Cobb County GaArchives News.....Sketch of Senator Clay November 27, 1896
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The Henry County Weekly November 27, 1896
     Hon. ALEXANDER STEPHENS CLAY, bearing the name of the great commoner, has 
under our free American institutions, risen from a poor farmer’s boy, not only 
to a prominent position in his profession in law, but to an eminence the 
highest in the national council.
     He was born in Cobb County, forty two years ago in a log cabin. His 
father, W. J. CLAY, lives on a farm near Austell and was born in Washington 
County in 1828. He moved to Cobb in 1846. He served in the Confederate army, is 
a worthy farmer and a strict Methodist. The mother of Senator Clay is a 
daughter of Rev. JAMES PEEK, a native Georgian and a minister of the Baptist 
Church, which he served until his death in 1890.
     Senator CLAY in his boyhood days attended country schools, then a 
preparatory school at Palmetto, and then entered Hiawassee College and 
graduated in 1876. He taught school for a while, then began the study of law in 
the office of Judge DAVID IRWIN. After he was admitted at the Marietta Bar, he 
soon began to command a large and lucrative practice. He has represented Cobb 
County in the legislature several times, the first time in 1884. He came 
prominently to the front as an active legislator and was made speaker. He 
subsequently was elected to the state senate and was elected president of that 
body. As a presiding officer he acquitted himself with credit.
     He was made chairman of the State Democratic executive committee in 1894, 
conducted the last two campaigns landing Georgia safely in the Democratic 
column each time with large majorities. His election to the U. S. Senate crowns 
a brilliant career with well earned fame and honor.
     In 1890, Mr. CLAY was married to Miss FANNIE WHITE and as the result of 
this union they have four boys and one girl. They have an elegant home on 
Atlanta Street, surrounded with every thing to contribute to their happiness. 
Mr. CLAY is an Odd Fellow, a Mason, and a member of the Methodist Church and 
chairman of the board of stewards. -Marietta Journal.


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