MRS. LIZZIE M. CLAY, farmer; P. O. Millersburg; widow of Greene Clay, who
was a son of Sidney P. Clay, he of General Greene Clay (see hist).
Deceased went to Texas very early in life, where he ran a large plantation,
raising cotton and stock on the San Antonio river. He returned to
Bourbon County, in 1857, where he was married, June 1, of that year to
Miss Lizzie Goodman, daughter of W. C. Goodman (see hist). After marriage
they returned to their Texan home, where their two sons were born: Sidney
P., on the 11th of June, 1858; Greene, upon the 20th of May, 1860, the
father dying upon 24th of the same month. The widow returned to her
father's house, where she resided for eighteen years, when she purchased
a part of the old Dick Taylor farm, where she now resides. Mr. Clay was
a man of superior excellence, scrupulously exact in all his business
relations, honorable in all his impulses, kind in all his feelings--he
was the embodiment of every excellence in man; devoted to his family,
he was in return the recipient of their undivided affections; brave and
chivalrous as a Bayard, loyal to his attachments, benevolent in his
actions, regardful of the opinions of those whose opinions were entitled
to respect, and indulgent to the failings of his fellow men, he endeared
himself to all who came intimately within the sphere of his influence. As
a good citizen, he upheld and vindicated the laws--an honest man, he ever
"rendered unto Caesar the things that were Caesar's; a firm friend, he
would serve to the death all who had won and who deserved his esteem and
confidence; young, wealthy, intelligent and brave, with hopes high, and
the prospect of a bright future all before him; thus ended the life of a
great and good man, and one of the brightest alumni of Center College.
