The Knox family; a genealogical and biographical sketch of the descendants of John Knox of Rowan County, North Carolina, and other Knoxes . vVlLLiAM H. PRESIDENT JAMES K- POLK- James Kxox and Dlscendaxts. 121 Carolina to finish his collegiate course; returned to Tennessee,studied law and obtained license. Under Tylers administrationhe was United States minister to the court of Rome and was an officer in the ^Mexican war (Major of Third Dra-goons) ; was also member of Congress from Tennessee. Hedied in Xashville, Tenn., in 1862, aged forty-seven 3ears. Hefirst married Miss Cors
The Knox family; a genealogical and biographical sketch of the descendants of John Knox of Rowan County, North Carolina, and other Knoxes . vVlLLiAM H. PRESIDENT JAMES K- POLK- James Kxox and Dlscendaxts. 121 Carolina to finish his collegiate course; returned to Tennessee,studied law and obtained license. Under Tylers administrationhe was United States minister to the court of Rome and was an officer in the ^Mexican war (Major of Third Dra-goons) ; was also member of Congress from Tennessee. Hedied in Xashville, Tenn., in 1862, aged forty-seven 3ears. Hefirst married Miss Corse, of New York, by whom he had one son: James^ Knox Polk. In 185-1 he married, second time. Miss Lucy E. Williams, whois still living in Warrenton, N. C, and who has kindly furnishedmuch of the data for the Polk branch. It will be rememberedthat it was she who sent us the drawing of the kneebuckle wornby James Knox, her grandfather-in-law, when in the had two sons: William^ and Tasker^ Polk. 1 William^ Polk was a promising young lawyer; died in Bir-mingham. Ala., in 188G. 2 Tasker Polk, a gifted wTiter and lawyer, married ElizaTannahill
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