Lucius Eugene Polk
Born: July 10, 1833
Birth Place: Salisbury, North Carolina
Father: William Julius Polk 1793 – 1860
(Buried: Saint John’s Church Cemetery, Ashwood, Tennessee)
Mother: Mary Rebecca Long 1797 – 1885
(Buried: Saint John’s Church Cemetery, Ashwood, Tennessee)
Wife: Sally Moore 1844 – 1925 (Married: 1863)
(Buried: Saint John’s Church Cemetery, Ashwood, Tennessee)
Children:
Rufus King Polk 1866 – 1902
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Danville, Pennsylvania)
Captain Lucius Eugene Polk Jr. 1870 – 1904
(Buried: Saint John’s Church Cemetery, Ashwood, Tennessee)
William J. Polk 1875 – 1956
(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Franklin, Tennessee)
Charles M. Polk 1878 – 1959
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)
Education:
1852: Graduated from University of Virginia
Occupation before War:
Planter in Helena, Arkansas
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Served in the Yell Rifles
1862: Wounded in the face during the Battle of Shiloh
1862: Colonel of 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1864: Severely Wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
1864: Honorably Discharged from the Confederate Army
Occupation after War:
Planter in Columbia, Tennessee
Had an encounter with the Ku Klux Klan in Tennessee
1884: Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
1887 – 1892: Tennessee State Senator
Died: December 1, 1892
Place of Death: Columbia, Tennessee
Cause of Death: Typhoid – dysentery
Age at time of Death: 59 years old
Burial Place: Saint John’s Church Cemetery, Ashwood, Tennessee
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