Editha Landon Davies, the 5th grandchild of "Old Nick", married Rev. Charles Green Clay, and they had four children:
Cyrus Boyle Clay
Junius Axel Clay
Odin Green Clay
Paul Clay
Cyrus Boyle Clay was born May 10, 1797 at Pettygrove, in Forest, Bedford Co., Va. He died unmarried on Sept 8, 1820, also at Pettygrove.
Junius Axel Clay was born March 25, 1799, at Pettygrove. He married Elizabeth Cobbs on Dec. 14, 1820, and they eventually moved to Buckingham Co., Va., where she died in 1882 and he died in 1884. They had no children, but they did have a nephew, Junius A. Jr. son of his brother Odin, who lived with them occasionally, and a niece Susan Slaughter, daughter of Elizabeth's sister Agnes and Dr. Slaughter, who lived with them most of her life. She was often known as Susan Clay.
Odin Green Clay was born May 5, 1802, at Pettygrove, He married Ann C.E. Davies, Oct. 9, 1822, and they had seven children:
Junius A. Clay Jr. (who was named after his uncle)
Calhoun G. Clay (who died in the Civil War, CSA)
Cyrus Beverly, who was born Oct 22, 1823 and married Mary Cole Meriwether
Clinton Dewitt Clay, who married Elizabeth Lee
Samuel Boyle Clay, who married Nannie Henry Hooper
Charles H. Clay, who married Florence Armistead
Anne Elizabeth Clay, who married Francis (Frank) Thornton
Odin and Ann moved to Campbell Co., Va. in 1827, where he was a member of the House of Delegates for about 20 years. He was active in securing the charter of the old Virginia and Tenn. Railroad, and was its president for the first six years. He was appointed a member of the Board of Public Works for several years. He died in Lynchburg at the Norvell House on Jan 17, 1883.
Paul Clay was born at Pettygrove, Oct. 11, 1807. After his father's death, he inherited the family plantation and remained there with his mother. After her death, he continued farming life. He married Mary Louise Watkins of Chesterfield Co., Va., and they had eight children:
Charles E. Clay, born Nov. 18, 1838
Harriet T. Clay, born April 28, 1840
Alice Watkins Clay, born March 20, 1842
Editha Davies Clay, born Feb.7, 1845
Mary Ann Elizabeth (Nannie) Clay, born Jan 20, 1847
Sallie O. Clay, born April 29, 1850
Margaret Wells Clay, born June 21, 1853, died at about a year old.
William Landon Clay, born March 2, 1855.
Mary L. Watkins Clay died July 15, 1855, only a few months after Willie was born, and Paul Clay died Sept 18, 1880.
Charles Clay went to Wyoming after the Civil War and married first "Lulu" Fingernail Woman, an Ogalala Indian girl of the Sioux tribes. They had four children, two who survived to adulthood, Susie Clay and Emma Clay. Charles was a merchant, Probate Judge of Converse Co., and held several other positions in his political career. He was also was a freighter hauling for the government from fort to fort. He gave the University Of Wyoming, the first 300 volumes to begin their Library.
In 1876, his Indian wife left him and returned to her people at Red Cloud Agency, near Ft. Robinson, ND. From there, she went to Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, and she died there in 1902.
Charles Clay married again and had 3 more children that survived to adulthood: Maud, Beth and Charles, Jr. His second wife was Mary Agnes Abney, The Clays moved to Washington State in 1899, where both Charles and Mary Agnes died.
Harriet T. Clay married George L. Anthony, a lawyer, and they lived in Gainsville, TX, where Harriet died Oct. 27, 1873 of yellow fever. I do not know if there was a child.
Mary Ann Elizabeth (Nannie) Clay went to Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1875. She married John Raven Steele on Jan. 26, 1881. He died, and she cared for sick people and sewed silk cowboy shirts. She cared for her brother Charles' Indian children, when they were not in school. For a few years she lived with her sister Sallies' family in Douglas, Wyoming. She had no children.
Alice Watkins Clay was born March 20, 1842, she married William Royal Claiborne of Amherst CO., Va., where they lived for many years before moving to Lynchburg, Va. Their children were Thomas Claiborne, Dr. Charles Claiborne, Rev. Sterling Claiborne, James Claiborne (died age 10 ) and Mary Claiborne who married a Claiborne. Alice died Jan 27, 1915.
Editha Davies Clay married first Henry Clay Thornton, and they had one child, Henry Clay Thornton Jr., born June 9, 1865. Her husband died two weeks after the birth of their child (June 23). She married secondly Ezekiel Henry Pugh, and they had the following children: Inez Trevillian Pugh, Charles Pugh, Sallie Banks Pugh, Martha Jane Pugh, Maud Anthony Pugh, Editha Hannah Pugh, and Erma Henrie Pugh. Editha died Feb. 2, 1897. They lived in Charlotte Co., Va.
Sallie O. Clay married first a Mr. Button, and they had a son, Clement Andrew Button. Sallie and her husband were divorced, and Sallie and her son went to Wyoming. There she met and married Alvah Ayres. They had no children, but Alvah adopted Clement Andrew. They lived on the Natural Bridge Ranch, near Douglas, Wyo. Clement Andrew Ayres gave the bridge part of the ranch to the state of Wyoming for a state park. It is still a state park. Sallie died April 2, 1911 in Douglas, Wyoming.
Willie Clay also went to Wyoming to become a cattleman and rancher. He married Annie Trotter of Richmond, Virginia. They had no children.