Brutus Junius Clay
Born: July 1, 1808
Birthplace: Richmond, Kentucky
Father: Green Clay 1757 – 1828
(Buried: Green Clay Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky)
Mother: Sally Lewis 1776 – 1867
(Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky)
Brother: Maj Gen. Cassius Marcellus Clay 1810 – 1903(Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky)
1st Wife: Amelia McClanahan Field 1812 – 1843
(Buried: Auvergne Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)
2nd Wife: Anne Marie Field 1822 – 1881
(Buried: Auvergne Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)
Children:
Martha Clay Davenport 1832 – 1908
(Buried: Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, West Virginia)
Brutus Junius Clay Jr. 1834 – 1837
(Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky)
Christopher Field Clay 1835 – 1897
(Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)
Brutus Junius Clay 1837 – 1839
(Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky)
Colonel Green Clay 1839 – 1912
(Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)
Colonel Ezekiel Field Clay 1840 – 1920
(Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)
Cassius Marcellus Clay 1846 – 1913
(Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)
Political Party: Whig Party and Unionist Party
Education:
Graduated from Centre College
Occupation before War:
Livestock Breeder and Agriculturist in Bourbon County, Kentucky
Recognized in Central Kentucky as one of most successful stock raisers
1840: Kentucky State Representative
1840 – 1870: President of Bourbon County Agricultural Association
1853 – 1861: President of Kentucky State Agricultural Association
1860: Kentucky State Representative
Civil War Career:
1863 – 1865: United States Congressman from Kentucky
1863 – 1865: Chairman of House Agriculture Committee
1863 – 1865: Member of House Revolutionary Pensions Committee
1864: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress
1865: Voted against the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Spoke out against the Freedmen's Bureau Legislation
Died: October 11, 1878
Place of Death: Bourbon County, Kentucky
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Age at time of Death: 70 years old
Burial Place: Auvergne Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky
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