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Judge Adam Clay, Miami [Township]

This gentleman was born Nov. 12, 1819, in Carlisle, Pa. When eleven years of age, he, in company with his father, emigrated to Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio; this was in May 1832. At that place, young Adam obtained the rudiments of his education. In the year 1839, he removed to St. Mary's, Mercer County, Ohio. In 1841, he came to Dayton, and resided here two years. Our friend, who appears to have been fond of change in his earlier days, again moved; this time to Miamisburg, in Montgomery County, which event transpired in the year 1843; in this place he still resides. Mr. Clay, in the year 1852, was admitted to the bar, and has practiced law for twenty-three years in the County of Montgomery. He has held several prominent positions, such as Mayor of Miamisburg; by his party, he was nominated as candidate for Representative. Our subject was also Judge of the Court, and in 1873 was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, wherein he served; and the Judge at present feels a deep regret on account of the defeat of that instrument. He was admitted to practice in the United States Courts in the year 1865. In 1846, May 14, Judge Clay took to wife Sophia Dubbs, a farmer's daughter.

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