Sarah Childress Polk (September 4, 1803 - August 14, 1891), wife of James K. Polk, was First Lady of the United States from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849. The elder daughter of Captain Joel and Elizabeth Whitsitt Childress, Sarah grew up on a plantation near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She was schooled first in Nashville, then at what is now Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, … Wikipedia
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