Brief Life History of Jonathan William
When Jonathan William Paulk was born in February 1870, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, his father, Charles Smoot Weems Paulk, was 32 and his mother, Amanda Jane Koonce, was 25. He married Margaret E "Madgie" Anderson on 11 February 1891, in Cloverdale, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 11 Cloverdale, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1900 and Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1910. He died on 1 September 1915, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States.
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- John Paulk, "United States Census, 1870"
- J. W. Paulk, "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957"
- John Wm Paulk, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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1872 · The Amnesty Act
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
1886
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Name Meaning
English (Devon) and Scottish: shortened form of Pollock . The Scottish name is a variant of Polk .
Altered form of a German surname, possibly Paulke .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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