President James K. Polk
I never thought I'd find anyone famous in my family and then found that President James K. Polk was my 3x cousin 5x removed. Okay, not a close relation, but exciting nonetheless!
James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849). Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives (1835–1839) and Governor of Tennessee (1839–1841). Polk was the surprise (dark horse) candidate for president in 1844, defeating Henry Clay of the rival Whig Party by promising to invade and annex Texas. Polk was a leader of Jacksonian Democracy during the Second Party System. He's also known for invading and annexing roughly half of the Mexican Republic.
You can see his profile by clicking on his photo.
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Welcome to the Andrist/Bunner-Lindy/Young & Rizzo, et al family tree.
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Friends of Abraham Lincoln!
A sad bit of famous news: I found that my 4x great grandmother was Nancy Rusher Brooner. The Brooner family was actually friends of Abraham Lincoln's family in Indiana when he was about 9 years old. Unfortunately, Nancy Brooner came down with milk sickness, which comes from cows and pigs eating the milkweed plant, which poisons their milk. Then when human's drink the milk, they become very ill and die. Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, tended to Nancy Brooner while she was ill, until she, too, became ill with the sickness. Mrs. Lincoln actually died 2 weeks before Nancy Brooner. They are buried next to each other in Pioneer Cemetery in the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Park in Clay Township Indiana.
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