Background

Clay, Brutus Junius was born on February 20, 1847 in Madison County, Kentucky, United States. Son of Cassius Marcellus and Mary Jane (Warfield) Clay.

Education

C.E., University of Michigan, 1868, Master of Arts, 1918.

Career

Began in wholesale and retail grocery business at Richmond, Kentucky, 1868, later conducted cotton plantations in Mississippi and farms in Kentucky and Illinois, also manufacturing lumber, quarrying, mining, etc. Tendered position of the United States minister to Argentina, 1897, but declined. United States commissioner to Paris Exposition, 1900.

Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Switzerland, 1905-1910. Life member Institute of Geneva, Switzerland, 1909.

Membership

Member Institute of Geneva, Switzerland, 1909.

Connections

Married Pattie Amelia Field, February 20, 1872 (deceased).; married second, Lalla-R. Fish Marsteller, January 15, 1895. Children: Belle Lyman, C. Field, Orville M., Mary N., Charlotte E.

father:

Cassius Marcellus Clay

mother:

Mary Jane (Warfield) Clay

spouse:

Pattie Amelia Field

spouse:

Lalla-R. Fish Marsteller

child:

C. Field Clay

child:

Mary N. Clay

child:

Charlotte E. Clay

child:

Belle Lyman Clay

child:

Orville M. Clay