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Ophelia Clarissa Polk 1812 – 1852 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Sep 1812

Birth Location: Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 18 Apr 1852

Death Location: Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States

Father: Major Polk

Mother: Jannette Knox

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Ophelia Clarissa Polk was born in 1812 in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA, the child of Major Samuel Wilson Polk and Jannette "Jane" Gracey Knox. Ophelia Clarissa Polk passed away in 1852 in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States.

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Biography

  • Ophelia Clarissa Polk was born in 1812 in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA, the child of Major Samuel Wilson Polk and Jannette "Jane" Gracey Knox.
  • Ophelia Clarissa Polk passed away in 1852 in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States.

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Ophelia Polk's Ancestors

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Ophelia Polk
1812 – 1852
Birth Place: Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Major Samuel Wilson Polk
1772 – 1827
Tryon, Polk, North Carolina, USA
Jannette ("Jane" Gracey) Knox
1776 – 1852
Iredell, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Ezekiel (Franklin) Polk
1747 – 1824
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Mary (Jane "Maria" Wilson) Winslow
1746 – 1791
Lunenburg, Halifax County, Virginia, USA
James (Henry) Knox
1752 – 1794
Rowan County, North Carolina, United States of America
Lydia (Naomi) Gillespie
1753 – 1828
Salisbury, Rowan Co, Province of North Carolina, England, GB
Great-Grandparents
William Polk
1700 – 1753
Margaret Taylor
1695 – 1763
John Immigrant")
1708 – 1758
Jean Gracey
1708 – 1772
William Gillespie
1719 – 1796
Naomi Thompson
1728 – 1796
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Polk*
1664 – 1739
Ann Knox-Owens
1662 – 1718
William Thompson
1689 – 1753
Sarah Evans
1698 – 1730

Ophelia Polk's Timeline

2 Records

1812
6 Sep 1812
Birth of Ophelia Clarissa Polk in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA
Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA
1852
18 Apr 1852
Age 40
Death of Ophelia Clarissa Polk in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States
Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Sep 1812
    Event Place: Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Apr 1852
    Event Place: Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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