3. | Hon. Brutus Junius Clay (2.Green2, 1.Martha1) was born on 01 Jul 1803 in Richmond, Madison Co, Kentucky; died on 11 Oct 1878 in Paris, Kentucky. Notes:
Bibliography: Hood, James Larry. ?The Union and Slavery: Congressman Brutus J. Clay of the Bluegrass.? Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 75 (July 1977): 214-21.
"Clay, Brutus Junius (1808-1878) Son of Green Clay; brother of Cassius M. Clay; uncle of Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932). Born in Kentucky, July 1, 1808. Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1863-65. Interment a private or family graveyard, Bourbon County, Ky. (See also his congressional biography.)
CLAY, Brutus Junius, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Richmond, Madison County, Ky., July 1, 1808; attended the common schools and was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky.; engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising; moved to Bourbon County in 1837 and continued former pursuits; member of State house of representatives in 1840; elected president of Bourbon County Agricultural Association in 1840 and served thirty years; president of the Kentucky Agricultural Association 1853-1861; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1860; elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865); chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Thirty-eighth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection; resumed former pursuits; died near Paris, Ky., October 11, 1878; interment in the family burial ground at ?Auvergne,? near Paris, Ky."
+ Amelia FIELD b: 2 NOV 1812 d: 31 JUL 1843 + Ann FIELD b: 12 FEB 1822 d: 16 APR 1881.
Children:
2 Martha Irvine CLAY b: 1 FEB 1832 d: WFT Est. 1868-1927 + Henry Bedinger DAVENPORT b: 9 SEP 1831 d: 15 SEP 1901
2 Christopher Field CLAY b: 20 NOV 1835 d: WFT Est. 1872-1926
2 Green CLAY b: 11 FEB 1839 d: WFT Est. 1888-1931
2 Ezekiel Field CLAY b: 1 DEC 1840 d: WFT Est. 1885-1932
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