History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 570.
[Bourbon County]    [Centerville Precinct]

MRS. A. CLAY, P. O. Paris, was born June 14, 1810, in Bourbon County,
daughter of Samuel D. and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Scott; he coming at an
early day from Dinwiddie County, Va., and dying in 1813, leaving ten
children, his wife having died sometime previously.  Our subject was
married in January, 1832, to Joseph Helm Clay, by whom she had nine
children, only one of whom is now living, Isaac C. Clay, who was married
June 1, 1870, to Miss Lizzie A. Forman, daughter of Thomas M. Forman,
and who has borne him three children; Mary W., Sadie M. and Joseph.  Mrs.
Clay and her son own 307 acres of land, their place being "Rosedale."
Mrs. Clay is a member of the Baptist Church; Isaac a member of the
Christian Church and a Democrat; he resided for two years in Texas.

Clay Cunningham Scott Forman      Dinwiddie-VA

History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 454.
[Bourbon County]  [Paris City and Precinct]

HON. BRUTUS J. CLAY, farmer and stockraiser, deceased; P. O. Paris, was one
of the prominent representatives of Bourbon County, and one of its honored
citizens.  He belongs to a numerous family, who trace their ancestry from
England to the Old Dominion, thence to Kentucky, where the younger members
of the family have become identified.  According to an account carefully
written by Green Clay, the father of the above, Sept. 12, 1784, is gleaned
the following: The family trace their name to one John Clay, a native of
England, who came to America as a British Grenadier, during Bacon's
Rebellion; from him have descended all the different members of the Clay
family.  In direct line from the above was John, who was born in Virginia,
where he married, and was the father of four sons, one of whom went North,
one South, the others lived and died in Virginia, to-wit: Henry and Charles
Clay, of Amelia County, Va.  In direct line comes Henry, who married Mary
Mitchell; by her had four sons and several daughters; the sons were
William, Henry, Charles and John, who was the grandfather of Henry Clay, of
Ashland.  Next in order comes Charles, who was born Jan. 31, 1716.  He
married Martha Green, who bore him eleven children: Mrs. Mary Locket,
Eliza, Charles, Henry, Thomas (who was the grandfather of Senator Thomas T.
McCreery), Eliza (Murray), Lucy (Thaxton), Matt (Congressman from
Tennessee), Green, Priscilla, Mary (Lewis).  Green Clay, next in order of
descent, was born Aug. 14, 1757; he married Sallie Lewis; by her had six
[sic] children, viz: Sidney, Brutus J., Cassius M., Betsey (Smith),
Pauline, Rodes and Sallie Johnson.  Brutus J. Clay, who is next in descent,
was born July 1, 1808, in Madison County, Ky.; he graduated at Center
College, and in 1837 settled in Bourbon County, where he engaged quite
extensively in stock-raising, being at one time one of the most extensive
fine stockraisers in Central Kentucky; 1840, was elected to the State
Legislature, and about the same time was elected President of the Bourbon
County Agricultural Society, and in 1853 was elected President of the
State Agricultural Society, and was honored with a re-election, serving
in this capacity eight years in all, declining to serve longer.  In 1860,
was elected to the Legislature; was elected to the Thirty-eighth Congress,
serving as Chairman on the Committee of Agriculture, and as a member of
the Convention on Revolutionary Pensions.  He was a successful farmer,
his farm being one of the best improved in the county.  His wife was Anna
M. Field, whose offspring was Cassius M., the present incumbent of the
homestead.  He was born March 26, 1846; he married Sue E. Clay, daughter
of Samuel Clay; she died, leaving him four children: Junius B., Samuel H.,
Annie L. and Sue E.  Cassius M. represented his county in the Legislature
in 1872, and was re-elected, and like his father, is a model farmer.

Clay Mitchell Green Locket McCreery Murray Thaxton Lewis Smith
Johnson Field  Madison-KY Amelia-VA TN England

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed.,
Grant Co.

D. S. CLAY was born in Grant County, Ky., in 1848, and is a son of Elijah
S. and Mary J. (Woodyard) Clay.  Elijah S. Clay, a native of Pendleton
County, and a farmer in Grant County, was born in 1820 and died in 1859;
he was a son of Brittain and Fannie (Sims) Clay, natives of Virginia, and
members or the same family as Henry Clay and Cassius M. Clay.  Mrs. Mary
J. Clay was a daughter of Barnett and Dorinda (Marksbury) Woodyard,
natives of Virginia.  Barnett Woodyard was born in 1799.  D. S. Clay was
reared on a farm, received his education at the schools of Grant County,
and in 1876 began reading law; he was admitted to the bar in 1880, and
since then has been a practicing attorney in the courts.  He has held
the office of police judge one term and city attorney two terms.  In 1864,
he married Sarah A. Marksbury, a daughter of Arasha and Martin A.
(McCarty) Marksbury, and a great-granddaughter of Simon Kenton, who died
in 1877, leaving five children, viz: Henry C., Martha E., Charles C.,
Georgie A. and Jennie B.  In 1886 Mr. Clay married Mrs. Emma Callen,
daughter of James Acre, of Kenton County.  Mr. and Mrs. Clay are members
of the Christian Church.

Clay, Woodyard, Sims, Marksbury, McCarty, Kenton, Callen
Pendleton, VA, Kenton

History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 453.
[Bourbon County]  [Paris City and Precinct]

COL. E. F. CLAY, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Paris.  The proprietor of
Runneymede, was born on the old homestead, Dec. 1, 1841, youngest child of
Brutus J. and Amelia Field Clay.  He was raised upon the homestead and
began a thorough education, being a student for sometime, under B.B. Sayre;
also attended school at Harrisburg, with a view to graduation, when the war
broke out; he cast his lot with the 1st Kentucky Mounted Riflemen, entering
the ranks as private, afterward chosen Captain, and rose to Lieutenant
Colonel, and had command of his regiment, and remained with is command
until the close of the war; and in justice of Col. Clay, it can be
truthfully said, that no truer or more valiant soldier entered the
Confederate service than he.  He was nine months prisoner on Johnson's
Island.  Lost his right eye in an engagement, otherwise came out unscathed.
The year following the close of the war, he married Mary L. Woodford,
daughter of John T. Woodford, of this precinct; the year of his marriage
located on the farm he now owns, which contains 425 acres, best known as
the Garrard Place, situated on the Paris Townsend Pike.  In 1867, he
commenced the breeding of short-horns, which he continued until 1875.
Since that time has been quite prominently engaged in the breeding of
thoroughbred race-horses, having a track and stables upon the grounds upon
his premises, for their use and training.  Colonel Clay is fond of the
chase, and with his dogs and gun, and in company with home companions, he
makes frequent trips to hunting and fishing resorts.  In his business
relations is attentive and looks well to his interests, and in all matters
of public interest is ever ready to do his part.  Has five children:
Ezekiel, Woodford, Brutus J., Buckner and Amelia.

Clay Woodford

History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 569.
[Bourbon County]    [Centerville Precinct]

F. P. CLAY, farmer.  The Clay family form so important a part of the
history of Bourbon County, and the name is found interwoven in the history
of so many important evens chronicled in this book, that the following
brief biography is confined to the subject only.  He was born Oct. 26,
1819, in Bourbon, and is the son of Henry and Margaret (Helm) Clay.  He was
educated in his native county, and reared a farmer.  In October of 1842 he
married Miss Susan R. Wornall, daughter of Thomas Wornall, of Clark County,
Ky.  They have a family of four children: William H., Frances P., now Mrs.
N. Buckner, Olive and Perry.  Mr. Clay has a fine farm of 629 acres, known
as "Castle Comfort" and does a general farm business.  He and Mrs. Clay
are members of the Baptist Church.  Previous to the war he was a member
of the Whig party, but since that event he has been a Democrat.  He is a
fine representative of so notable a family, and after having spent over
three-score years in his native county, his name and reputation stands
above reproach.

Clay Helm Wornall Buckner       Clark-KY

History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 557.
[Bourbon County]    [Clintonville Precinct]

HENRY CLAY, farmer, P. O. Clintonville; traces the genealogy of his
family back to his grandparents, Henry Clay and wife, who emigrated from
Virginia to Kentucky at an early day, spending the first year after their
arrival in Bourbon County in a fort located about five miles above Paris,
on the Stoner.  Capt.  James Smith of Indian notoriety, was stationed in
the fort at the time.  They were married when their united ages did not
exceed thirty years, and lived together as man and wife for sixty-seven
years.  Nine daughters and three sons were born to them; the father of
our subject, Col. Henry Clay, was one of the youngest of these sons. He
was born in 1779, and subsequently married Miss Peggy Helm, the daughter
of Joseph Helm, of Lincoln County, Ky.  Twelve children were born to them,
six sons and six daughters.  Our subject was born June 4, 1798, and was
married at the age of twenty-three years to Miss Olivia, daughter, of
George M. and Henrietta Bedinger, of Nicholas County, Ky.  One child was
born to them and in 1823 both mother and child died.  In 1826 Mr. Clay
was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Scott of
Bourbon County.  Five children were born to this union, three of whom are
living, viz: Samuel Scott Clay; Maggie H., married a Mr. Kelly, and now
resides in Philadelphia; and Joseph H. Clay.  In 1835 Mr. Clay was again
a widower by the death of his second wife.  In 1837 he married Miss Mary,
daughter of George and Ellis Chadwell, of Jessamine County, Ky.  Six
children were born of this union, three now living: George, Letitia and
John W.  In 1859 his third wife died, since which time Mr. Clay has
remained unmarried.  He is a fine old gentleman, past eighty-three years
of age; has spent his life in agricultural pursuits, and bears the
reputation of an honest, upright citizen.

Clay Helm Bedinger Scott Kelly Chadwell
Lincoln-KY Nicholas-KY Jessamine-KY PA VA

Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 417-418. [Henderson]

JAMES WILLIAMS CLAY was born in Henderson, November 28, 1874, and is
a son of James Franklin Clay.  He is the only member of his father's
family who has embraced the legal profession, and the firm of Clay & Clay
is now one of the best known and most thoroughly reliable legal
combinations in the city.  He was educated in the schools of Henderson
under the careful supervision of his father and was graduated in the law
department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, in the class of
1892.  He finished his course with honor and won the degree LL. B.  He
next entered upon the practice of his chosen profession in connection
with his father, and has evinced an aptitude for the law and an ability
to successfully meet the problems connected therewith rare in young men.
He is a close student, faithful in the discharge of his duties and the
interests confided to him. Building upon the sure foundation of thorough
and comprehensive preparation, with the experience which comes with
years, he will undoubtedly have a brilliant and successful career at the
bar.  His association with his distinguished father is most fortunate and
happy, and one so rare as to command wide attention and respect.  He
assists in all the important litigation of the firm and has appeared with
credit in argument in the court of appeals, winning the approval of the
entire court on the conclusion of his initial address.  He is a member of
the Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order and enjoys the respect and
confidence of the entire bar.

History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 509.
[Bourbon County]  [Millersburg Precinct]


MRS. LIZZIE M. CLAY, farmer; P. O. Millersburg; widow of Greene Clay, who
was a son of Sidney P. Clay, he of General Greene Clay (see hist).
Deceased went to Texas very early in life, where he ran a large plantation,
raising cotton and stock on the San Antonio river.  He returned to
Bourbon County, in 1857, where he was married, June 1, of that year to
Miss Lizzie Goodman, daughter of W. C. Goodman (see hist).  After marriage
they returned to their Texan home, where their two sons were born: Sidney
P., on the 11th of June, 1858; Greene, upon the 20th of May, 1860, the
father dying upon 24th of the same month.  The widow returned to her
father's house, where she resided for eighteen years, when she purchased
a part of the old Dick Taylor farm, where she now resides.  Mr. Clay was
a man of superior excellence, scrupulously exact in all his business
relations, honorable in all his impulses, kind in all his feelings--he
was the embodiment of every excellence in man; devoted to his family,
he was in return the recipient of their undivided affections; brave and
chivalrous as a Bayard, loyal to his attachments, benevolent in his
actions, regardful of the opinions of those whose opinions were entitled
to respect, and indulgent to the failings of his fellow men, he endeared
himself to all who came intimately within the sphere of his influence. As
a good citizen, he upheld and vindicated the laws--an honest man, he ever
"rendered unto Caesar the things that were Caesar's; a firm friend, he
would serve to the death all who had won and who deserved his esteem and
confidence; young, wealthy, intelligent and brave, with hopes high, and
the prospect of a bright future all before him; thus ended the life of a
great and good man, and one of the brightest alumni of Center College.

Clay Goodman Taylor
=
TX

History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 458.
[Bourbon County]  [Paris City and Precinct]

CAPT. M. M. CLAY, farmer and stockraiser; P. O., Paris, is the twelfth
child born to Col. Henry Clay and Peggie Helm.  Col. Henry Clay was one of
the leading and representative men in Bourbon County in his time, having
been associated with the county since its first organization, he having
come to this part of the country with his father, Henry Clay, when a lad
of tender years, and for some time lived in a stockade which was situated
in the south part of this precinct; he served in the war of 1812, and was
one of the staunch and enterprising men of the county, and possessed noble
qualities of mind and heart.  He died in 1863, in the 84th year of his age.
Three of his sons are yet residents of the county, viz: Henry Samuel,
Francis P., and M. M.; Sallie married William Buckner, Elizabeth, Douglass
P. Lewis.  The subject of these lines was raised upon the homestead, in
his precinct, and has since (with the exception of three years spent in
Arkansas) been a resident of the county.  In 1843 he married Mary, daughter
of Judge Asa K. Lewis, of Clark County, this State; his wife died June,
1879, leaving no issue.  In the fall of 1861, Mr. Clay raised Company C.,
and went forth with it and joined the 21st Ky. Infantry; he now owns the
Scott farm, adjacent to Paris, which is beautiful for situation.  Mr. Clay
in years past was interested in short horns; more recently in trotting
horses.  He is one of the public spirited men of the county.

Clay Buckner Lewis Helm      Clark-KY AR

History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 454.
[Bourbon County]  [Paris City and Precinct]

MRS. PATSY P. CLAY, farming; P. O. Paris; is the relict of Wm. Green Clay,
who was born in this county Jan. 1, 1810; son of Samuel Clay and Nancy
Winn.  The grandfather of Green Clay was Henry, who was a native of
Virginia, and from him have descended a numerous progeny.  The above was
born on the farm she now owns, Nov. 26, 1809; she is the second daughter of
Littleberry and Mattie Clay Bedford, October 6, 1829, was the date of the
marriage of Wm. Green Clay to Patsey P. Bedford.  They first located near
Paris, where they lived years.  After which they located in Paris, where
they lived years.  After which they located in Paris, remaining there about
eight years.  In March, 1846, they located on the Bedford homestead, where
Mrs. Clay has since resided.  Mr. Clay departed this life April 17, 1855,
since which time she has borne his name, and conducted the farm in
conjunction, with her sons' assistance.  Of the children born to Mr. and
Mrs. Clay are Thomas, Maria E., George L., William G., Virginia, Sidney
B. and Mattie V.  Thomas E. and Sidney remain on the homestead with their
mother.  Maria E. became the wife of William R. Colcord, and resides in
Kansas, having three sons and one daughter, viz: Charles, William, Harry
and Maria L.  Mattie V. married Francis H. Donaldson, who is now railroad
official in Cambridge, Indiana.  They have three children, viz: Anna M.,
Francis H. and ELizabeth G.  WIlliam G. was among the number who went out
to battle for his principles, and died in the defense of the same, June
7, 1862, in Tazewell Co., Va., while wearing the "gray".  He was a youth of
much promise, and bid fair to attain for himself a bright and promising
career had he been spared.  Mrs. Clay, in company with her son, occupy
the homestead where she is spending the remainder of her days in comfort
and happiness, with her books and papers, of which she is a great reader.

Clay Bedford Winn Colcord Donaldson       Tazewell-VA KS IN

History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 452,
[Bourbon County]  [Paris City and Precinct]

SAMUEL CLAY, farmer and stockraiser; P. O. Paris.  This gentleman is the
largest land owner, and one of the most successful agriculturists in
Bourbon County.  He was born in this Precinct April 8, 1815, son of Colonel
Henry Clay, a native of Virginia (his wife's maiden name was Helm) who
emigrated to this county from the Old Dominion about the year 1785.  He
came here with his father, Samuel Clay, when a lad of eight years.  He was
a successful farmer.  To Henry Clay, Jr., was born twelve children; eleven
grew to maturity.  The eldest was Henry; then in order of birth were John,
Sallie, Joseph, Letitia, Henrietta, Elizabeth, Samuel, Mary, Frank, and
Matt M., all of whom settled in this county.  Sallie married Wm. Buckner;
Letitia became the wife of Dan'l Bedinger.  Henrietta married three times;
first to Mr. Bedford, by whom she had one son, Frank.  Her second husband
was Robert Scott, by whom she had one child.  Her third husband was E. S.
Dudley.  Elizabeth married Douglas P. Lewis.  Mary married E. S. Dudley,
the husband of Henrietta.  In 1836 our subject married Nancy T. Wornall,
who was born January 16, 1816, in Clark County.  She was a daughter of
Thomas and Sallie (Ryan) Wornall.  Thomas was the son of Roby and Edie
Wornall, who was also a native of Virginia.  At the time Mr. Clay started
in business for himself, his father gave him 440 acres of land.  From this
start he had added to it until he now owns over 7,000 in this county, and
several thousand in counties adjoining.  Mr. Clay is a tireless worker, and
believes in the adage that it is better to wear out than rust out, and his
career has been one of unusual success.  He has had four [sic] children:
Thomas H., Susan, wife of Cassius Clay. She died in 1879, leaving four
children. James E. resides on farm adjoining.

Clay Helm Buckner Bedinger Scott Dudley Lewis Wornall Ryan
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Clark-KY VA

History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 557.
[Bourbon County]    [Clintonville Precinct]

THOMAS HENRY CLAY, farmer, P. O. Clintonville, is a member of that branch
of the Clay family which is descended from Henry Clay, who came from
Virginia in early times, when Indians still roamed the trackless wastes
of Kentucky, and settled in Bourbon County.  His father is "Greybeard"
Samuel Clay, so called to distinguish him from several other well known
gentlemen of the same name in the County.  Our subject was born July 28th,
1840, and was married in July, 1864, to Miss Fanny Conn Williams, daughter
of Maj. George W. Williams, who in conjunction with Hon. Garrett Davis,
represented Bourbon County in the convention which framed the present
Constitution of Kentucky.  The couple have four children, viz: Alfred,
George W., Thomas H., Jr., and Nannie.  Mr. Clay owns 3,000 acres of land
and his place is known as "The Heights."  He possesses the confidence of
his neighbors and is noted for his energy and thrift.

Clay Williams      VA

Souvenir Edition, The Williamstown Courier, Williamstown, Ky, May 30, 1901,
reprinted September 19, 1981 by the Grant County KY Historical Society.

WILLIAM E. CLAY is a son of James H. Clay, of near town.  Mr. Clay's early
life was one of privation and hardship, and it was by dogged persistency
that he secured a good education and a certificate of graduation in one of
the best law schools of the country.  After attending the common county
schools he went to Valparaiso, Indiana, and there worked himself through
college.  That was in 1893, and he graduated from that school of learning
in 1895.  In July of the latter year he was married to Miss Ella O'Hara.
Later he attended the law school at Chicago, from which institution he
graduated in 1898.  Previous to this, however, he had read law at home
and had been admitted to the bar in 1895 at the October term of court.
Since his graduation in law, Mr. Clay has been an active practitioner at
the Grant county bar and has been successful.  Last year he became a
candidate for the Democratic nomination for County Attorney, and won the
nomination with ease, and after the beginning of the next year will be
the County Attorney of Grant County.  Mr. Clay is only twenty-six years
old, and his future is indeed a bright one.

Clay O'Hara         IN IL