Allen J. Polk, second child and oldest son of Dr. William Polk and Mary (Long) Polk, was born March 5, 1824; died, 1897. He was born at Farmville, N. C.; was educated at Chapel Hill, at the University of North Carolina; studied and practiced law with his brother-in-law, Judge Russell Houston, at Columbia, Tenn.; at different times resided in North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Arkansas, and spent much time in Washington. He was a man widely known for his brilliant social qualities, high culture, genial disposition, and personal magnetism, numbering many of the most noted men of the day among his personal friends. Major Allen Polk derived his title from the commission he held during the late Civil War. He was never in active service, but used his means and his influence, with untiring zeal, in behalf of the South. He was twice married. First he married, in 1846, Mary Clendennin; and, second, he married Anna Clark Fitzhugh, of Louisville, Ky. By the first marriage of Major Allen J. Polk one child is living—viz.: Mary Polk, who married Frank Hemphill, and has three children—viz.: 1, Mary Hemphill; 2, Allen Hemphill; 3, Polk Hemphill.
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Allen J. Polk, second child and oldest son of Dr. William Polk and Mary (Long) Polk, was born March 5, 1824; died, 1897. He was born at Farmville, N. C.; was educated at Chapel Hill, at the University of North Carolina; studied and practiced law with his brother-in-law, Judge Russell Houston, at Columbia, Tenn.; at different times resided in North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Arkansas, and spent much time in Washington. He was a man widely known for his brilliant social qualities, high culture, genial disposition, and personal magnetism, numbering many of the most noted men of the day among his personal friends. Major Allen Polk derived his title from the commission he held during the late Civil War. He was never in active service, but used his means and his influence, with untiring zeal, in behalf of the South. He was twice married. First he married, in 1846, Mary Clendennin; and, second, he married Anna Clark Fitzhugh, of Louisville, Ky. By the first marriage of Major Allen J. Polk one child is living—viz.: Mary Polk, who married Frank Hemphill, and has three children—viz.: 1, Mary Hemphill; 2, Allen Hemphill; 3, Polk Hemphill.
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