. Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ... sketches of prominent ... citizens ... the governors of the state ... the presidents of the United States . ?•»? ^c ELEVENTH PRESIDENT. 59. was born in Mecklenburg Co.,N. C, Nov. 2, 1795. Mi-- par-ents were Samuel and Jane(Knox) Polk, the former a sonof Col. Thomas Polk, who locatedat the above place, as one of thefirst pioneers, in 1735. In the year 1006, with his wileand children, and soon after fol-lowed by most of the members ofthe Polk famly, Samuel Polk emi-grated some two or three hundredmiles fa
. Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ... sketches of prominent ... citizens ... the governors of the state ... the presidents of the United States . ?•»? ^c ELEVENTH PRESIDENT. 59. was born in Mecklenburg Co.,N. C, Nov. 2, 1795. Mi-- par-ents were Samuel and Jane(Knox) Polk, the former a sonof Col. Thomas Polk, who locatedat the above place, as one of thefirst pioneers, in 1735. In the year 1006, with his wileand children, and soon after fol-lowed by most of the members ofthe Polk famly, Samuel Polk emi-grated some two or three hundredmiles farther west, to the rich valleyof the Duck River. Here in themidst of the wilderness, in a regionwhich was subsequently called Mau-ry Co., they reared their lou huls,and established their homes. In thehard toil of a new farm in the wil-derness, James K. Polk spent theearly years of his childhood andyouth. His father, adding the pur-suit of a surveyor to that of a farmer,gradually increased in wealth untillie became one of the leading men of the region. I lismother was a superior woman, of strong commi 11sense and earnest piety. Very early in life, James developed a taste forreading and expressed the strongest desire to obtai
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