Charles Polk

POLK, SCANLING

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/11/2004 at 11:26:16

Charles Polk, Monroe twp., farmer Sec. 6; P.O. McPherson; born in Knox county, Indiana, in 1838; he came to this county in 1874; owns a farm of 120 acres, well improved; he enlisted in the Twenty-first regiment Indiana volunteers, and was afterward in the First heavy artillery; he enlisted in the service in July, 1861, and was mustered out in February, 1866; he was at the battles of Baton Rouge, Fort Jackson and many others of less importance, and was north of the Mason and Dixon’s line only ten days during his time of service; he married Miss Minerva D. Scanling in 1871; she was born in Morning Sun, Ohio, and was educated at the Oxford Female Institute in 1863; they have two children: Estella, aged seven years, and Mary A., aged two years.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 559