Richard Rowand Polhemus^[1]

1946 -  (79 years)

• Name	Richard Rowand Polhemus
  Born	24 Jan 1946	St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I60258	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	James Hibgie Polhemus,   d. Bef 1994
  Mother	Beatrice Nimick
  Family ID	F68481	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sally Kate Ripatti,   b. 17 Jan 1953, Ann Arbor, Michigan  (Age 72 years)
  Married	16 Nov 1991	Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F22202	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 16 Nov 1991 - Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Notes

  Descendant of Johannes Theodorus Polhemus who left Holland in 1636 for Brazil and 1654 to America. Also g g nephew of Lucy Coleman Carnegie, wife of Thomas Carnegie. ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 271, 310-311.

  
  

• Sources

  [S106] The Mountain Press, 30 Jun 2013. Polhemus, wife attend exhibit Sevierville resident Richard Polhemus and his wife Sally recently attended a special preview at the High Museum in Atlanta of the Dutch Masterpieces, exhibit featuring Johannes Vermeer’s “The Girl with a Pearl Earring.” The event was sponsored by the Holland Society of New York and the High Museum. It was attended by the organization’s president, Charles Zabriskie Jr.; and Henry Staats, president of the Old South Branch, Holland Society of New York; as well as Holland Society members from the Southeast. Richard Polhemus is a lifetime member of the Holland Society of New York. The exhibit at the High Museum includes 35 paintings from the Dutch Golden Age from the Mauritshuis, The Hague. The exhibit will be at the High Museum through Sept. 29. On hand at the High Museum for the exhibit were, from left, Richard Polhemus, Holland Society of New York President Charles Zabriskie Jr. and Henry Staats. They were attending the preview of the Dutch Masterpieces exhibit featuring “The Girl with a Pearl Earring.”