James Brown Clay
BIRTH
Nov 9, 1817
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DEATH
January 26, 1864
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
FAMILY
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Clay, James Brown
(1817-1864)
James Brown Clay (1817–1864) was associated with the American Revolutionary era as a lawyer, judge, merchant. The biographical details in this entry are based on the record titled “James Brown Clay.”
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BROTHER
John Morrison Clay
(1821-1887)
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DIED:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jan 26, 1864
James Brown Clay was born on Nov 9, 1817 in Washington, D.C., U.S. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies James Brown Clay with work or public activity as a lawyer, judge, merchant. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. James Brown Clay died on Jan 26, 1864 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.