This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Arnold, Polk Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HKB.2ACI/2024 Message Board Post: I am seeking information:t Mary Ellen Polk, b. Dec 1825, TN. She married Joseph Richard Arnold about ca1844, but not sure where. Their first child was born in Scott Co., Arkansas. JR was shown on the 1840 Scott Co., Arkansas census living in his father's home there. His brother Levi Arnold was however living in DeSoto Co., MS Mary Ellen died as a result of childbirth in 1864 in Bosque Co., Texas. Mary Ellen's father is rumored to possibly be a William Polk, related to President Polk. Seeking information on the following family found on census: William Polk on the 1840 Census for Mississippi, Marshall County, Southern Division William Polk > 1 M 5-10 > 1 M 10-15 > 1 M 40-50 > > 2 F 15-20 > 1 F 40-50 > > There are several records reflecting that President Polk and his family lived in this area during this time period. Anyone know if this family on census is related to my Mary Ellen Polk. I would appreciate any help on this branch of the family's "brickwall". Debra Tranthem allmyleaves@yahoo.com

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