John Ovid Clay
Pedigree Chart
John Ovid Clay
1895 - Van Alstyne, Texas
1957 - Wichita Co., Texas
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Spouse(s) and Children
Married: Between 1917 and January 1920
Virgie John Atkins (1910 - 2002)
Married: Between 1930 and 1935
Melba Joyce Clay (1935 - 1996)
Johnny Junior Clay (1938 - 2024)
William Roy Clay (1941 - 1941)
Violet Rose Clay (1943 - 2019)
Individual Facts
All individual facts including conflicting facts
Name:
John Ovid Clay
Type: Birth Records - State Indexes
Details: 1935 - Texas, Grayson - Clay, Melba Joyce
Type: Birth Records - State Indexes
Details: 1938 - Texas, Hall - Clay, Johnny Junior
Type: Birth Records - State Indexes
Details: 1941 - Texas, Hall - Clay, William Ray
Type: Birth Records - State Indexes
Details: 1943 - Texas, Hall - Clay, Violet Rose
Type: Cemeteries - US - Texas
Details: Hall, Memphis - Fairview Cemetery (South Section) - Clay, John O.
Type: Census - US Federal - 1900
Details: Texas, Grayson, Van Alstyne - Clay, William P. Supervisor''s District: 2, Enumeration District: 107, Sheet 9A
Type: Census - US Federal - 1910
Details: Texas, Grayson, Van Alstyne - Clay, William Supervisor''s District: 4, Enumeration District: 97, Page 5A
Type: Census - US Federal - 1920
Details: Texas, Grayson - Clay, John Ovid (Error in name on census) Supervisor''s District: 4, Enumeration District: 98, Sheet 13B
Type: Census - US Federal - 1940
Details: Removed for privacy concerns
Type: Crimes and Prision - Newspapers
Details: 1946 - Texas, Hall, Memphis - Clay, John murders Hawthorne, George
Type: Death Records - Certificates, etc
Details: 1941 - Texas, Hall, Memphis - Clay, William Roy
Type: Death Records - Certificates, etc
Details: 1957 - Texas, Wichita - Clay, John
Type: Death Records - Certificates, etc
Details: 2019 - Texas, Tom Green, Carlsbad - Clay, Violet R.
Type: Death Records - Obituaries, Memorial Pamplets, etc
Details: Removed for privacy concerns
Type: Death Records - Obituaries, Memorial Pamplets, etc
Details: Removed for privacy concerns
Type: Military - Registration Cards
Details: 1917 - Texas, Grayson, Sherman - Clay, John Ovid
Type: Military - Registration Cards
Details: Removed for privacy concerns
Type: Miltary - Headstone Applications
Details: 1957 - Clay, John O.
Also Known As:
Ovid
Type: Census - US Federal - 1910
Details: Texas, Grayson, Van Alstyne - Clay, William Supervisor''s District: 4, Enumeration District: 97, Page 5A
Birth:
August 11, 1895 in Van Alstyne, Texas
Type: Cemeteries - US - Texas
Details: Hall, Memphis - Fairview Cemetery (South Section) - Clay, John O.
Type: Census - US Federal - 1900
Details: Texas, Grayson, Van Alstyne - Clay, William P. Supervisor''s District: 2, Enumeration District: 107, Sheet 9A
Type: Census - US Federal - 1910
Details: Texas, Grayson, Van Alstyne - Clay, William Supervisor''s District: 4, Enumeration District: 97, Page 5A
Type: Census - US Federal - 1920
Details: Texas, Grayson - Clay, John Ovid (Error in name on census) Supervisor''s District: 4, Enumeration District: 98, Sheet 13B
Type: Census - US Federal - 1940
Details: Removed for privacy concerns
Type: Crimes and Prision - Newspapers
Details: 1946 - Texas, Hall, Memphis - Clay, John murders Hawthorne, George
Type: Death Records - Certificates, etc
Details: 1941 - Texas, Hall, Memphis - Clay, William Roy
Type: Death Records - Certificates, etc
Details: 1957 - Texas, Wichita - Clay, John
Type: Military - Registration Cards
Details: 1917 - Texas, Grayson, Sherman - Clay, John Ovid
Type: Military - Registration Cards
Details: Removed for privacy concerns
Type: Miltary - Headstone Applications
Details: 1957 - Clay, John O.
Can Read and Write:
Between 1910 and 1920; Yes
Type: Census - US Federal - 1910
Details: Texas, Grayson, Van Alstyne - Clay, William Supervisor''s District: 4, Enumeration District: 97, Page 5A
Type: Census - US Federal - 1920
Details: Texas, Grayson - Clay, John Ovid (Error in name on census) Supervisor''s District: 4, Enumeration District: 98, Sheet 13B
Crime:
November 03, 1946 in Memphis, Texas; Murder - Stabbed George Hawthorne to death
Type: Crimes and Prision - Newspapers
Details: 1946 - Texas, Hall, Memphis - Clay, John murders Hawthorne, George
Education:
1910; Attended school
Type: Census - US Federal - 1910
Details: Texas, Grayson, Van Alstyne - Clay, William Supervisor''s District: 4, Enumeration District: 97, Page 5A
Education - Highest Completed:
April 1940; 8th Grade
Type: Census - US Federal - 1940
Details: Removed for privacy concerns
Income:
1939; $360
Type: Census - US Federal - 1940
Details: Removed for privacy concerns
Medical:
April 1942; Operation scar on right side
Type: Military - Registration Cards
Details: Removed for privacy concerns
Military:
Between 28 May and 16 DEC 1918; Pvt Bakers & Cooks School QMC - World War I
Type: Cemeteries - US - Texas
Details: Hall, Memphis - Fairview Cemetery (South Section) - Clay, John O.
Type: Miltary - Headstone Applications
Details: 1957 - Clay, John O.
Military Exemption:
June 1917; Eyes and lungs weak
Type: Military - Registration Cards
Details: 1917 - Texas, Grayson, Sherman - Clay, John Ovid
Occupation:
April 1940; Kitchen Orderly - Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Type: Census - US Federal - 1940
Details: Removed for privacy concerns
June 1917; Farmer
Type: Military - Registration Cards
Details: 1917 - Texas, Grayson, Sherman - Clay, John Ovid
January 1920; Farmer
Type: Census - US Federal - 1920
Details: Texas, Grayson - Clay, John Ovid (Error in name on census) Supervisor''s District: 4, Enumeration District: 98, Sheet 13B
April 1942 in Memphis, Texas; C.C.C. Camp
Type: Military - Registration Cards
Details: Removed for privacy concerns
Before November 1946 in Memphis, Texas; Memphis Cotton Oil Company
Type: Crimes and Prision - Newspapers
Details: 1946 - Texas, Hall, Memphis - Clay, John murders Hawthorne, George
Residence:
April 1940 in Memphis, Texas
Type: Census - US Federal - 1940
Details: Removed for privacy concerns
June 1900 in Van Alstyne, Texas
Type: Census - US Federal - 1900
Details: Texas, Grayson, Van Alstyne - Clay, William P. Supervisor''s District: 2, Enumeration District: 107, Sheet 9A
April 1910 in Van Alstyne, Texas; 71 Stevens Street
Type: Census - US Federal - 1910
Details: Texas, Grayson, Van Alstyne - Clay, William Supervisor''s District: 4, Enumeration District: 97, Page 5A
June 1917 in Sherman, Texas
Type: Military - Registration Cards
Details: 1917 - Texas, Grayson, Sherman - Clay, John Ovid
January 1920 in Grayson Co., Texas
Type: Census - US Federal - 1920
Details: Texas, Grayson - Clay, John Ovid (Error in name on census) Supervisor''s District: 4, Enumeration District: 98, Sheet 13B
April 1935 in Sherman, Texas
Type: Census - US Federal - 1940
Details: Removed for privacy concerns
1942 in Memphis, Texas; 303 N. 7th
Type: Military - Registration Cards
Details: Removed for privacy concerns
Death:
November 04, 1957 in Wichita Co., Texas; Wichita Falls State Hospital
Type: Cemeteries - US - Texas
Details: Hall, Memphis - Fairview Cemetery (South Section) - Clay, John O.
Type: Death Records - Certificates, etc
Details: 1957 - Texas, Wichita - Clay, John
Type: Miltary - Headstone Applications
Details: 1957 - Clay, John O.
Cause of Death:
Chronic Myocarditis - inflammation of heart muscle
Type: Death Records - Certificates, etc
Details: 1957 - Texas, Wichita - Clay, John
Burial:
November 1957 in Memphis, Texas; Fairview Cemetery (South Section)
Type: Cemeteries - US - Texas
Details: Hall, Memphis - Fairview Cemetery (South Section) - Clay, John O.
Type: Death Records - Certificates, etc
Details: 1957 - Texas, Wichita - Clay, John
Type: Miltary - Headstone Applications
Details: 1957 - Clay, John O.
Burial Plot: Section D Block 194 Grave 2
Burial GPS: 34.729145, -100.526135
FindAGrave: memorial at findagrave.com
Shared Facts
Marriage:
Between 1917 and January 1920
Type: Interviews, Letters and emails
Details: Fulks, R. D. (Self)
Virgie John Atkins (1910 - 2002)
Marriage:
Between 1930 and 1935
Type: Interviews, Letters and emails
Details: Removed for privacy concerns