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Samuel Ashe (1725-1813) —
of New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Bath, Beaufort
County, N.C., March
24, 1725.
Lawyer;
delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1777; Governor of
North Carolina, 1795-98; candidate for Presidential Elector for
North Carolina.
Died in Rocky Point, Pender
County, N.C., February
3, 1813 (age 87 years, 316
days).
Interment at Ashe
Family Cemetery, Rocky Point, N.C.; memorial monument at Pack Square Park, Asheville, N.C.
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John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Rocky Point, Pender
County, N.C., 1748.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of North Carolina state legislature, 1784-86; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1787; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1789; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93; elected Governor of
North Carolina 1802, but died before taking office.
Slaveowner.
Died in Halifax, Halifax
County, N.C., November
27, 1802 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Churchyard
Cemetery, Halifax, N.C.; cenotaph at Ashe
Family Cemetery, Rocky Point, N.C.
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William Henry Hill (1767-1809) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Brunswick, Columbus
County, N.C., May 1,
1767.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for North Carolina, 1790; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1794; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1799-1803.
Slaveowner.
Died near Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., 1809
(age about
42 years).
Interment a private or family graveyard, New Hanover County, N.C.
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James Knox Polk (1795-1849) —
also known as James K. Polk; "Young Hickory";
"Napoleon of the Stump" —
of Tennessee.
Born in Pineville, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
2, 1795.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9th
District 1833-39); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1835-39; Governor of
Tennessee, 1839-41; President
of the United States, 1845-49.
Presbyterian
or Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died, of cholera,
in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 15,
1849 (age 53 years, 225
days).
Original interment at Polk Place Grounds (which no longer exists), Nashville, Tenn.;
reinterment in 1893 at Tennessee
State Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph at Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother of William
Hawkins Polk; married, January
1, 1824, to Sarah
Childress (daughter of Joel
Childress); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who married Thomas
Jones Hardeman); uncle of Marshall
Tate Polk and Tasker
Polk; first cousin once removed of Edwin
Fitzhugh Polk; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk
(who married George
Davis) and Richard
Tyler Polk; second cousin twice removed of Rufus
King Polk and Frank
Lyon Polk; second cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth
Polk Guest; second cousin four times removed of Raymond
R. Guest; third cousin once removed of Charles
Polk and Augustus
Caesar Dodge; fourth cousin of Trusten
Polk; fourth cousin once removed of Albert
Fawcett Polk. |
| | | Political families: Ashe-Polk
family of North Carolina; Polk
family; Manly-Haywood-Polk
family of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Aaron
V. Brown — John
Charles Frémont |
| | | Polk counties in Ark., Fla., Ga., Iowa, Minn., Neb., Ore., Tenn., Tex. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Polk
City, Florida, is named for
him. — The city
of Polk
City, Iowa, is named for
him. — The borough
of Polk,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — James K. Polk Elementary
School, in Alexandria,
Virginia, is named for
him. — James K. Polk Elementary
School, in Fresno,
California, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS James K. Polk (built 1942 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; torpedoed in the North
Atlantic Ocean, 1943; towed away and scrapped) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Knox Polk Hall
— James
P. Latta
— James
K. P. Fenner
— J.
K. P. Marshall
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Tennessee
Encyclopedia |
| | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.
Haynes, James
K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.
Bergeron, The
Presidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard, James
K. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — Eugene
Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War
1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career
1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History — John Seigenthaler, James
K. Polk: 1845 - 1849 |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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John Baptista Ashe (1810-1857) —
of Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Rocky Point, Pender
County, N.C., 1810.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1843-45.
Slaveowner.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., December
29, 1857 (age about 47
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Samuel Ashe (1812-1887) —
of North Carolina.
Born near Graham, Alamance
County, N.C., July 19,
1812.
Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1842; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1854; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Representative
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1868; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1873-77; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1878-87; died in office 1887.
Slaveowner.
Died in Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C., February
4, 1887 (age 74 years, 200
days).
Interment at Eastview
Cemetery, Wadesboro, N.C.
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William Shepperd Ashe (1814-1862) —
also known as William S. Ashe —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Rocky Point, Pender
County, N.C., September
14, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1846-48, 1858-60; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1849-55 (7th District
1849-53, 3rd District 1853-55); president, Wilmington & Weldon Railroad,
1854; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,
1860;
delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1861; major in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Killed in a railroad
accident near Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., September
14, 1862 (age 48 years, 0
days).
Interment at Ashe
Family Cemetery, Rocky Point, N.C.
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William Hawkins Polk (1815-1862) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Maury
County, Tenn., May 24,
1815.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1842-45; U.S. Charge d'Affaires
to Two Sicilies, 1845-47; major in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1851-53.
Slaveowner.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
16, 1862 (age 47 years, 206
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.
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George Davis (1820-1896) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Porter's Neck, Pender
County, N.C., March 1,
1820.
Lawyer;
Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Senator
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; Confederate
Attorney General, 1864-65.
Episcopalian.
At the end of the Civil War, with other Confederate
officials, attempted
to flee overseas, but turned
himself in at Key West, Fla.; spent several months in prison
at Fort Hamilton; pardoned
in 1866.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
23, 1896 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.; statue erected 1911 at Third
and Market Streets, Wilmington, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Frederick Davis and Sarah Isabella (Eagles) Davis;
half-brother and fourth cousin of Horatio
Davis; married, November
17, 1842, to Mary Adelaide Polk (first cousin once removed of Frank
Lyon Polk; second cousin once removed of James
Knox Polk and William
Hawkins Polk; third cousin of Marshall
Tate Polk); married, May 9,
1866, to Monimia Fairfax; great-grandnephew of Samuel
Ashe; cousin four different ways of John
Baptista Ashe (1748-1802), John
Baptista Ashe (1810-1857), Thomas
Samuel Ashe and William
Shepperd Ashe; cousin three different ways of Alfred
Moore Waddell; second cousin twice removed of William
Henry Hill. |
| | | Political families: Ashe-Polk
family of North Carolina; Polk
family; Manly-Haywood-Polk
family of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS George Davis (built 1942 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; scrapped 1960) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Marshall Tate Polk (1831-1884) —
also known as M. T. Polk —
of Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., May 15,
1831.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1876;
Tennessee
state treasurer, 1877-83.
Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, during the Civil War, and lost a
leg. In 1883, a $400,000 shortfall was was discovered
in the state treasury. Polk fled
to Texas, was arrested
there, and brought back to Nashville for trial.
Charged
with embezzlement,
he pleaded not guilty -- his lawyer argued he was only guilty of
"default of pay" -- but was convicted,
sentenced
to twenty years in prison,
and fined.
Imprisonment was delayed pending his appeal, and he died in the
meantime.
Died in Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn., February
20, 1884 (age 52 years, 281
days).
Interment at Polk
Cemetery, Bolivar, Tenn.
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Alfred Moore Waddell (1834-1912) —
also known as Alfred M. Waddell —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., September
16, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1871-79;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1896;
notorious
leader of the overthrow of Wilmington's elected city government by white
supremacists on November 10, 1898; forced the incumbent mayor to
resign at gunpoint, and took his place; the offices of the Wilmington
Daily Record newspaper were burned,
and as many as 300 Black citizens of Wilmington were murdered;
mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1898-1906.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
17, 1912 (age 77 years, 183
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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Horatio Davis (1840-1912) —
of Chatham, Pittsylvania
County, Va.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., May 16,
1840.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
county judge in Virginia, 1880-86; mayor
of Gainesville, Fla., 1908-09.
Episcopalian.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., June 12,
1912 (age 72 years, 27
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gainesville, Fla.
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James Alexander Lockhart (1850-1905) —
also known as James A. Lockhart —
of Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C.
Born in Anson
County, N.C., June 2,
1850.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1878; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1880; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1895-97;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1904.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., December
24, 1905 (age 55 years, 205
days).
Interment at Eastview
Cemetery, Wadesboro, N.C.
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Frank Lyon Polk (1871-1943) —
also known as Frank L. Polk —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1871.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
Corporation counsel, New York City, 1914-15; Counselor, U.S. State
Department, 1915-19; Undersecretary of State, 1919-20; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1943 (age 71 years, 147
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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