Since Union Cemetery didn't open until 1857, the remains of Mrs Polke were probably originally buried at the Westport Cemetery or in a family cemetery and moved to Union later.
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The following information provided by dennis gard, whose great great grand uncle, John Widener Polke, was married to Sarah Chick Polke:
~ Full name: Sarah Ann Chick Polke
~ Born: 12 Mar 1823
~ Died: 29 Jan 1846
~ First wife of John Widener Polke; married on 6 Apr 1841
~ Daughter of William Miles Chick and Ann Elizabeth Smith Chick
~ Mother of Henry Clay Polke
~ Sister of Virginia Chick McCoy
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The following information provided by dennis gard, whose great great grand uncle, John Widener Polke, was married to Sarah Chick Polke:
~ Full name: Sarah Ann Chick Polke
~ Born: 12 Mar 1823
~ Died: 29 Jan 1846
~ First wife of John Widener Polke; married on 6 Apr 1841
~ Daughter of William Miles Chick and Ann Elizabeth Smith Chick
~ Mother of Henry Clay Polke
~ Sister of Virginia Chick McCoy
Since Union Cemetery didn't open until 1857, the remains of Mrs Polke were probably originally buried at the Westport Cemetery or in a family cemetery and moved to Union later.
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The following information provided by dennis gard, whose great great grand uncle, John Widener Polke, was married to Sarah Chick Polke:
~ Full name: Sarah Ann Chick Polke
~ Born: 12 Mar 1823
~ Died: 29 Jan 1846
~ First wife of John Widener Polke; married on 6 Apr 1841
~ Daughter of William Miles Chick and Ann Elizabeth Smith Chick
~ Mother of Henry Clay Polke
~ Sister of Virginia Chick McCoy
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The following information provided by dennis gard, whose great great grand uncle, John Widener Polke, was married to Sarah Chick Polke:
~ Full name: Sarah Ann Chick Polke
~ Born: 12 Mar 1823
~ Died: 29 Jan 1846
~ First wife of John Widener Polke; married on 6 Apr 1841
~ Daughter of William Miles Chick and Ann Elizabeth Smith Chick
~ Mother of Henry Clay Polke
~ Sister of Virginia Chick McCoy
Inscription
Gravestone inscription recorded during 1933 survey of cemetery:
S. M. M. Ivy Polke
Wife of John W. Polke
Died in Westport, Mo.
Jan. 29, 1846
Aged 22 years, 9 months, 22 days
By the time of the inscription survey done in 1986, the gravestone was broken and nearly illegible. It was not found during the photographic survey done in 2011.
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