Polk McAlvain

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Polk McAlvain

Birth
Mississippi, USA
Death
14 Jun 1909
Kennady, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, USA
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Polk McAlvain was born in the Old Choctaw Nation (present day Mississippi) between the years 1838-1842 (His true date of birth is unknown and probably was unknown to him as well judging by the differing dates given on various Choctaw and governmental documents.)

His mother was a Choctaw woman named Mary (No maiden name as Choctaws didn't have surnames as a rule during this time.) and his father was a non-Indian, Indian Agent named Benjamin McKelvain.

He was married 3 times, (widower twice). His first wife was Sinah Perry; his second was Mary Choate and his third wife was Louisa Matilda Bowers.

Polk was part of the 1st Choctaw/Chickasaw Mounted Rifles, Company K, during the Civil War (Something that could not be true had he been born in 1853 as his grave stone reads.): his political leanings on the matter reflected in the names of three of his sons - Robert Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Thomas Jay.

Polk McAlvain, Original Choctaw Enrollee #6445
Polk McAlvain was born in the Old Choctaw Nation (present day Mississippi) between the years 1838-1842 (His true date of birth is unknown and probably was unknown to him as well judging by the differing dates given on various Choctaw and governmental documents.)

His mother was a Choctaw woman named Mary (No maiden name as Choctaws didn't have surnames as a rule during this time.) and his father was a non-Indian, Indian Agent named Benjamin McKelvain.

He was married 3 times, (widower twice). His first wife was Sinah Perry; his second was Mary Choate and his third wife was Louisa Matilda Bowers.

Polk was part of the 1st Choctaw/Chickasaw Mounted Rifles, Company K, during the Civil War (Something that could not be true had he been born in 1853 as his grave stone reads.): his political leanings on the matter reflected in the names of three of his sons - Robert Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Thomas Jay.

Polk McAlvain, Original Choctaw Enrollee #6445

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