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JAMES KNOX POLK 119 municant of the Presbyterian church in 1834, and maintained her connection with that denomination until the close of her long life. After the death of her husband she continued to reside at Nash ville, in the house known as "Polk Place." In the foreground is the tomb of her husband, by whose side she was buried. The courts, in 1891, having de cided that Mr. Polk s will, leaving his estate "to the worthiest of the name forever," was void, as constituting a perpetuity, the tomb, with the re mains of President and Mrs. Polk, were removed by the State and reinterred with appropriate pub lic ceremonies on Capitol Hill, Nashville, Septem ber 19, 1893, with a view to the division of the land among the heirs.
