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

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