Sen. Clement Claiborne Clay

1816 - 1882  (65 years)

• Name	Clement Claiborne Clay
  Title	Sen.
  Born	13 Dec 1816	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Jan 1882	Madison, Alabama, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I22001	mytree
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Clement Comer Clay,   b. 17 Dec 1789, Halifax, Virginia, USA ,   d. 9 Sep 1866, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susanna Claiborne Withers,   b. 23 Jul 1798,   d. 2 Jan 1866  (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	4 Apr 1815  [2]
  Family ID	F3223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Virginia Caroline Tunstall,   b. 16 Jan 1825, Nash, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 23 Jun 1915  (Age 90 years)
  Married	1 Feb 1843	Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA   [1]
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F8281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Dec 1816 - Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA Married - 1 Feb 1843 - Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA Died - 3 Jan 1882 - Madison, Alabama, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Clement Claiborne Clay was a U.S. Senator, 1853-61, but withdrew when Alabama succeeded from the Union. He became a C.S.A. Senator from 1861-63. He was head of Confederate secret agents and was accused of collaborating with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He and his wife, along with Jefferson Davis, were imprisoned at Fort Monroe for one year until released by President Andrew Johnson.

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p633. [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p631.