Clay, Cassius M - State: Kentucky - Regiment: 1 Kentucky Cavalry, Company I - Enlistment Rank: Capt - Discharge Rank: Capt

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Clay, Cassius M - State: Kentucky - Regiment: 1 Kentucky Cavalry, Company I - Enlistment Rank: Capt - Discharge Rank: Capt

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Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903

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Cassius Marcellus Clay was born to Sally Lewis and Green Clay, one of the wealthiest planters and slaveholders in Kentucky, who became a prominent politician. He was one of six children who survived to adulthood, of seven born. Clay was a member of a large and influential political family. His older brother Brutus J. Clay became a politician at the state and federal levels. They were cousins of both Kentucky politician Henry Clay and Alabama governor Clement Comer Clay. Cassius' sister Elizab...