History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 742.
[Nicholas County]  [Carlisle City and Precinct]

JOHN W. CLAY, farmer, P. O. Carlisle, was born near Carlisle, February
25, 1840, to John and Mary (Arnold) Clay; she a daughter of Lewis and
Mary (Throckmorton) Arnold.  John Clay is a son of Isaac Clay, distant
connection of the Clays of Bourbon County.  The father of our subject
died November 27, 1836 in his sixty-eighth year; the mother, August 6,
1869 in her sixtieth year.  They had ten children, eight of whom are now
living: Joseph, Mary, wife of Benjamin Staples, in Shelby County, Ky.;
Maria, wife of Robert Rogers, residing in Henry county, Mo.; Matthew,
John W., James T., Sally, a maiden lady, and Samuel C.: all are in
Nicholas County, except the two daughters as above mentioned.  Mr. Clay
is engaged in general agriculture; is a member of the Masonic order, and
a member of the Baptist church, is a young man, interested in the welfare
of his community, in public improvements, the advancement of schools and
churches, and of the farming interest of the county.

Clay Throckmorton Staples Rogers Arnold
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Shelby-KY Bourbon-KY Henry-KY

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