James Knox Polk Royce

Brief Life History of James Knox Polk

When James Knox Polk Royce was born in 1849, in Fleming, Kentucky, United States, his father, William Royse, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Rebecca Reeves, was 44. He married Sabra Jane Johnson Brown about 1868, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons. He lived in Rowan, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Camargo, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States in 1910. He died in 1928, in Fleming, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Fleming County Cemetery, Flemingsburg, Fleming, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Knox Polk Royce
1849–1928
Sabra Jane Johnson Brown
1850–1942
Marriage: about 1868
Charles Royse
about 1869–
John W Royce
about 1872–
Elihu Royse
about 1875–
Thomas Hayes Royse
1877–1953
Austin M Royse
1879–1970
Clarence Bramlet Royse
1882–1974
Doss Daniel Royse
1884–1968
Early Royse
1887–1968

Sources (13)

  • James R Royse in household of Thomas Royse, "United States Census, 1910"
  • James Royse, "BillionGraves Index"
  • James K Rayse in entry for Clarence B Rayse and Maggie Payne, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1850 · 8th Most Populated State

According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Rose .

Americanized form of German Reuss .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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