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Kate Ewell <I>Polk</I> Gillean

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Kate Ewell Polk Gillean

Birth
San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas, USA
Death
27 Jul 1980 (aged 84)
Temple, Bell County, Texas, USA
Burial
San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Kate Polk Gillean is the daughter of Judge H.K. Polk and Ella Word Burleson.
Judge Henry Kinsey Polk, was among the old families of eastern Texas, the Polks have had a prominent place from the time when eastern Texas was the battleground between the advancing American colonization and the resisting forces of Mexico. In ante-bellum days they were planters and slave owners and merchants, served with the Confederacy, and gave more than ordinary sacrifices of life and property during the war and during the subsequent half century.

Kate married William Caldwell Gillean. His parents are Geotge C. Gillean and Lelia Belle Andrews.

Kate had the following siblings:
*Jamie B. - b.1889 (m. Gombert or J.G.Sanford?)
*Hollie K.- b,1890; married Ralph K. McFarland on Aug 6, 1911 in San Augustine, TX.
*John Alfred - b. 1/17/1894 d.4/21/1987, buried Greenlawn Memorial Park, Groves, Jefferson Co. TX - married Nina Strawn,b.1898 d.1997 - married 10/02/1922, Wichita Co. TX
*Kati E. - b. 1 Apr 1896 d.27 Jul 1980, San Augustine, TX married William Caldwell Gillean b. 31 Aug 1887 d. 4 May 1957
*Carlo B. - b.Mar 18,,1898 d. Apr 5, 1989 in Kerrville, Kerr co. TX. - burial at Houston National cemetery, Houston, Harris County, TX - US Army Tec 5.
*Mamie Polk Japhet - b.May 10,1900 (m. Japhet) d. May 20, 1967 - burial Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX.
*Henry Haden. - b.Aug 12,1903 d. Oct 5,1968; Rancher -Single - buried City Cemetery, San Augustine, TX

Kate Polk Gillean is the daughter of Judge H.K. Polk and Ella Word Burleson.
Judge Henry Kinsey Polk, was among the old families of eastern Texas, the Polks have had a prominent place from the time when eastern Texas was the battleground between the advancing American colonization and the resisting forces of Mexico. In ante-bellum days they were planters and slave owners and merchants, served with the Confederacy, and gave more than ordinary sacrifices of life and property during the war and during the subsequent half century.

Kate married William Caldwell Gillean. His parents are Geotge C. Gillean and Lelia Belle Andrews.

Kate had the following siblings:
*Jamie B. - b.1889 (m. Gombert or J.G.Sanford?)
*Hollie K.- b,1890; married Ralph K. McFarland on Aug 6, 1911 in San Augustine, TX.
*John Alfred - b. 1/17/1894 d.4/21/1987, buried Greenlawn Memorial Park, Groves, Jefferson Co. TX - married Nina Strawn,b.1898 d.1997 - married 10/02/1922, Wichita Co. TX
*Kati E. - b. 1 Apr 1896 d.27 Jul 1980, San Augustine, TX married William Caldwell Gillean b. 31 Aug 1887 d. 4 May 1957
*Carlo B. - b.Mar 18,,1898 d. Apr 5, 1989 in Kerrville, Kerr co. TX. - burial at Houston National cemetery, Houston, Harris County, TX - US Army Tec 5.
*Mamie Polk Japhet - b.May 10,1900 (m. Japhet) d. May 20, 1967 - burial Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX.
*Henry Haden. - b.Aug 12,1903 d. Oct 5,1968; Rancher -Single - buried City Cemetery, San Augustine, TX



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