virginia, United States
1813
October 27, 1813
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
1815
1815
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
1816
1816
Maury County, Tennessee, USA, Maury, TN, United States
1818
May 6, 1818
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
1851
December 24, 1851
Age 75
Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States
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Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States