When Charles D. Polk was born in October 1857, in Arkansas, United States, his father, Charles Alexander Polk, was 40 and his mother, Hannah Jane Hammett, was 36. He married Charity E Halbrook on 13 August 1876, in Conway, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Chickasaw Nation Reservation, Murray, Oklahoma, United States in 1900 and Grady, Oklahoma, United States in 1910.
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Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
By the time the Battle of Pea Ridge happened the Union forces had pushed Confederates through Missouri and Arkansas. This battle was important in securing Missouri for the Union and opening Arkansas for the Union.
Bauxite a rock with relatively high aluminum content, is the main source of aluminum for the world. When it was discovered in Arkansas it changed the state. The city of Bauxite, Arkansas was the site of the discovery.
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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