Person:Elizabeth Clay (19)

"Of the children of the first marriage [of Matthew Clay and Mary Campbell] the eldest is John W., who is a prosperous farmer in Nicholas County, Kentucky; Charles W. of this review, was the next in order of birth; Mattie is the wife of Franklin W. Shanklin, a farmer of Nicholas County; Silas D. resides upon and operates the old homestead farm in that county; Virgie is the wife of Robert H. Ratliff, who is a substantial farmer near Seward, Kansas; and Elizabeth is the wife of John M. Ratliff, a farmer near Waldron, Indiana." {'A Standard History of Oklahoma', Joseph B. Thoburn, The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1916, <http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/books/thoburn/bios3/clay_charles.txt>}

 She was married before this marriage, and had at least one child, Matthew b. 1897.