Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk was a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, which separated from the Episcopal Church of the United States of America. Wikipedia
Born: April 10, 1806, Raleigh, NC
Died: June 14, 1864 (age 58 years), Cobb County, GA
Children: William Mecklenburg Polk
Great grandchildren: Elizabeth Sturgis Polk, Alice Polk, and John Metcalfe Polk
Organization founded: Sewanee: The University Of The South
Grandchild: Frank Polk
Grandparent: Thomas Polk