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Mr. [Charles W.] Clay was born near Carlisle, Nicholas County,Kentucky , on the 15th day of April, 1868, and is a son of Matthew Reed Clay an d Mollie (CAMPBELL) Clay, the former of whom was born at Carlisle in 1 838, and the latter of whom was born in Mason county, that state, in 1 842 , her death having occurred at the old homestead in Nicholas Count y, in 1875. Matthew R. Clay maintained his home in Kentucky from the t ime of his nativity until his death, which occurred on the 27th day o f July, 1888, his active career having been one of close and effectiv e identification with the fundamental industries of agriculture and st ock growing. He was a man of strong individuality, leal [sic] and loya l in all the relations of life, and he has been for many years affilia ted with the Masonic fraternity. Of the children of the first marriag e the eldest is John W., who is a prosperous farmer in Nicholas County , Kentucky; Charles W . of this review, was the next in order of birth ; Mattie is the wife of Franklin W . SHANKLIN, a farmer of Nicholas Co unty; Silas D. resides upon and operates the old homestead farm in tha t county; Virgie is the wife of Robert H.RATLIFF, who is a substantia l farmer near Seward, Kansas;and Eliza beth is the wife of John M. RAT LIFF, a farmer near Waldron,Indiana. For his second wife Matthew R. Cl ay married Elizabeth SHROUT, who was born and reared in Nicholas Count y, Kentucky and whose death occurred in 1883. The only child of this u nion is Oliver Sidney, who is a farmer and auctioneer at Waldron, Indi ana.

Source:'A Standard History of OKLAHOMA', Joseph B. Thoburn, The Americ an Historical Society, Chicago and New York , 1916

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Matthew + Mary Campbell. Mary was born about 1844; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Event Description: Kentucky, United States