Brief Life History of Sarah E.
When Sarah E. Polk was born in 1857, in Caldwell, Texas, United States, her father, COL Headley Polk, was 45 and her mother, Hetty Eliza Sebastian, was 30. She married Edwin Augustus "Gus" Brackney on 2 February 1882, in Caldwell, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Texas, United States in 1870. She died in October 1882, in San Marcos, Hays, Texas, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in San Marcos, Hays, Texas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Sallie Polk in household of Headly Polk, "United States Census, 1880"
- Sallie E Polk, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Sallie Polk Brackney, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Scottish: shortened form of Pollock .
Sorbian (Półk and Pólk): probably from a short form of a personal name based on Old Slavic plъkъ ‘crowd, army’ (see Polka 3).
East German (of Slavic origin): variant of Polke .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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