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Descendants of Charles Quincy Clay

Generation No. 1

1. Charles Quincy² Clay (Mr.¹) was born 11 February 1854 in Russell Co. VA, and died 10 January 1908 in Ft. Towson, Choctaw Co., OK. He married Eliza Ann Pitcock 04 August 1885 in Montague Co., TX, daughter of William Pitcock and Conzada Hestand. She was born 30 April 1866 in Williamson Co., IL, and died 06 March 1910 in Ft. Towson, Choctaw Co., OK.

Notes for Charles Quincy Clay:
A NEW TEXAN!!
In late 1879 or early 1880, Charles Quincy left his home in VA and followed his brothers Thomas Harmon and Henry Jackson to TX. The two brothers had immigrated to TX about 1874. Thomas Harmon settled in Montague Co., TX and Henry Jackson went back and forth from TX to the Chicksaw Nation, Indian Territory. When Charles Quincy arrived he stayed with Thomas Harmon in Montague Co. It was there that he met his wife Eliza Ann Pitcock, and they were married on 04 August 1885 in Montague Co., TX. C.Q, and Eliza Ann later removed to an area called "Boggy Bend" near Chicota, just north of Powderly in Lamar Co., TX. He was a resourceful and industrious man who tilled the soil for his livelihood. In 1908 the family was living in a log cabin just outside Ft. Towson near an old Indian fort. C.Q. had caught measles from his small children and tried to go back to work too soon. He contracted pneumonia which caused his death. His sudden death left the family almost destitute. After his death, Eliza Ann and her little family went to stay with her brother Greenberry Pitcock in Powderly, TX. The family only stayed for a short while and then returned to Ft. Towson where Eliza Ann died in 1910. She was buried next to her husband Charles in the Doaksville-Ft. Towson cemetary which is located 1 mile north of Ft. Towson, OK. Their son Albert died two months after his mother and another son, Henry died in 1915. Charles, Eliza Ann, and sons, Albert and Henry are buried by the west wall, near the road, where a beautiful headstone marks their final resting place.
Source: Personal recollections of Geraldine (Clay) Jamrock, daughter of Charles Quincy and Eliza Ann Clay and Charles Clay, their grandson.

Author Note: The years of death for Albert and Henry on the headstone are wrong. It names Henry as dying in 1910 and Albert in 1915. According to their sister Geraldine who had stayed in Ft. Towson after her mother's death, her brother Henry died in 1915. The headstone also has Elizabeth Pitcock instead of Eliza Ann Pitcock. The headstone was purchased in 1992 by the son of Emily Frances "Fannie" (Clay) Irwin, John W. Irwin who was living in Placerville, CA at the time.
Source: Personal recollections of Geraldine (Clay) Jamrock, contact with John W. Irwin's daughter Pauline Irwin, and an on-site graveside visit on Sunday, 25 June 2000 by their grandsons Charles A., and William H. Clay.

Little Stories About Charles Quincy...
One goes something like this: C.Q. was a resourceful and industrious man. While living at Ft. Towson, he became unemployed. So, he got himself a wash tub and put up a sign next to three big trees. The sign said "Laundry". His laundry business turned out to be quite a success.

Another, that goes like this: During that same period of time, C.Q. got upset because his small children were playing around the well at their home in Ft. Towson. He did not feel that it was safe for his children to be doing that. Being the resourceful person he was, he put a sheet over himself and pretended to be a ghost. The idea worked because he scared the kids away from playing around the well.
Source: Personal recollection of Pauline Irwin as related to her by her father, John W. Irwin as told to him by his mother Fannie (Clay) Irwin, daughter of Charles Quincy.

1900 Census - Indian Territory - Choctaw Nation
99 40/286/286 Clay C. Q., Head, W, M, Feby, 1854, 46, Md, 14y, VA, Unk, Unk, Laborer, cannot read/write, speaks English, Rents Farm
Eliza, Wife, W, F, Apr, 1866, 34, Md, 14y, had 7 children, 5 living, IL, KY, KY, can read/write/speaks English
Enumeration continued on page 121A:
1 40/286/286 Clay Abbert, Son, W, M, Feby, 1892, 8, S, TX, VA, KY, cannot read/write/speaks English
Emily F., Daughter, W, F, Oct, 1893, 6, S, TX, VA, KY, cannot read/write/speaks English
Henry, Son, W, M, Nov, 1895, 4, S, TX, VA, KY, cannot read/write/speaks English
William, Son, W, M, Mar, 1898, 2, S, TX, VA, KY, cannot read/write/speaks English
Geraldy, Daughter, W, F, Jan, 1900, 6mo, S, Ind Ter, VA, KY, cannot read/write/speak English
Source: Ancestry.com - Images Online: 1900 Census - Indian Territory - Choctaw Nation - T6S R20E - E.D. 117 - Pg. 116B & 121A, 19-21 Jun 1900, Roll: T623-1853 - Image 2 & 11.

Notes for Eliza Ann Pitcock:
Eliza Ann died of pneumonia caused by hard work and a cold cabin.
Source: Personal recollections of her daughter Geraldine (Clay) Jamrock.

A Story about Eliza Ann...
There was an old and ugly coffee mug that she disliked. One day when the mug got in her way she grabbed it, ran to the door and slung it as hard she could against an old wagon wheel leaning against the front porch. What disgusted her more, was that old mug would'nt break no matter how many times she tried. So, she picked it up, took it in the house, washed it and had a cup of coffee. All the kids had a good laugh after what they had seen their mom do. That old mug was used for quite a long time after her trying to break it.
Source: Personal recollection of Pauline Irwin as told by her father J.W. which he heard from his mother, Fanny Irwin.

Children of Charles Clay and Eliza Pitcock are:

	2	i.		Infant³ Clay, born Abt. 1886 in Powderly, Lamar Co., TX; died Abt. 1886 in Powderly, Lamar Co., TX.
	3	ii.		Lucy Geneva Clay, born 07 October 1887 in Powderly, Lamar Co., TX; died 27 October 1889 in Powderly, Lamar Co., TX.

Notes for Lucy Geneva Clay:
Lucy Geneva was just barely 2 years old when she died.
Source: Personal recollection of Geraldine (Clay) Jamrock, her sister.

iii.

Albert Quincy Clay, born 17 February 1892 in Powderly, Lamar Co., TX; died 10 May 1910 in FT. Towson, Choctaw Co., OK.

Notes for Albert Quincy Clay:
Albert had had pneumonia, but died of rheumatic fever.
Source: Personal recollections of his sister Geraldine (Clay) Jamrock.

+	5	iv.		Emily Frances "Fannie" Clay, born 24 October 1893 in Fort Towson, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; died 06 October 1945 in Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., TX.
	6	v.		Henry Jackson Clay, born 23 November 1895 in Powderly, Lamar Co., TX; died 14 February 1915 in FT. Towson, Choctaw Co., OK.

Notes for Henry Jackson Clay:
Henry died of pneumonia.
Source: Personal recollections of his sister Geraldine (Clay) Jamrock.

+	7	vi.	William Jasper "Bill" Clay, born 24 March 1898 in Powderly, Lamar Co., TX; died 22 July 1993 in Russell, Russell Co., KS.
+	8	vii.	Geraldine "Gerry" L. Clay, born 02 January 1900 in Ft. Towson, Choctaw Nation, Ind. Ter. (now Choctaw Co.,OK); died 18 July 1995 in Gardena, Los Angeles Co., CA.
+	9	viii.	Thomas Winfield Scott "Scotty" Clay, born 22 June 1902 in Ft. Towson, Choctaw Nation, Ind. Ter. (now Choctaw Co., OK); died 07 June 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS.

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