Benjamin Marston CLAY

Birth:
15 Jan 1816
Henderson, Kentucky
Death:
15 Jan 1900
Henderson, Kentucky
Marriage:
3 Nov 1838
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. 1997 Ordinance Index
    2. Ancestral File
Frances Abiah MCDOWELL
Birth:
3 Jan 1823
Vanderburg, Indiana
Death:
1 Sep 1909
Henderson, Kentucky
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    Abiah's parents may be Joseph M. Drake and Abby. More research is needed.

NAMES:
    Abiah / Abigail
Children
Marriage
1
Henry James CLAY
Birth:
1840
of Henderson, Kentucky
Death:
1913
 
Marr:
 
2
Margaret CLAY
Birth:
1842
of Henderson, Kentucky
Death:
1923
 
Marr:
 
3
Mary Winneford CLAY
Birth:
1844
of Henderson, Kentucky
Death:
1875
 
Marr:
 
4
Susan Abigail CLAY
Birth:
1846
of Henderson, Kentucky
Death:
1933
 
Marr:
 
5
Sarah Elizabeth CLAY
Birth:
24 Apr 1848
of Henderson, Kentucky
Death:
11 May 1925
Coats, Kansas
Sherwood Hicks WOOLFOLK 
Marr:
23 Jan 1874
of Henderson, Kentucky 
Notes:
                   PLACES:
    Birth may have been in Evansville, IN
6
William Benjamin CLAY
Birth:
1850
of Henderson, Kentucky
Death:
7
Joseph McDowell CLAY
Birth:
1852
Henderson, Kentucky
Death:
1916
Quincy, Grant, Washington
Ella SHACKELFORD 
Marr:
Abt 1874
of Henderson, Kentucky 
8
Frances Fern CLAY
Birth:
15 Mar 1854
Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky
Death:
19 Mar 1941
Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Notes:
                       Frances Fern Clay is reported to have married three different times.
    1. Mr Head  2. Lewis McDowell  3. Richard David Reynolds
9
David Burbank CLAY
Birth:
1858
of Henderson, Kentucky
Death:
1883
 
Marr:
 
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Benjamin Marston Clay - Frances Abiah McDowell

Benjamin Marston Clay was born at Henderson, Kentucky 15 Jan 1816. His parents were James William Clay and Clarissa Margaret Ann Berry.

He married Frances Abiah McDowell 3 Nov 1838 . Frances Abiah McDowell was born at Vanderburg, Indiana 3 Jan 1823 daughter of Joseph M. McDowell and Abigail Locke .

They were the parents of 9 children:
Henry James Clay born 1840.
Margaret Clay born 1842.
Mary Winneford Clay born 1844.
Susan Abigail Clay born 1846.
Sarah Elizabeth Clay born 24 Apr 1848.
William Benjamin Clay born 1850.
Joseph McDowell Clay born 1852.
Frances Fern Clay born 15 Mar 1854.
David Burbank Clay born 1858.

Benjamin Marston Clay died 15 Jan 1900 at Henderson, Kentucky .

Frances Abiah McDowell died 1 Sep 1909 at Henderson, Kentucky .