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Matthew Reed Clay 1838–1888 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Sept 1838

Birth Location: , Nicholas, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 27 July 1888

Death Location: Nicholas co kentucy usa

Father: John Clay

Mother: Mary Arnold

Spouse(s): Mary Campbell

Children(s): Virginia (Ratliff)

Matthew Reed Clay was born in 1838 in , Nicholas, Kentucky, USA, the child of John William Clay And Mary Arnold. Matthew Reed Clay married Mary A Campbell, and had children including Virginia Mary Virgie Clay Ratliff. Matthew Reed Clay passed away in 1888 in Nicholas co kentucy usa.

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Biography

  • Matthew Reed Clay was born in 1838 in , Nicholas, Kentucky, USA, the child of John William Clay And Mary Arnold.
  • Matthew Reed Clay married Mary A Campbell, and had children including Virginia Mary Virgie Clay Ratliff.
  • Matthew Reed Clay passed away in 1888 in Nicholas co kentucy usa.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Clay
1807–1874
Birth Location: Boonesborough, Madison County, Kentucky, USA
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Mary Arnold
1810–1869
Birth Location: Kentucky USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Campbell
1844–1876
Birth Location: Fleming Co KY
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Children(s)

Virginia (Ratliff)
1874–1926
Birth Location: Carlisle, Nicholas, Kentucky, United States
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Matthew Clay's Ancestors

Self
Matthew Clay
1838–1888
Birth Place: , Nicholas, Kentucky, USA
Parents
John William Clay
1807–1874
Boonesborough, Madison County, Kentucky, USA
Mary Arnold
1810–1869
Kentucky USA
Grandparents
Thomas (Charles) Clay
1750–1824
Amelia County, Virginia, USA
Mary (Jane) Callahan
1764–1842
Brunswick, Virginia, USA
Lewis (H) Arnold
1780–1852
Virginia, USA
Maria ((Throckmorton)) Arnold
1786–1836
Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Reverend II
1716–1789
Nicholas Arnold
1737–1808
Margaret Willis
1755–1792
Thomas Throckmorton
1737–1826
Mary Hooe
1756–1807
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Clay
1672–1760
Margaret Mitchell
1693–1777
Thomas Arnold
1709–1743
Mary Jennings
1713–1753
Col. Willis
1691–1740
Mildred (1691–1747)
1691–1747
Mordecai Throckmorton
1695–1768
Mary Reade
1705–1744
John Hooe
1728–1798
Anne Fowke
1737–

Matthew Clay's Descendants

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Matthew (Reed) Clay (20 Sept 1838–27 July 1888) m. Mary (A) Campbell (12 Feb 1844–23 Dec 1876)
  1. 1. Virginia (Mary "Virgie" Clay) (Ratliff) 1874–1926 m. Robert (Harrison 'J H') Ratliff 1874–1939
    1. 1. Walter (Whaley) Ratliff 1896–1959 m. Virginia (Belle) Burns 1905–1988
      1. 1. Patricia Ratliff 1933–2009 m. Glenn Miller 1930–2023
      2. 2. Robert (D) Ratliff 1929–2006

Matthew Clay's Timeline

2 Records

1838
20 Sept 1838
Birth of Matthew Reed Clay in , Nicholas, Kentucky, USA
, Nicholas, Kentucky, USA
1888
27 July 1888
Age 50
Death of Matthew Reed Clay in Nicholas co kentucy usa
Nicholas co kentucy usa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Sept 1838
    Event Place: , Nicholas, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 July 1888
    Event Place: Nicholas co kentucy usa
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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