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Winnie Smith, who I have born in St. Charles Co., Mo. about 1804 was the
daughter of James Clay, B. 1770, Chesterfield Co., Va. D.1830, St. Charles Co.,
Mo. Her mother was Sarah Hancock, B.Madison Co., Ky.?1781 and d.St. Charles
Co.,Mo. (date?). As near as I can find out , she was the 2nd of 3 wives James
had. Their children were: SobrinaClay b.1803 M. Henry Russell, Winnie, B.1804,
M. Darling Smith 4 May, 1824, St. Charles Co., Lucinda b. 1805 ST. Chas.
Co.,M.Wm. McClenney 22Jan.,1824, Polly B.@1808, M.John King 1 Mar.,1829, Meeky
Clay B.@1810, M. Jesse Alkire 3 Jan., 1833 and Eli. M. Clay B. @1812 D. 1836.
James Clay, who was the father of Winnie is buried in a Clay family cemetary in
the Femme Osage District, St. Charles,Co. Amoung others buried there is Eli.
M. Clay. James was given a Spanish land grant in Mo. in 1799. He seems to
have come to Mo. at the time Daniel Boone moved there. They are both a on
an1817 census
in the Femme Osage District. James was my g.g.grandfather. There is a
relationship to Henry Clay, but it is distant and peripheral
Ken Clay
lujac wrote:
> Searching for ancestors, siblings of my ggg-grandmother Winny CLAY. She
> married Darling SMITH 4 Mar 1824 in St. Charles Co., MO. d. bef. May,
> 1850. According to a letter written by my gg-grandfather (Winny's
> son-in-law, Adam Clark MITCHELL) Winny was from Kentucky and a relative of
> the politican, Henry CLAY. Children of Winny Clay and Darling Smith:
>
> 1) William Smith b. 1824 St. Charles Co. MO
> 2) Mahala Smith b. 1826 St. Charles Co. MO, d. 1876 Polk Co. MO, m. Adam
> Clark MITCHELL 1844 Polk Co., MO
> 3) C. (Clay) Dudley Smith, b. 1830 St. Charles, d. Polk Co. m. 1) Elizabeth
> Jane Cates, 2)Elizabeth Frances GORDEN Polk Co. d. 1874 Polk
> Co.
> 4) Jackson Smith b. 1832 St. Charles d. 1882 Polk Co., m. Elizabeth NEWMAN?
> C. 1850
> 5) James b. 1835 St. Charles d. 1887 Polk Co., m. Delila? c. 1862
> 6) Polly Ann Smith b. 1838 St. Charles d. 1857 Polk Co. MO Typhoid Fever
> 7) Sarah Smith ?
> 8) Jane Smith ?
>
> LuAnn Penrod Smith
> lujac(a)itiaccess.com
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Searching for ancestors, siblings of my ggg-grandmother Winny CLAY. She
married Darling SMITH 4 Mar 1824 in St. Charles Co., MO. d. bef. May,
1850. According to a letter written by my gg-grandfather (Winny's
son-in-law, Adam Clark MITCHELL) Winny was from Kentucky and a relative of
the politican, Henry CLAY. Children of Winny Clay and Darling Smith:
1) William Smith b. 1824 St. Charles Co. MO
2) Mahala Smith b. 1826 St. Charles Co. MO, d. 1876 Polk Co. MO, m. Adam
Clark MITCHELL 1844 Polk Co., MO
3) C. (Clay) Dudley Smith, b. 1830 St. Charles, d. Polk Co. m. 1) Elizabeth
Jane Cates, 2)Elizabeth Frances GORDEN Polk Co. d. 1874 Polk
Co.
4) Jackson Smith b. 1832 St. Charles d. 1882 Polk Co., m. Elizabeth NEWMAN?
C. 1850
5) James b. 1835 St. Charles d. 1887 Polk Co., m. Delila? c. 1862
6) Polly Ann Smith b. 1838 St. Charles d. 1857 Polk Co. MO Typhoid Fever
7) Sarah Smith ?
8) Jane Smith ?
LuAnn Penrod Smith
lujac(a)itiaccess.com
Hi, folks,
Forgive me for posting an off-topic message (and boy, will I feel foolish
if this turns out to be another hoax) but I've heard it on NPR, as well as
read it on Reuters and a friend heard it yesterday on ABC, so I thought I'd
best pass it along.
Cheers
Ned
>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new fast-spreading computer virus could spread havoc
>Monday after already forcing several large U.S. corporations to shut down
>their e-mail systems, the New York Times reported Sunday.
>
>The virus, which is named Melissa and is spread by e-mail, may have
>infected tens of thousands of home and business computers Friday, the Times
>reported quoting network security companies.
>
>The virus replicates itself by going into the address book of the
>computer's user and e-mailing itself to 50 addresses -- eventually
>overloading network systems to the point where they must be shut down. It
>does not appear to harm or disable the computers, the experts told the
>Times.
>
>E-mail infected with the virus has a topic line which begins ``important
>message from'' followed by the name of the person whose computer address
>book inadvertently provided the recipient's e-mail address.
>
>That is followed by the seemingly innocuous message: ``Here is that
>document you asked for ... don't show it to anyone else''. A massive 40K
>document called list.doc is attached, the paper said.
>
>While opening the e-mail is harmless, opening the attachment unleashes the
>virus. It seeks out 50 addresses in the recipient's address book, sends
>itself off, and the whole process begins again.
>
>The two e-mail programs most likely to be affected were Microsoft Outlook
>and its slimmed down cousin, Microsoft Outlook Express, the newspaper said.
>
>Eric Allman, a co-founder of Sendmail, told the Times that he was concerned
>that the problem would worsen Monday morning when employees find the
>messages in their e-mail in-boxes.
>
>``This will get into a lot of mail boxes and lay dormant,'' he said. ``When
>employees come in at 8 a.m. and read these messages, it will cause an
>explosive growth of the virus.''
>
>Allman described the virus as ``not the worst I'd seen, but it's pretty bad.''
>
>
>
In a message dated 3/21/99 9:46:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, SPRAD666(a)aol.com
writes:
<< Looking for the Ancestral line for Hurtson CLAY b. ~ 1875 in Raleigh Co.
(?)
WV. He had a Son, Milton CLAY b. ~ 1900 and he had a Son, Herbert that lives
in Greenville, Monroe Co., WV. Thanks. Tim Spradling
>>
Tim,
Is your Hurston the son of Greenville and Mary Elizabeth Donahoe? If so he
would be my Great uncle and I have our line back to John Clay who was knighted
by Edward IV in 1471.
Let me know if this is the right Hurston. How are you related?
Mango
Looking for the Ancestral line for Hurtson CLAY b. ~ 1875 in Raleigh Co. (?)
WV. He had a Son, Milton CLAY b. ~ 1900 and he had a Son, Herbert that lives
in Greenville, Monroe Co., WV. Thanks. Tim Spradling
I have been interested in the postings about Green Clay as my gg
grandfather was Green Clay b. 2/20/1805, d. 3/24/1886 in Moniteau Co., MO.
Green was the son of Jeremiah Walker Clay, b 5/5/1765 in Chesterfield Co., VA
and d. 3/28/1845 in Moniteau Co., MO. I would be interested in corresponding
with descendants of this Green Clay.
A cousin sent me the obit I copied below which should be of interest to
some researchers. She found the obit while cleaning out her mother's
possessions so we have no better date than 1978. This Cassius Clay and Green
Clay are NOT direct descendants of my family. I am interested in knowing this
Green (m. Jane Rhodes) Clay's father to be able to make the connection with my
family.
Thank you in advance, Betty Couch
Mexico Missouri Ledger - 1978 (Exact date unknown) (Audrain Co., MO)
Mrs. Cassius Clay Dies at Age 84
Mrs. Bethel Hitt Clay, 84, widow of the famed Cassius Marcellus Clay,
colorful and wealthy Audrain County farmer, died at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the
Stribling House where she had been a patient since September, 1974.
Memorial services will be at a later date with the Arnold Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Her death removes Mexico's last link with a family of prominence in
Audrain County and Missouri, and of legendary Kentucky background.
Born in Sikeston but living most of her life here, Mrs. Clay personified
an older and southern way of life. Among its many qualities were
graciousness, hospitality, pride, wit, active civic interest, and an equally
active and outspoken independence.
She was born Oct. 12, 1894, daughter of Enly Addison and Addie Wise
Lawrence. She was graduated from Hardin College here and on June 14, 1917,
was married to Cassius M. Clay, last of the Missouri branch of the Clay family
of Kentucky, which included the famed Henry Clay and the legendary Gen.
Cassius M. Clay, 1810-1903, for whom the Mexicoan was named. He died Aug. 30,
1950, at the age of 68.
The Clay wedding took place at the old Ringo Hotel, which was managed by her
father, with the Lawrence family in attendance.
Mr. Clay was described as a "soldier of fortune, explorer, and incidentally,
a wealthy Audrain County farmer." He had travelled widely, including jungle
exploration in South America, where he was credited with discovering the
source of the Amazon River. He was in the diplomatic service in the Republic
of Mexico after his marriage to Miss Lawrence, 11 years his junior, and they
travelled often through the years. Mrs. Clay continued frequent trips after
the death of her husband, but always made her home at No. 3 Southmor, in the
subdivision her husband developed in 1937 from longtime Clay property.
Mrs. Clay's husband continued the family tradition of diplomatic service,
serving in the country of Mexico during World War I and before. He was there
serving Gen. Felix Diaz and once manned a machine-gun on the walls of a Mexico
City government building.
He inherited the Clay farm of 1760 acres in Saling Township, founded and
built the Liberty Theater and operated it and the Orpheum (later Rex) Theater
until 1940. He also was president of the Planters Cotton Co. at Sikeston.
She lived alone with her cook after his death and entirely alone for the last
few years before going to AMC.
She was a devoted member of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, to which the
family suggest that memorial contributions be made.
Mr. and Mrs. Clay had no children. Her husband was the youngest and last
surviving son of Green and Jane Rhodes Clay, who came to Audrain County in
1873 from their Mississippi plantation. Two of his brothers died in their
20s.
Surviving are one niece, Mrs. Thomas C. Hennings, Washington, D.C., whose
late husband was a U. S. Senator from Missouri; and two great nieces, Mrs.
William L. (Sue) Gallagher, Royal Oak, Md., and Mrs. Larry E. (Karla)
Phillips, Pittsburgh, Pa. Her sister, Mrs. Frances Lawrence Stallcup preceded
her in death.
Green Clay had served as secretary to his uncle, Gen. Clay, an ardent
abolitionist and unionist credited with keeping Kentucky mainly in the Union
during the Civil War, when the elder man was sent by Lincoln as ambassador to
the Czar of Russia. His diplomacy there, according to a recent article in a
DAR magazine, kept Russia friendly with the Union, which in turn caused
England and France to withhold their full recognition of the Confederacy as a
separate nation.
Green Clay later was secretary of the legation in Italy before moving to
Audrain County. He brought with him a portrait of the Czar and Czarina riding
in the troika sleigh, which Mrs. Clay lent to the Audrain Historical Society
Museum at the time of its opening.
The painting is to go to the Gen. Clay museum at his plantation home Oakhill,
Mrs. Clay said. "I think that's where it belongs."
In October this year the bulk of the personal property of the late Cassius M.
Clay and his wife, Bethel, was sold during a 12-hour auction which lasted
until 10 p.m. The home at 3 Southmor had been sold previously to Mr. and Mrs.
Jerome Seigfreid.
Looking for parents and siblings of GGrandmother ELIZA DAVIS, born about
1847 IL. Eliza married Isaac W. Clay around 1865...don't know where? Do know
the following:
Isaac W. Clay b. March 3, 1843 Phoenixville, Montgomery Co. PA
married Eliza Davis b. 1847 IL.
Children:
William W. Clay b. Oct 19, 1867 Pottstown, Montgomery Co. PA
Harry B. Clay b. August 2, 1869 Pottstown, Montgomery Co. PA
Violet Louise (Lucy) Clay b. January 30, 1871 Cumberland, Allegany Co. MD
Walter W. Clay b. July 22, 1872 Cumberland, Allegany Co. MD.
Eliza Davis Clay disappeared from Cumberland MD sometime after 1880 never to
be seen or heard from again. Does anyone have any information on this women?
Thank you.
Alice Clay Benedict
jb3acb(a)volusianet.net
In a message dated 3/15/99 10:27:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, you write:
> you have to be an evaluator and have a password, etc. Do you have that, are
you registered?
Hi Folks,
Like many of you, I FINALLY got onto the LDS search site and was able to get
the search button to take me somewhere. Of course, like most of you, it asked
for a password. I am not an evaluator or anyone special enough to have a
password, so couldn't go any farther, either. I guess we wait until it is
"refined" and open to the public. If anyone in the group is an evaluator,
maybe you could let us know what your opinion is of the site and if we are in
for something great when access is available. I know many of us are very
anxious to have the Family Search databases as a tool for research from home.
Sorry I jumped the gun and got you all excited again. Maybe next time it
won't be a false alarm (grin).
Happy St. Patrick's Day,
Fran
Hi Folks,
Good news and Bad news - I received the following address for the LDS web
site. I tried for 5 hours to access it, but the server was busy. It must
allow only a limited number of people to access it at a time and is
overwhelmed. When I finally got on, I tried to do a search, typed in a name,
and when I clicked on search, I got another "server is busy" message. So...I
can't even tell you if it is the "official" LDS database. I probably
shouldn't even share this address because with all of you trying it, I'll
never get on again (sigh). But I'm such a nice person that I'll take a chance
(grin). Please don't write me to say you can't get on. I'm only the
messenger, not the site owner.
~~~~~~~~
"The LDS church has opened a web site. It is on a temporary posting until the
end of March when it will go off line for refinement. There is a lot of
potential here on this site. Here is the web address:
http://eval.familysearch.com/default.asp
~~~~~~~~
Good luck,
Fran
With all the renewed interest in the Tennessee Clay's I thought I'd post
my "most wanted" again. As always, ANY help would be appreciated.
Martha Jane Clay was born abt 1826 (based on 1860 census) in Tennessee
(based on son's 1910 census declaration) and died 4 Aug 1896 in Avoca,
Benton Co., Arkansas. She married Ezekiel W. Polk on 23 Jun 1840 in
Madison Co., Tennessee (Early Marriages of Madison County, Tennessee).
Ezekiel died 7 Sep 1858 in Jefferson Co., Illinois but I don't have a
birth date.
Martha and Ezekiel had the following children:
Martha A. Polk born about 1842
James Knox Polk born about 1844
George A.W. Dallas Polk born about 1848
Leonidas John Bowden Polk born 29 Jun 1851
Lecius Lafayette Polk born 28 Dec 1855
I just recently located this family on the 1850 census in Georgia where
Ezekiel is listed as a schoolteacher. This may explain why they moved
so much.
In 1860 Martha is living in Jefferson Co., Illinois as a widow with five
children. She later married Joseph Duncan on 23 Dec 1860 in Centralia,
Marion Co., Illinois and had Ella Jane Duncan on 17 May 1865. Joseph
deserted her and she eventually moved to Benton Co., Arkansas where her
two youngest sons had settled.
I would like to find out who Martha's parents were. The family story
(if it's to be believed) is that Martha was related to Henry Clay and
Ezekiel was a nephew to President Polk. Thanks for any assistance.
Melanie Coyl
Thanks Pat!
----------
> From: Patricia Kangas <k9lvr(a)worldnet.att.net>
> To: CLAY-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: Clays Tennessee & points west
> Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 5:32 AM
>
> Tried checking out the link you have listed. I found the site at:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6025/clay.htm
>
> Pat
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaquelin Fisher <jfa(a)globalnet.co.uk>
> To: CLAY-L(a)rootsweb.com <CLAY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Date: Saturday, March 13, 1999 6:55 AM
> Subject: Clays Tennessee & points west
>
>
> >The URL for the best Clay lineage that I have found is:
> >http://www.goecities.com/Heartland/Plains/6025/CLAYMAIN.HTM, but I
> >just checked it and couldn't access it.
>
>
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Tried checking out the link you have listed. I found the site at:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6025/clay.htm
Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Jaquelin Fisher <jfa(a)globalnet.co.uk>
To: CLAY-L(a)rootsweb.com <CLAY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Saturday, March 13, 1999 6:55 AM
Subject: Clays Tennessee & points west
>The URL for the best Clay lineage that I have found is:
>http://www.goecities.com/Heartland/Plains/6025/CLAYMAIN.HTM, but I
>just checked it and couldn't access it.
> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 20:14:26 -0800
> From: "M. W. Holling" <mholling(a)worldaccessnet.com>
> Does anyone know where I might get a list of the passengers that
> were on the "Rawley" Oct.23, 1752?
Hi, Penny !
Curiously.... I have a nephew, one Rawley CLAY
No; I don't know why !
If you reply to this, PLEASE don't send it all back to me !
Regards -- Robin
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-----Original Message-----
From: June Shaputis
Re the URL for Clay family, here is the correction.
>Dear Jaquelin Fisher:
>
>Thank you for your kind words about my Clay site at my geocities
Shaputis
>Family History pages. I changed all of the file names to lower case
for
>consistency and that is causing people some problems just using the
>particular surname they are looking for if that is what is bookmarked
on the
>site.
>
>The corrected CLAY URL is:
>http://www.goecities.com/Heartland/Plains/6025/clay.htm
>
>This is the surname URL:
>http://www.goecities.com/Heartland/Plains/6025/surnames.htm
>
>I hope this helps you all.
>
>
>June Shaputis
>PO Box 552, Ruth, NV 89319
>702-289-4075
>
>june(a)netxxpress.net
>http://www.webpanda.com/
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>
>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6025/
>
>Subject: Clays Tennessee & points west
>
>
>>The URL for the best Clay lineage that I have found is:
>>http://www.goecities.com/Heartland/Plains/6025/CLAYMAIN.HTM, but I
>>just checked it and couldn't access it. This is good up to mid 19th
>>century for Virginia and Kentucky Clays
>
>
>
>
>
Am looking for any information on the following:
CLAY, Henry Caleb b. 1/4/1841, Lawrence County, KY, d. 10/10/1897, Troy, MT
m. 9/6/1860 (or 9/5/1861??) Ironton, OH to Martha Jane Bartram b. 10/8/1845
Boyd County, KY or somewhere in Virginia? d. 11/19/1902 Troy, MT
Mason d. in infancy
Rufus Elmer b. 4/10/1865 OH d. 5/9/1963 ID m. Mary
Branch unk. date
John Frank b. ?? MN. d. ??
m. ??
Walter Scott b. 3/14/1876 MN d. 6/30/1898 MT m. ?? (if
at all)
Walton McClellan b. 3/14/1876 MN d. 1905 ? m.
Lillian Brown
Clifford Henry b. ?? MN d. 2/1910?? m.
Grace Callow unk date
Ida Mae b. 6/8/1871 MN d. 1/1/1917 MT m. E.
E. Buck unk date
Emily Evelyn b. 4/4/1874 MN d. ?? m.
W. Andrew Raymond unk date
Am specifically looking for information on John Frank, Ida Mae and Emily
Evelyn and any descendents including descendents of Clifford and Grace
Callow Clay. Walton and Lillian had a child, Walton Jr., unknown dob, most
likely in Troy, MT. Lillian preceded Walton in death by about a year and
Walton Jr. was taken in by Rufus Elmer.
You all are probably right that the Clays in Tennessee, Arkansas &
Texas came from the same line. My Wilson Co ancestors went directly
to California from Tenn in early 20th Century, but others probably
went before.
The URL for the best Clay lineage that I have found is:
http://www.goecities.com/Heartland/Plains/6025/CLAYMAIN.HTM, but I
just checked it and couldn't access it. This is good up to mid 19th
century for Virginia and Kentucky Clays, and, yes, I was aware of the
source of Green and Mitchell family names. I also have this as a
file, and if you are really desperate and supply me your email
address, I will send it.
To Larry Coleman: your Mary Clay is interesting, as her marriage date
is 4 years later than my ggrandfather's, may be a relationship there.
It looks now as tho Green and Martha Clay are in the Arkansas line,
which is not mine.
As an actual Clay who had extremely ancient grandparents and elderly
aunts, I do have a few family stories to go on, but these are not
always accurate. The Wilson Co Clays claim to be related to Henry
Clay, Statesman, but the Filson Library in Kentucky has not been able
to confirm this. So I suspect the relationship was very distant. But
people at that time seem to have had a strong sense of clanship even
with distant cousins in other states. Not like today. It will be
useful if those of us looking at points west stay in touch and compare
notes.
Jaquelin Clay Fisher
Does anyone know where I might get a list of the passengers that were on
the "Rawley" Oct.23, 1752?
Any help appreciated.
Penny
mholling(a)worldaccessnet.com
I left out one Green-Mitchell name from the list. Samuel Green and
Martha (Wall) Clay had another son they named Doctor Green Clay. The
Doctor is his first name, not a title. He was the younger brother of
Samuel Mitchell Clay. BTW, not all records show these middle names and
some show the middle name as an 'aka', i.e. - Samuel Clay aka Samuel
Green Clay. William Clay aka William Mitchell Clay is another one.
Mary Anne Rick
Sandy,
Don't know if all correct but here is what I have:
Girl Clay b. abt 1823
Evan Prince Clay b. 11 aug 1824 Tazewell Co. Va.
William Mitchell Clay b. 1827
James Henry Clay b. 1829 Giles Co. Va married to Susan Buskirk (My line)
George Clay b. 1840
Jane M. Clay b. 1837
Julia (Juda) Clay b. 1840 married John White who later married
my ggrandma Matilda Clay
Lucy Clay b. 1839
Penny
SandraG627(a)aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 3/9/99 4:58:42 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> mholling(a)worldaccessnet.com writes:
>
> > I was reading old notes and found this one from you. I come down Bartley
> > Clay and Nancy Prince.
>
> Maybe you could post their children for us
> Sandy in Fla
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