Person:Oliver Clay (3)

"For his second wife Matthew R. Clay married Elizabeth Shrout, who was born and reared in Nicholas County, Kentucky and whose death occurred in 1883. The only child of this union is Oliver Sidney, who is a farmer and auctioneer at 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>}

 In the 1900 census for Buzzards Roost, Nicholas Co., Kentucky, Oliver S. Clay is 22, b. Jan 1877 in Kentucky (parents same) single, farmer. {ed 105, sh 11a, p. 254}
 In the 1910 census for Liberty, Shelby Co., Indiana, Oliver Clay is 31 KY (KY, KY), married twice, this time for 3 years; with wife Nancye S. 26, married once, with 3 of 3 children living; children are Mildred 2 and Malcolm 6 mos. -- all born KY>
 In the 1920 census for Liberty, Shelby Co., Indiana, Oliver S. Clay is 40 KY (parents same), 'auctioneer - tobacco'; with wife Nancy 36 KY; children are Mildred 12 KY; Malcolm 10 KY; Maurice 8 IN; Earl 7; and Francis 5 IN; father-in-law Charles Williams is 73 KY, widowed.
 In the 1930 census for Liberty, there are listings for Oliver S. Clay 1879, Mildred 1908; Malcolm 1910; Maurice 1912; Earl 1913; and Frances 1915.

1.   Kentucky Death Index.