112 people from the county histories of Clay County, Illinois: who they were, when and where they were born, their parents and spouses, and which biographies are parent and child. Pick a surname.
From History of Wayne and Clay counties, Illinois (1884). All public domain; each entry links to the original book.
Anderson1Atteberry1Baity1Barlow1Bennett1Black1Blair1Bothwell3Bowman1Bryan1Burns1Byrne1Cambron1Campbell1Carter1Chaney2Chatham1Cisne1Clark1Clifton1Colborn1Culbertson1Davis1Dow1Duff1Duncan1Edwards1Egginton1Ely1Erwin1Fender2Fisher1Gibson1Gill1Glasman1Gray1Griffin1Griffith1Hardin1Hawkins1Henry1Higginson1Holman1Howitt1Jones2Karr1Kenner1Landwehr1Lough2Luse1Mahon1Manker1Martin2Maxey1Mccawley1Mcelyea1Mcgilton1Mckee1Mckinney1Mcnown1Mcqueen1Moore1Morris1Moseley1Murvin1Neff1Nichols1Onstott1Paine1Peirce2Phillips1Pierson1Pritchett1Rider1Sailor1Sehnert1Shirley1Shore1Short1Smith5Songer2Spriggs1Steiner1Strain1Sturdivant1Suggett1Sunday1Tanner2Walker1Watson1Webster2Westcott1Whitman1Wilders1Williams1Wolf1Wyatt1
Everyone in the Clay County index, A to Z (112)
Anderson
- Welcome Anderson (b. 1837, Guernsey County); child of Joseph Anderson; married Sallie J. Anderson
Atteberry
- F. M. Atteberry; child of Stout Atteberry and Annie L. (Crask) Atteberry; married Emma J. Dewees
Baity
- Isaac Baity (b. 1819, Eowan County); child of George Baity
Barlow
- George C. Barlow (b. 1850); married Ursula Eaton
Bennett
- Lilburn D. Bennett (b. 1830, Ohio County)
Black
- Milo Black; child of Matthias Black
Blair
- Jesse Blair; child of Josiah Blair
Bothwell
- J. K. Bothwell (b. 1815); child of James Bothwell and Charlotte (Potter) Bothwell; married Mary Ann Brissenden
- J. T. Bothwell (b. 1816); child of James Bothwell and Charlotte (Potter) Bothwell
- James Bothwell (b. 1845); child of James Bothwell
Bowman
- John Bowman (b. 1830); child of James Mc. Bowman
Bryan
- J. M. Bryan (b. 1822, Pendleton County)
Burns
- Richard J. Burns (b. 1840); child of John T. Burns
Byrne
- William P. Byrne; child of Samuel Byrne
Cambron
- Alfred Cambron (b. 1842)
Campbell
- G. W. Campbell (b. 1847); child of George Campbell and Letitia (Wilcox) Campbell; married Addie Morris
Carter
- J. R. Carter (b. 1825, Ohio County); child of William Carter
Chaney
- Mabel Chaney (b. 1816, Calvert County); child of William Chaney and Ann (Wilkinson) Chaney
- David F. Chaney (b. 1846, Clinton County); child of Abel Chaney and Christina (Fisher) Chaney
Chatham
- J. R. Chatham (b. 1842, Maury County); child of Robert Chatham and Mahala (Hood) Chatham; married Ophelia Thomas
Cisne
- William H. Cisne (b. 1856, Wayne County)
Clark
- Isaac K. Clark (b. 1840, Vinton County); child of Robert Clark and Nancy (Fee) Clark
Clifton
- William I. Clifton (b. 1835, Orange County); child of Henry Clifton
Colborn
- George W. Colborn (b. 1825, Hamilton County); child of Robert Colborn
Culbertson
- Tucker W. Culbertson (b. 1846, Lawrence County); child of John B. Culbertson; married Mary J. McKnelly
Davis
- William Davis (Richland County); child of John Davis and Nancy (Jenkins) Davis; married Mary Jane Bunn
Dow
- P. B. Dow (b. 1840); married Sallie E. Patterson
Duff
- R. F. Duff; married Mary Dryden
Duncan
- W. W. Duncan (b. 1829, Nelson County); child of James Duncan
Edwards
- Eli G. Edwards (b. 1842, Lawrence County)
Egginton
- John Egginton (b. 1817)
Ely
- James Ely (b. 1833); child of George Ely and Maria (Cummings) Ely
Erwin
- Crawford Erwin (b. 1818)
Fender
- Edward Fender (b. 1826, Ashe County); child of Andrew Fender and Elizabeth (Bath) Fender
- I. D. Fender (b. 1839, Lawrence County)
Fisher
- Uriah Fisher; child of Uriah Fisher and Elizabeth (Core) Fisher
Gibson
- Nicholas G. Gibson (b. 1859); child of Jacob Gibson; married Lizzie B. Ellis
Gill
Glasman
- P. C. Glasman (b. 1841)
Gray
- Robert Gray (b. 1843)
Griffin
- Matthew Griffin (b. 1828)
Griffith
- Albert Griffith (b. 1822, Columbiana County)
Hardin
- A. T. Hardin (b. 1824, Orange County); child of John Hardin
Hawkins
- Edward H. Hawkins; child of Henry Hawkins
Henry
- George A. Henry (b. 1853, Madison County)
Higginson
- Edward Higginson (b. 1841)
Holman
- Samuel Holman; child of John Holman and Mary (Hussleton) Holman; married Clemence West
Howitt
- Edmund L. Howitt (b. 1820)
Jones
- Stephen E. Jones (b. 1841, Eipley County)
- A. R. Jones (b. 1851); child of D. G. Jones and Rebecca (Parris) Jones; married Ada M. McNeil
Karr
- Warren A. Karr (b. 1838, Meigs County)
Kenner
- Jay Kenner (b. 1844); child of Alvin R. Kenner and Mary (Willis) Kenner
Landwehr
- C. F. Landwehr (b. 1851); married Mary Mascher
Lough
- John C. Lough; child of Peter Lough
- Peter Lough; child of Peter Lough
Luse
- Joseph Luse (b. 1824, Washington County); married Elizabeth Starr
Mahon
- Wilson H. Mahon; child of Jeduthan Mahon
Manker
- J. W. Manker (b. 1841); child of Jenkins Manker and Sarah (Rogers) Manker
Martin
- A. M. E. Martin (b. 1833, Bush County)
- Thomas A. Martin (b. 1841); child of James D. Martin and Jane (White) Martin; married Ann Beauchamp
Maxey
- B. M. Maxey (b. 1856); child of Josljiua C. Maxey and Elvira A. (Galbraith) Maxey
Mccawley
- Daniel Mccawley (b. 1826); married Maria L. Moore
Mcelyea
- Henry Mcelyea (b. 1815, Montgomery County); married Sarah Boone
Mcgilton
- E. Mcgilton (b. 1838, Belmont County); married Rachel Brummet
Mckee
- Wilson M. Mckee (b. 1831, Adams County); married Sarah J. Adams
Mckinney
- James Mckinney (b. 1812)
Mcnown
- William A. Mcnown (b. 1852, Brown County); married Mattie E. Mahaney
Mcqueen
- Alexander G. Mcqueen (Columbiana County)
Moore
- Will A. Moore (b. 1851)
Morris
- Isaac Morris (b. 1836, Wayne County); child of Nathan A. Morris and Sarah A. (Reid) Morris; married Ruth E. Lear
Moseley
- Robert Moseley; child of Arthur Moseley and Nancy (Watkins) Moseley; married Elizabeth Test
Murvin
- John A. Murvin (b. 1850, Richland County)
Neff
- James G. Neff (b. 1832, Lawrence County)
Nichols
- William Nichols (b. 1827, Posey County); child of William Nichols; married Sarah Byrne
Onstott
- Levi Onstott (b. 1817, Washington County); married Elizabeth Holtsclaw
Paine
- Samuel E. Paine (b. 1824)
Peirce
- T. O. Peirce (b. 1838, Clay County); child of John Peirce; married Eliza Cos
- John Peirce (b. 1843, Clay County); child of John Peirce; married Fidelia Westmoreland
Phillips
- John J. Phillips (b. 1831, Davie County); child of James Phillips
Pierson
- William B. Pierson (b. 1842, Orange County); child of Benjamin Pierson
Pritchett
- Gilbert Pritchett (b. 1819, Montgomery County); child of Lewis Pritchett and Elizabeth (Grooms) Pritchett
Rider
- Lewis J. Rider (b. 1837, Stark County); child of Sylvester Rider and Ann F. Rider; married Ruth A. Montgomery
Sailor
- Thomas M. Sailor; child of William Sailor; married Rebecca J. Wilson
Sehnert
- Jacob Sehnert; child of Henry Sehnert
Shirley
- Elijah S. Shirley (b. 1828, Caldwell County); child of Samuel Shirley and PhcBbe (Cook) Shirley; married Mary Graves
Shore
- Andrew J. Shore (b. 1835, Orange County); child of John H. Shore
Short
- Daniel T. Short (b. 1828)
Smith
- William E. Smith (b. 1823)
- J. Frank Smith (b. 1841)
- George W. Smith (b. 1847, Marion County); child of Willis Smith and Cynthia (Jones) Smith; married Nora David
- Andrew Smith; child of Peter Smith
- Prank Smith; child of John Smith
Songer
- Charles W. Songer (b. 1830); child of Frederick Songer and Jane (Helm) Songer; married Samantha E. Lewis
- Hiram Songer (b. 1837, Clay County); child of Jacob Songer and Rebecca Songer
Spriggs
- James J. Spriggs; child of Elijah Spriggs; married Lucinda Worthy
Steiner
- Emanuel Steiner (b. 1850); married Georgia A. Steves
Strain
- D. F. Strain (b. 1845); married Mary E. Taylor
Sturdivant
- George W. Sturdivant; child of Joseph A. Sturdivant and Mary (Holloway) Sturdivant
Suggett
- James M. Suggett (b. 1824)
Sunday
Tanner
- James M. Tanner (b. 1839, Warrick County); child of John B. Tanner
- John Tanner (b. 1844, Warrick County); child of John Tanner
Walker
- Robert Walker (b. 1827, Rush County); married Nancy Songer
Watson
- H. S. Watson (Washington County); married Julia A. Wood
Webster
- Noah Webster (b. 1833, Martin County)
- Anderson Webster; child of Isaac Webster and Margaret (Bell) Webster
Westcott
- J. W. Westcott (b. 1828, Hamilton County); child of John D. Westcott and Margaret (Willes) Westcott; married Martha Holtsclaw
Whitman
- William R. Whitman (b. 1844, Fulton County); child of John T. Whitman
Wilders
- James Wilders (b. 1820, Center County); married Elizabeth Bratton
Williams
- Nathan H. Williams; child of William Williams
Wolf
- Leonard Wolf; child of Anderson Wolf and Polly (Ford) Wolf; married Susan J. Wheat
Wyatt
- William F. Wyatt (b. 1833, Greenbrier County)