Attended Transylvania University then transferred as a sophomore to Yale where he graduated. Graduated from Harvard Law School in 1861. Green Clay married Janie Rhodes. He served a year abroad as Secretary to United States Minister to Russia, his uncle, the Honorable Cassius Marcellus Clay. Served as Colonel in the US Army, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry from 1862 to 1865.
His father Brutus Junius Clay and his uncle Cassius Marcellus Clay were sons of General Green Clay and Sally Lewis Clay of White Hall, Madison County, Kentucky.
GREEN CLAY, son of Brutus Junius Clay, member of Congress from Kentucky in 1861, was born February 11, 1839, near Paris, Ky. He was a grandson of General Green Clay, commander of the Kentucky militia in the
Revolutionary War and delegate to the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution of the United States. His mother was Amelia (Field) Clay.
He joined the [Yale, 1859] class at the beginning of Sophomore year after study in Transylvania University. After graduation he served as aide to Governor Magoffin of Kentucky with the rank of colonel, but in October, 1859, he entered the Harvard Law School, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1861. The same year, after declining the same position at Madrid, he was appointed secretary of the United States legation at St Petersburg, where his uncle, Cassius M Clay (B A Yale 1832), was at that time and for several years United States minister. After a few months he returned bearing dispatches, and entered the Union army as aide to General Thomas with the rank of colonel. From April, 1862, until his resignation in 1868 he was again secretary of legation, stationed first at Turin, and then at Florence.
After the Civil War he bought a large cotton plantation in Mississippi, and was a member of the legislature of that state. In 1873 he went to Audram County, Mo, and bought property, and since 1880 had lived in Mexico in
that county, where he had a large stock farm. In 1891 he was a member of the Missouri Senate, and in 1902 was elected without opposition to the House to fill out the unexpired term of his son, Rhodes Clay (Ph B. Princeton 1895), who had died.
Colonel Clay died after an illness of two months from a complication of ailments at his home in Mexico, Mo, October 31, 1912, in the 74th year of his age, and was buried at Paris, Ky. He was a half-brother of Cassius M
Clay (B A Yale 1866). He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
He married, October 3, 1871, Janie, daughter of Rufus N Rhodes, commissioner of patents, and brigadier-general in the Confederate army, an attorney of New Orleans. She survives him with a son and daughter.
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
His father Brutus Junius Clay and his uncle Cassius Marcellus Clay were sons of General Green Clay and Sally Lewis Clay of White Hall, Madison County, Kentucky.
GREEN CLAY, son of Brutus Junius Clay, member of Congress from Kentucky in 1861, was born February 11, 1839, near Paris, Ky. He was a grandson of General Green Clay, commander of the Kentucky militia in the
Revolutionary War and delegate to the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution of the United States. His mother was Amelia (Field) Clay.
He joined the [Yale, 1859] class at the beginning of Sophomore year after study in Transylvania University. After graduation he served as aide to Governor Magoffin of Kentucky with the rank of colonel, but in October, 1859, he entered the Harvard Law School, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1861. The same year, after declining the same position at Madrid, he was appointed secretary of the United States legation at St Petersburg, where his uncle, Cassius M Clay (B A Yale 1832), was at that time and for several years United States minister. After a few months he returned bearing dispatches, and entered the Union army as aide to General Thomas with the rank of colonel. From April, 1862, until his resignation in 1868 he was again secretary of legation, stationed first at Turin, and then at Florence.
After the Civil War he bought a large cotton plantation in Mississippi, and was a member of the legislature of that state. In 1873 he went to Audram County, Mo, and bought property, and since 1880 had lived in Mexico in
that county, where he had a large stock farm. In 1891 he was a member of the Missouri Senate, and in 1902 was elected without opposition to the House to fill out the unexpired term of his son, Rhodes Clay (Ph B. Princeton 1895), who had died.
Colonel Clay died after an illness of two months from a complication of ailments at his home in Mexico, Mo, October 31, 1912, in the 74th year of his age, and was buried at Paris, Ky. He was a half-brother of Cassius M
Clay (B A Yale 1866). He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
He married, October 3, 1871, Janie, daughter of Rufus N Rhodes, commissioner of patents, and brigadier-general in the Confederate army, an attorney of New Orleans. She survives him with a son and daughter.
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
Attended Transylvania University then transferred as a sophomore to Yale where he graduated. Graduated from Harvard Law School in 1861. Green Clay married Janie Rhodes. He served a year abroad as Secretary to United States Minister to Russia, his uncle, the Honorable Cassius Marcellus Clay. Served as Colonel in the US Army, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry from 1862 to 1865.
His father Brutus Junius Clay and his uncle Cassius Marcellus Clay were sons of General Green Clay and Sally Lewis Clay of White Hall, Madison County, Kentucky.
GREEN CLAY, son of Brutus Junius Clay, member of Congress from Kentucky in 1861, was born February 11, 1839, near Paris, Ky. He was a grandson of General Green Clay, commander of the Kentucky militia in the
Revolutionary War and delegate to the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution of the United States. His mother was Amelia (Field) Clay.
He joined the [Yale, 1859] class at the beginning of Sophomore year after study in Transylvania University. After graduation he served as aide to Governor Magoffin of Kentucky with the rank of colonel, but in October, 1859, he entered the Harvard Law School, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1861. The same year, after declining the same position at Madrid, he was appointed secretary of the United States legation at St Petersburg, where his uncle, Cassius M Clay (B A Yale 1832), was at that time and for several years United States minister. After a few months he returned bearing dispatches, and entered the Union army as aide to General Thomas with the rank of colonel. From April, 1862, until his resignation in 1868 he was again secretary of legation, stationed first at Turin, and then at Florence.
After the Civil War he bought a large cotton plantation in Mississippi, and was a member of the legislature of that state. In 1873 he went to Audram County, Mo, and bought property, and since 1880 had lived in Mexico in
that county, where he had a large stock farm. In 1891 he was a member of the Missouri Senate, and in 1902 was elected without opposition to the House to fill out the unexpired term of his son, Rhodes Clay (Ph B. Princeton 1895), who had died.
Colonel Clay died after an illness of two months from a complication of ailments at his home in Mexico, Mo, October 31, 1912, in the 74th year of his age, and was buried at Paris, Ky. He was a half-brother of Cassius M
Clay (B A Yale 1866). He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
He married, October 3, 1871, Janie, daughter of Rufus N Rhodes, commissioner of patents, and brigadier-general in the Confederate army, an attorney of New Orleans. She survives him with a son and daughter.
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
His father Brutus Junius Clay and his uncle Cassius Marcellus Clay were sons of General Green Clay and Sally Lewis Clay of White Hall, Madison County, Kentucky.
GREEN CLAY, son of Brutus Junius Clay, member of Congress from Kentucky in 1861, was born February 11, 1839, near Paris, Ky. He was a grandson of General Green Clay, commander of the Kentucky militia in the
Revolutionary War and delegate to the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution of the United States. His mother was Amelia (Field) Clay.
He joined the [Yale, 1859] class at the beginning of Sophomore year after study in Transylvania University. After graduation he served as aide to Governor Magoffin of Kentucky with the rank of colonel, but in October, 1859, he entered the Harvard Law School, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1861. The same year, after declining the same position at Madrid, he was appointed secretary of the United States legation at St Petersburg, where his uncle, Cassius M Clay (B A Yale 1832), was at that time and for several years United States minister. After a few months he returned bearing dispatches, and entered the Union army as aide to General Thomas with the rank of colonel. From April, 1862, until his resignation in 1868 he was again secretary of legation, stationed first at Turin, and then at Florence.
After the Civil War he bought a large cotton plantation in Mississippi, and was a member of the legislature of that state. In 1873 he went to Audram County, Mo, and bought property, and since 1880 had lived in Mexico in
that county, where he had a large stock farm. In 1891 he was a member of the Missouri Senate, and in 1902 was elected without opposition to the House to fill out the unexpired term of his son, Rhodes Clay (Ph B. Princeton 1895), who had died.
Colonel Clay died after an illness of two months from a complication of ailments at his home in Mexico, Mo, October 31, 1912, in the 74th year of his age, and was buried at Paris, Ky. He was a half-brother of Cassius M
Clay (B A Yale 1866). He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
He married, October 3, 1871, Janie, daughter of Rufus N Rhodes, commissioner of patents, and brigadier-general in the Confederate army, an attorney of New Orleans. She survives him with a son and daughter.
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
