Son of Joshua Franklin Polk & Amanda Elizabeth Bartlett of Butts County, Georgia

1900 DeKalb Cty,Ga census--4531 Decatur district--page 328
Grant Dorn--33-born Aug 1866--farmer--owns farm
Louisa--30--born--Sept 1870--4 children, 4 alive
Lizzie--7--born Sept 1892
Louis--6--born Nov 1893
John--4--born Oct 1896
Grant--1--born Oct 1898
William Mince--19--August 1881--farm laborer
Ed Polk--16--born Sept 1885--farm laborer
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1900--Newton County census--Cedar Shoals district 1261--family 29
Harvey Toney--58--born June 1846--married 29 years
Ella--45--wife--married 9 years --1 child, 1 alive--born June 1846
Alice--dau--22--born April 1872
Robert L--son--16--born Sept 1883
Maud J--dau--4--born Oct 1896
Ed Polk--boarder--32--born Aug 1867
Robert Polk--boarder--30--born May 1870
Terry Polk--boarder--25--born April 1875
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Registration Card
EDWARD FRANKLIN POLK
19 Thornton Street, LaGrange, Ga
33 years old, born September 20, 1884
white, natural born
mill worker at the Dunson Mill
LaGrange, Troup County
nearest relative--Mrs. Charity Polk
19 Thornton St, LaGrangem Ga
signed --x--
height --medium
build--slender
color eyes--lt brown
color of hair--black
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1920 Troup County census--LaGrange district--family #35-35 --19 Thornton Ave
Edd Polk--36--Ga, parents born US--cotton mill
Charity--33--cotton mill
Pearl--10
John--7
Louise--5
Annie--1
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1930 Troup County census--part of LaGrange City MD 1655--411 Sirrene Street
Edd Polk--44--married 23 years
Charity--wife--42--married19
Pearlie M---20
John F--19
Louise--16
Annie R--11
James E--10
Elsie G--3 & 3/12
Walter E--3/12
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E. F. Polk--registration card--Troup County, Ga
19 Thornton St, LaGrange, Ga
33 years old, born September 20, 1884
white, natural born
Mill Worker, the Dunson Mill
nearest relative--Mrs. Charity Polk--19 Thornton Ave
x signed
Height--medium
build--slender
color of eyes--lt brown
color of hair--black
September 12, 1918
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LaGrange City directory
August 1922--voter register Lists
1927-1928--Edward Polk weaver --Dunson Mills--wife Chattie, home 16 Whitten Ave
May 1929--not listed
1934--Edward Polk--Dunson Mill, wife Charity--home 12 Sirrene
1938--Edward Polk--Dunson Mills, wife Charity--home 12 Sirrene
1939--Edward Polk--weaver--Dunson Mill--wife Charity McRae--12 Sirrene
1941--Edward Polk--weaver-Dunson Mill--wife Charity--12 Barnard Ave
1946--Edward F.Polk--weaver Dunson Mill--wife Charity--home 12 Barnard Ave
1948--Edward Polk--sweeper--Dunson Mill--wife Charity M--home 14 Curran Ave
1950--Edward Polk--wife Charity A.--home 14 Curran Ave
1952--Edward Polk--wife Charity--home 14 Curran Ave
1954--Edward Polk--textile worker--Dunson--wife Charity--home 14 Curran Ave
1956--Edward Polk--wife Charity A--home 14 Curran Ave
1958--Edward Polk--wife Charity-home 14 Curran Ave
1960--Edward Polk--wife Charity--home 14 Curran Ave
1962--Edward Polk--wife Charity--home 14 Curran Ave
1963--Edward Polk--wife Charity--home 14 Curran Ave
1965--Edward Polk--wife Charity--home 14 Curran Ave--(Charity died 1963)
1966--Edward Polk--home 14 Curran Ave
1967--Edward Polk--home 14 Curran Ave
1968--not listed
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LaGrange Daily News October 28, 1966
EDWARD POLK

Edward Franklin Polk, 86, of 17 Barry Street, died Thursday morning at LaGrange
Nursing Center after an illness of several months.

A retired employee of the Dunson Division, West Point Pepperell Mfg, he had lived
here in LaGrange for the past 70 years. He was born in Covington and was a member
of the Friendship Baptist Church,

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 4pm at the Friendship Baptist Church conducting
by Rev. Jessie L. Thompson and Rev. Floyd Carmack. Burial will be in the Shadowlawn
Cemetery.

He is survived by
4 daughters--Mrs. Leon Brooks, Mrs. O.L. Underwood, Mrs. W.O. Abbott--LaGrange & Mrs. G.A. Kelley of Pensacola, Fla
3 sons--Johnny Frank and James Polk of LaGrange & Walter Polk of Jonesboro
1 sister--Mrs. Effie Phillips of LaGrange
1 brother--Claude Polk of Covington
14 grandchildren
6 great grandchildren
several nieces & nephews

The body will be at the Hunter Allen Myhand Funeral Home until Saturday afternoon and will lie-in-state at the
church from 3 until 4pm.

Hunter-Allen-Myhand Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
Contributor: Deborah Polk (49739099)