James K. Polk Shields 
James K. Polk was born in 1856 in Indiana. James K. Polk's father was James Madison Shields and his mother was Martha J. Sciscoe. His paternal grandparents were Joseph Shields and Sarah "Sally" Masterson. He had six brothers and four sisters, named Louis W., George Washington, William C., John Thomas, Isaac, David Jefferson, Sarah Elizabeth, Nancy Jane, Mary Alice and Delitha Belle. He was the sixth oldest of the eleven children. He had four half-brothers and seven half-sisters, named Joseph Lenzy, Hiram Martin, Grover Cleveland, Paris Everett "Jack", Estella Martha, Mamie Alma, Infant, Izella Ethel, Maude Emiline, Rosezetta Frances and Nancy Pearl.-
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1709 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania d.Jan 1772 in Harrisburg, Virginia
- b.04 Jul 1744 in Harrisburg, Virginia d.18 Jan 1802 in Sevier Co., Tennessee
- b.21 Oct 1710 d.Wft Est 1747-1805
- b.1766 in Augusta Co., Virginia d.> 1805 in Athens, Tennessee
- b.1745 in Albemarle Co., Virginia d. in Sevier Co., Tennessee
- b.1785 in Sevier Co., Tennessee d.05 Apr 1841 in Monroe County, Indiana
- b.Wft Est 1745-1772 d.Wft Est 1787-1840
- b.22 Dec 1823 in Bourbon Co., Kentucky d.13 Jul 1897 in Monroe County, Indiana
- b.Bet 1705 and 1706 d.25 Jul 1754 in Fairfax Co., Virginia
- b.~ 1730 in Fairfax Co., Virginia d.29 Apr 1790 in Wayne Co., North Carolina
- b.~ 1758 in Fairfax Co., Virginia d.> 1819 in Bourbon Co., Kentucky
- b.< 1710 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia d.<Feb 1764 in Fairfax Co., Virginia
- b.~ 1730 in Fairfax Co., Virginia d.< 1788 in Dobbs Co., North Carolina
- b.< 1715 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia
- b.14 Feb 1794 in Bourbon Co., Kentucky d.31 Oct 1878 in Monroe County, Indiana
- b.~ 1760 d. in Bourbon Co., Kentucky
- b.1856 in Indiana
- b.10 Apr 1827 in Kentucky d.02 May 1872 in Monroe County, Indiana
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James K. Polk and Mary J. were married in a religious ceremony on January 25th, 1877 in Monroe County, Indiana. They had a son and two daughters, named Albert Raymond, ? and Grace Glendora.
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Children
Grace Glendora Shields
Grace Glendora was born on August 16th, 1889. She died at the age of 29 in 1918.
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