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Lou Emma (Luannah) Polk 1829–1886 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1829

Birth Location: Maury County, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: Sep 1886

Death Location: Hickman County, Tennessee, USA

Father: Robert Polk

Mother: Lanna Partee

Spouse(s): Robert Bowen

Children(s): Robert Bowen

The story of Lou Emma (Luannah) Polk began in 1829 in Maury County, Tennessee, USA. Lou Emma (Luannah) Polk married Robert Reece Bowen, and had children including Robert Polk Bowen. Lou Emma (Luannah) Polk passed away in 1886 in Hickman County, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Lou Emma (Luannah) Polk began in 1829 in Maury County, Tennessee, USA.
  • Lou Emma (Luannah) Polk married Robert Reece Bowen, and had children including Robert Polk Bowen.
  • Lou Emma (Luannah) Polk passed away in 1886 in Hickman County, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Polk
1792–1840
Birth Location: Maury, Tennessee
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Lanna Partee
1809–1857
Birth Location: Granville, North Carolina, United States
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Spouses(s)

Robert Bowen
1825–1849
Birth Location: Hickman, Tennessee, USA
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Children(s)

Robert Bowen
1845–1917
Birth Location: Pinewood, Hickman County, Tennessee, United States of America
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Lou Polk's Ancestors

Self
Lou Polk
1829–1886
Birth Place: Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Robert A. Polk
1792–1840
Maury, Tennessee
Lanna Partee
1809–1857
Granville, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Elizabeth (Nancy) Alderson
1766–1829
in North Carolina, United
William (Abner) Partee
1772–1843
Granville, North Carolina, United States
Mary ("Polly") Sherman
1780–1837
North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Benjamin\Benedict Alderson
1745–1795
Anne Cole
1747–1811
Charles Partee
1747–1829
Bersheba Barringer
1740–1815
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jane Starks
1709–1784
James Cole
1683–1770
Anne Drew
1682–1770
Benjamin Parredde\Partee
1710–1764
Mary Partee
1725–1757

Lou Polk's Descendants

1.
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Lou (Emma (Luannah)) Polk (abt 1829–Sep 1886) m. Robert (Reece) Bowen (1825–1849)
  1. 1. Robert (Polk) Bowen 1845–1917 m. Myrtle ((Mary) Elizabeth) Briggs 1847–1908
    1. 1. Carrie (Myrtle) Bowen 1880–1920 m. William (Thomas) Petty 1876–1965
      1. 1. Winifred Petty 1916–1986 m. John (Melvin) Hickerson 1910–1986
        1. 1. Barbara Hickerson 1937–2011 m. George Blanks 1935–1998

Lou Polk's Timeline

3 Records

1829
abt 1829
Birth of Lou Emma (Luannah) Polk in Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
1845
1845
Age 16
Lou Emma (Luannah) Polk was married In Tn.(His stepsister)
TN.(His stepsister)
1886
Sep 1886
Age 57
Death of Lou Emma (Luannah) Polk in Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
Hickman County, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1829
    Event Place: Maury County, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1845
    Event Place: TN.(His stepsister)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Sep 1886
    Event Place: Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
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