Clay County, tucked under the toe of Missouri in the extreme northeast corner of the state, was created 24 March 1873 and was originally named “Clayton County” after John Middleton Clayton, a U. S. Senator from Delaware and later U. S. Secretary of State under President Zachary Taylor in 1849-1850. This historical portion of this book goes from the earliest time up to the time of the original publication in the mid-1880s. The biographical sketches were submitted by the families themselves.
Example
“W.S. BLACKSHARE, of the milling and stave manufacturing firm of W. S. Blackshare & Co. is a native of Tennessee, born in November, 1849 and came to Clay County, Ark., with his father, James Blackshare, when a boy of nine years. ...etc...”
Surnames Included in this Publication AKERS, ALEXANDER, ALLEN, ALMOND, ANDERSON, ANDREWS, ARNOLD, ATKERSON
BAIR, BAKER, BARE, BARLOW, BEARDEN, BEAVER, BENEDICT, BENNET, BERTON, BETTS, BIFFLE, BILLINGS, BISHOP, BLACK, BLACKSHARE, BLACKSTON, BLAIR, BOGGUS, BOOTH, BOREN, BOSHERS, BOWERS, BOYD, BRADFORD, BRADSHER, BRAGG, BRAKE, BRANCH, BRANICA, BRAZELL, BRENNECKE, BREWER, BROBST, BROWN, BRYEN, BRYON, BURNS, BURTON, BYERS
CAGLE, CALDWELL, CALHOUN, CALVIN, CAMPBELL, CARTER, CASPER, CHAMBERS, CHISM, CLEMSON, CLEVELAND, CLIPPARD, CLOUD, COCHRAN, COLEMAN, COLLINS, CONWAY, COOK, COOPER, COPELAND, COX, CRAFTON, CRAWFORD, CREWS, CUMMINGS, CUNNINGHAM
DALTON, DAMHUS, DANIEL, DANIELS, DAVIS, DEAN, DEMAREE, DENISTON, DENNISON, DENNY, DINES, DOBBINS, DOLLISON, DONAHUE, DOWNS, DRENNON, DUDGEON, DUDLEY, DURHAM, DUSTAN
EAGLE, EARLE, EASON, ELLIS, ENGLAND, ENIX, ERMERT, ESTES, EVANS
FASTER, FEATHERSTON, FLANDERS, FLY, FORREST, FOSTER, FOZZARD, FREW
GALVIN, GARNER, GAULT, GAY, GEE, GILBERT, GILCHRIST, GILLARD, GILLS, GLASGOW, GLEGHORN, GOLDEN, GOLDSBY, GOODFELLOW, GOODMAN, GORDEN, GOSSETT, GOUCH, GRANADE, GREEN, GREGORY, GRIFFIN, GRIFFITH, GRIMSLEY, GRISSOM, GWIN
HALE, HALL, HANCOCK, HARB, HARBER, HARDIN, HARRIET, HARRIS, HART, HASTEN, HAWKS, HAWTHORNE, HAYNES, HEATH, HENDERSON, HENDRIX, HICKS, HIMES, HOLCOMB, HOLIFIELD, HOLLIFIELD, HOLLIS, HORTON, HOVEY, HOWELL, HUBBARD, HUDGENS, HUGHES, HUMPHRIES, HUNZE, HUSTON, HYATT
JENKINS, JOHNS, JOHNSON, JONES, JUVENALL
KELLER, KELLEY, KENNEDY, KETCHUM, KING, KOCHTITZKY, KOPP
LAIRD, LANCASTER, LANGFORD, LANGLEY, LANSDELL, LASSWELL, LATHRAN, LAVENDER, LEETH, LEIGH, LESLIE, LEVI, LIDDELL, LINGLE, LINTZ, LIPE, LITTLE, LIVELY, LIVINGSTON, LLOYD, LOCKART, LODA, LONG, LOONEY, LOUD, LOVE, LOVITT, LOWRANCE, LUTES, LYNCH
McCLANE, McCLESKEY, McCLINTICK, McDONALD, McGUIRE, McINTOSH, McKAY, McLESKEY, McNALLEY, McNIEL, McPHERSON, McTYRE
MACK, MAGEE, MAHAN, MAJORS, MALONE, MALONY, MANER, MARTIN, MASTERSON, MATHENY, MATTHEWS, MAYES, MELLERT, MELTON, MERCILLE, MERRIWETHER, MICHELL, MILLER, MITCHELL, MOBLEY, MONTGOMERY, MOONING, MOORE, MORRISON, MOWLS, MULHULLEN, MYERS
NANCY, NETTLE, NETTLES, NICOLAS, NORMAN, NORRIS, NORWOOD, NUTT
OLIVER, ORR, OUTLAW, OWEN, OWENS, OZIER
PALMER, PATY, PAYNE, PERRIAN, PERT, PETTY, PICKENS, PIERCE, PILANT, PITCOCK, PITTMAN, POLK, POLLARD, POLLOCK, POOL, POWELL, PRICE, PRIEST, PRINCE, PRYOR, PUCKETT
RANDLEMAN, RANSOM, RATCLIFFE, REDWINE, REED, RHODENBACK, RHODES, RIFNER, RILEY, ROBERTS, ROBINSON, RODGERS, ROSENGRANT, ROUSE, ROWSEY, ROYALL, RUCKER
SARVER, SAWYER, SCHMITZ, SCHNEIDER, SCHOEN, SCHOFIELD, SCURLOCK, SEARL, SEE, SEEGRAVES, SELLMEYER, SEXTON, SHEEKS, SHELDON, SHELTON, SILVERBERG, SIMMONS, SIMPSON, SINGLETON, SITES, SKELTON, SLOAN, SMART, SMITH, SPENCE, SPENCER, SPIKES, SPRAYGINS, STACEY, STALEY, STEPHENS, STEWART, STOKES, STURDIVANT, SWIFT, SYMONDS
TALMADGE, TATUM, TAYLOR, TEMPLE, TERRY, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THROGMORTON, TIFFANY, TISDIAL, TITTLE, TOMS, TOOMBS, TOWE, TRANTHAM, TUCKER, TURNER
VASSAR
WAGNER, WAGSTER, WALKER, WALLER, WAMBLE, WARD, WATSON, WATTS, WAYSTER, WEATHERALL, WEBB, WEINDEL, WELCH, WESTMORELAND, WHITAKER, WHITE, WHITEHEAD, WHITEHORN, WILEY, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMSON, WILSON, WININGHAM, WINSLOW, WINSTEAD, WIRTHLIN, WOLF, WOODALL, WOOTEN, WOOTER, WRIGHT, WYNN
YANCEY, YATES