Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 417-418. [Henderson]

     JAMES WILLIAMS CLAY was born in Henderson, November 28, 1874, and is
a son of James Franklin Clay.  He is the only member of his father's
family who has embraced the legal profession, and the firm of Clay & Clay
is now one of the best known and most thoroughly reliable legal
combinations in the city.  He was educated in the schools of Henderson
under the careful supervision of his father and was graduated in the law
department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, in the class of
1892.  He finished his course with honor and won the degree LL. B.  He
next entered upon the practice of his chosen profession in connection
with his father, and has evinced an aptitude for the law and an ability
to successfully meet the problems connected therewith rare in young men. 
He is a close student, faithful in the discharge of his duties and the
interests confided to him. Building upon the sure foundation of thorough
and comprehensive preparation, with the experience which comes with
years, he will undoubtedly have a brilliant and successful career at the
bar.  His association with his distinguished father is most fortunate and
happy, and one so rare as to command wide attention and respect.  He
assists in all the important litigation of the firm and has appeared with
credit in argument in the court of appeals, winning the approval of the
entire court on the conclusion of his initial address.  He is a member of
the Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order and enjoys the respect and
confidence of the entire bar.

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