Elizabeth Edmonds POLK
(1849-1925)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. George HARSH

2. James K. POLK

Elizabeth Edmonds POLK

  • Born: 15 Sep 1849
  • Marriage (1): George HARSH in Dec 1878
  • Marriage (2): James K. POLK
  • Died: 31 Aug 1925 at age 75
  • Buried: City Cemetary, Gallatin, TN

  General Notes:


She was Mrs. James K. Polk (the second), her first husband being the nephew of President James K. Polk.

She was called "Mammy Kirk" by her step-great grandchildren. Arthur Chitty Jr. remembers her coming to Jacksonville in the mid-1920s to visit her step daughter Mary Annette Harsh Brown.

"Sweet, lovely, quiet, refined person" (ABC2)

Harsh Jay Brown’s notes say she had a son named Jim Polk


Elizabeth married George HARSH, son of Philip HARSH and Magdalena KEHLER, in Dec 1878. (George HARSH was born on 24 Apr 1827 in Harrisburg, Schuylkill Co., PA, died on 26 Jun 1895 in Elm Grove, Gallatin, TN and was buried in City Cemetary, Gallatin, TN.)


Elizabeth next married James K. POLK.



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