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CLAY CONRAD, circuit clerk of Grant County, Ky., was born in Grant County, six miles west of Williamstown, February 13, 1853, and is the sixth of a family of eight children born to Jacob S. and Eliza (Renneckar) Conrad. Jacob S. Conrad was born in Grant County, Ky., was a prominent and successful farmer and stock raiser, and died June 19, 1877, a strict member of the Baptist Church. He had many friends and no enemies, and was universally esteemed. He was a son of William and Elizabeth (Boyers) Conrad. William Conrad was born in Harrison County, Ky., was a tanner by trade, a Baptist preacher by profession, and was also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a son of Henry Conrad. Mrs. Eliza Conrad was a native of Harrison County, Ky., and was born on Twin Creek. She was a daughter of Capt. John and Kate Renneckar, the father having been a captain in the war of 1812. Clay Conrad was reared on a farm, was educated at the best schools in the county, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits up to 1879; he was then employed by a large lumber firm in Buffalo, N. Y., and for them he bought walnut timber all over Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Tennessee. In 1883 he accepted a position as deputy sheriff under John T. McClure. April 3, 1886, he resigned to accept the nomination for circuit court clerk, tendered him by the Democratic party, and in August of the same year was elected by an overwhelming majority. He is a Master Mason in good standing, and is a member of the Williamstown Lodge, No. 85. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F. He has passed all the chairs, and is a member of the Centurion Lodge, No. 100, located at Williamstown. He is also a member of the encampment, with membership at Florence, Boone Co., Ky., and is a full blooded Democrat.