Capt. Trusten Polk, 62 years old, a well-known ex-Confederate and a gauger in the Internal Revenue Service, died July 12 at noon at his home, 2327 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md.,after an illness of eight months of a complication of diseases.
Captain Polk was born in Sussex County, Delaware, in 1840. He resided there until 1852, when he removed to Carroll County. At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in Company K, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, and served under General Lee in his campaigns in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. He was also with General Stonewall Jackson at Harper's Ferry.
In 1862 Captain Polk joined the First Maryland Cavalry, enlisting in Company A. He participated in many battles, and was captured August 6, 1864. Until March, 1865, he was held prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio, and was finally paroled in May of that year.
At the close or the war Captain Polk returned to his home in Carroll County, where be resided until 1898. In 1871 he represented the county in the Legislature, and in 1873-74 he was Deputy Register of Deeds in Howard County. In 1893 he was appointed gauger in the Internal Revenue Service in Baltimore and removed to that city.
Captain Polk was a life-long Democrat. He was a member of the Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States and had been an elder in the Maryland Avenue Presbyterian Church for several years.
A widow, who was a daughter of Mr. Benjamin H. Dorsey, of Howard County, Md., and seven sons, Messrs. Trusten, Benjamin D., Thomas O., William C., Sterrett W., Albert S. and Causer Polk, and two daughters, Misses Annie T. and Louise Polk, survive him.
Funeral services were held at his late residence last Monday, after which the body was taken to Sykesville and interred in Springfield Cemetery. The pall-bearers were his five sons and Howard Warfield, a nephew. The Democratic Advocate (Westminster, Md.), July 19, 1902.
Captain Polk was born in Sussex County, Delaware, in 1840. He resided there until 1852, when he removed to Carroll County. At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in Company K, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, and served under General Lee in his campaigns in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. He was also with General Stonewall Jackson at Harper's Ferry.
In 1862 Captain Polk joined the First Maryland Cavalry, enlisting in Company A. He participated in many battles, and was captured August 6, 1864. Until March, 1865, he was held prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio, and was finally paroled in May of that year.
At the close or the war Captain Polk returned to his home in Carroll County, where be resided until 1898. In 1871 he represented the county in the Legislature, and in 1873-74 he was Deputy Register of Deeds in Howard County. In 1893 he was appointed gauger in the Internal Revenue Service in Baltimore and removed to that city.
Captain Polk was a life-long Democrat. He was a member of the Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States and had been an elder in the Maryland Avenue Presbyterian Church for several years.
A widow, who was a daughter of Mr. Benjamin H. Dorsey, of Howard County, Md., and seven sons, Messrs. Trusten, Benjamin D., Thomas O., William C., Sterrett W., Albert S. and Causer Polk, and two daughters, Misses Annie T. and Louise Polk, survive him.
Funeral services were held at his late residence last Monday, after which the body was taken to Sykesville and interred in Springfield Cemetery. The pall-bearers were his five sons and Howard Warfield, a nephew. The Democratic Advocate (Westminster, Md.), July 19, 1902.
Capt. Trusten Polk, 62 years old, a well-known ex-Confederate and a gauger in the Internal Revenue Service, died July 12 at noon at his home, 2327 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md.,after an illness of eight months of a complication of diseases.
Captain Polk was born in Sussex County, Delaware, in 1840. He resided there until 1852, when he removed to Carroll County. At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in Company K, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, and served under General Lee in his campaigns in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. He was also with General Stonewall Jackson at Harper's Ferry.
In 1862 Captain Polk joined the First Maryland Cavalry, enlisting in Company A. He participated in many battles, and was captured August 6, 1864. Until March, 1865, he was held prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio, and was finally paroled in May of that year.
At the close or the war Captain Polk returned to his home in Carroll County, where be resided until 1898. In 1871 he represented the county in the Legislature, and in 1873-74 he was Deputy Register of Deeds in Howard County. In 1893 he was appointed gauger in the Internal Revenue Service in Baltimore and removed to that city.
Captain Polk was a life-long Democrat. He was a member of the Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States and had been an elder in the Maryland Avenue Presbyterian Church for several years.
A widow, who was a daughter of Mr. Benjamin H. Dorsey, of Howard County, Md., and seven sons, Messrs. Trusten, Benjamin D., Thomas O., William C., Sterrett W., Albert S. and Causer Polk, and two daughters, Misses Annie T. and Louise Polk, survive him.
Funeral services were held at his late residence last Monday, after which the body was taken to Sykesville and interred in Springfield Cemetery. The pall-bearers were his five sons and Howard Warfield, a nephew. The Democratic Advocate (Westminster, Md.), July 19, 1902.
Captain Polk was born in Sussex County, Delaware, in 1840. He resided there until 1852, when he removed to Carroll County. At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in Company K, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, and served under General Lee in his campaigns in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. He was also with General Stonewall Jackson at Harper's Ferry.
In 1862 Captain Polk joined the First Maryland Cavalry, enlisting in Company A. He participated in many battles, and was captured August 6, 1864. Until March, 1865, he was held prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio, and was finally paroled in May of that year.
At the close or the war Captain Polk returned to his home in Carroll County, where be resided until 1898. In 1871 he represented the county in the Legislature, and in 1873-74 he was Deputy Register of Deeds in Howard County. In 1893 he was appointed gauger in the Internal Revenue Service in Baltimore and removed to that city.
Captain Polk was a life-long Democrat. He was a member of the Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States and had been an elder in the Maryland Avenue Presbyterian Church for several years.
A widow, who was a daughter of Mr. Benjamin H. Dorsey, of Howard County, Md., and seven sons, Messrs. Trusten, Benjamin D., Thomas O., William C., Sterrett W., Albert S. and Causer Polk, and two daughters, Misses Annie T. and Louise Polk, survive him.
Funeral services were held at his late residence last Monday, after which the body was taken to Sykesville and interred in Springfield Cemetery. The pall-bearers were his five sons and Howard Warfield, a nephew. The Democratic Advocate (Westminster, Md.), July 19, 1902.
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