CS Polk, Leonidas Lafayette

Leonidas Lafayette Polk:​

Born: April 24, 1837

Birthplace: Anson County North Carolina
Father: Andrew Polk 1792 – 1850
(Buried: Caraway Cemetery Wadesboro North Carolina)
Mother: Serena Autry 1811 – 1853
(Buried: Caraway Cemetery Wadesboro North Carolina)

Wife: Sarah Pamela "Sallie" Gaddy 1840 – 1901
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina)

Children:
Lula Polk Harris 1858 – 1882
(Buried: Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church Concord North Carolina)
Juanita Polk Denmark 1861 – 1929
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina)
Mary Catherine Polk Browder 1865 – 1887
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina)
Ina Estelle Polk 1868 – 1888
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina)
Carrie Polk Browder 1870 – 1954
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery Arcadia Florida)
Lucius L. Polk 1880 – 1881
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina)

Occupation before War:
1860 – 1862: North Carolina State Representative

Civil War Career:
1860 – 1862: North Carolina State Representative
1862: Private Company K 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862: Sgt. Major of 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1863: Transferred to 43rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
3rd Lt. Company I 43rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1864 – 1866: North Carolina State Representative

Occupation after War:
1864 – 1866: North Carolina State Representative
1865 – 1866: Delegate North Carolina State Constitutional Convention
Founder of Polkton North Carolina
Owner and Editor of The Ansonian Newspaper
1877 – 1880: North Carolina State Commissioner of Agriculture
1886: Founder and Editor of Progressive Farmer
President of North Carolina State Baptist Convention
Helped establish North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College
Helped establish Baptist Female University in North Carolina
1887 – 1889: Vice President of National Farmer's Alliance
1889 – 1892: President of National Farmer's Alliance
1892: Presided over the convention that established Populist Party
1892: Was considered for the Populist Party Presidential Nomination before his death.

Died: June 11, 1892
Place of Death: Washington D.C.
Cause of Death: Hemorrhage
Age at time of Death: 55 years old
Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina

 

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Leonidas Lafayette Polk:​

Born: April 24, 1837View attachment 475898
Birthplace: Anson County North Carolina
Father: Andrew Polk 1792 – 1850
(Buried: Caraway Cemetery Wadesboro North Carolina)
Mother: Serena Autry 1811 – 1853
(Buried: Caraway Cemetery Wadesboro North Carolina)

Wife: Sarah Pamela "Sallie" Gaddy 1840 – 1901
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina)

Children:
Lula Polk Harris 1858 – 1882
(Buried: Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church Concord North Carolina)
Juanita Polk Denmark 1861 – 1929
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina)
Mary Catherine Polk Browder 1865 – 1887
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina)
Ina Estelle Polk 1868 – 1888
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina)
Carrie Polk Browder 1870 – 1954
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery Arcadia Florida)
Lucius L. Polk 1880 – 1881
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina)

Occupation before War:
1860 – 1862: North Carolina State Representative

Civil War Career:
1860 – 1862: North Carolina State Representative
1862: Private Company K 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862: Sgt. Major of 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1863: Transferred to 43rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
3rd Lt. Company I 43rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1864 – 1866: North Carolina State Representative

Occupation after War:
1864 – 1866: North Carolina State Representative
1865 – 1866: Delegate North Carolina State Constitutional Convention
Founder of Polkton North Carolina
Owner and Editor of The Ansonian Newspaper
1877 – 1880: North Carolina State Commissioner of Agriculture
1886: Founder and Editor of Progressive Farmer
President of North Carolina State Baptist Convention
Helped establish North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College
Helped establish Baptist Female University in North Carolina
1887 – 1889: Vice President of National Farmer's Alliance
1889 – 1892: President of National Farmer's Alliance
1892: Presided over the convention that established Populist Party
1892: Was considered for the Populist Party Presidential Nomination before his death.

Died: June 11, 1892
Place of Death: Washington D.C.
Cause of Death: Hemorrhage
Age at time of Death: 55 years old
Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina


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You know the next question: what was his relationship to the General? All I can find is that both were distantly related to James K. Polk, but that first name can't be a coincidence.

 

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You know the next question: what was his relationship to the General? All I can find is that both were distantly related to James K. Polk, but that first name can't be a coincidence.

When I was writing this I was wondering the same thing with the name's being the same. I do know both were kin to President James K. Polk so my guess is a cousin.