By Brenda Wineapple LADY FIRST The World of First Lady Sarah Polk By Amy S. Greenberg Sarah Childress Polk, the wife of James K. Polk, the 11th American president (1845-49), wrote no memoir and ...

Polk Place, as stated in his will. He lay there until after Sarah's death in 1891. With no direct heirs, a judge divided the estate, leading to Polk Place's demolition and the tomb's relocation.