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Portrait photograph of Viola (Polk) Mumaw as a young woman.

Viola was born in Conicville, one of at least nine children of Noah Frederick (1977-1945) and Martha Susan (Miller) (1880-1957) Polk. She was a member of the St. Jacob Lutheran…

Photograph of Annabel Lee Polk as a little girl standing beside a toy clown.

Annabelle lived in Edinburg and was the daughter of Lester Earl (1899-1994) and Margie Jane (Fadeley) (1904-1990) Polk.

In 1945, she married Walter David Clem…

Photograph of the certificate presented to Private Sylvester A. Polk, who served in Company C of the 121st Engineer Combat Battalion during WWII.

The certificate was presented at the separation center of Ft. Meade, Maryland in January 1946.

Photograph of the government form used to honorably discharge Private Sylvester A. Polk of Conicville, Virginia, from the U.S. Army.

He was born on July 1, 1920, and served in the U.S. Army at both Normandy and in the Ardennes during WWII.

Photograph of William H. Polk standing behind his mother, Anna B. (Arrington) Polk (seated left), his wife, Edna, and his oldest son, William A. Polk. He is most remembered for having worked as a minister in the early 1920’s at the Mt. Zion Methodist…

Portrait photograph of Shirley M. (Spiggle) Polk as a young woman.

Born in Edinburg, she was the oldest child born to Fleta May (Bowers) Spiggle and Samuel Lorenzo Spiggle.

She married Waldo Lee Polk (born in Conicville) and spent 58 years…

Photo of Reverend Polk superimposed onto a photo of Mt. Zion Methodist Church.

The church was located at the intersection of Church and Locust Streets in Woodstock, until it was demolished in 1921 to build a bigger church of the same name. It is…