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Agesilaus B. Clay, M. D., of Rutherford, Tenn., is a native of the State, born in 1846, son of John F. and Harriet (Anderson) Clay. The father was born in the “Old Dominion” and was a farmer and trader by occupation. He came to Tennessee when quite young and settled in Middle Tennessee. He was a Whig and a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. His wife died in 1853, and he then married Mrs. P. J. Landreth, and died in 1879. Until twenty-four years of age, our subject made his father’s house his home. The last two years were spent in teaching school, after which he began studying medicine under Dr. W. F. Landreth and remained with him three years. He attended the medical department of the University of Nashville in 1871-72 and in 1874 located at Trimble, Dyer County, where he practiced medicine until 1881, with the exception of the courses of 1877-78 when he attended the Vanderbilt University at Nashville. He practiced for three years within two miles of Rutherford, then located in the town where he has since resided and where he has a large and remunerative practice. In 1873 he married Margaret A. Grier, daughter of David A. and Arminda C. (Browning) Grier. Mrs. Clay was born in Tennessee in 1851, and is the mother of four sons. The Doctor and his wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and he has always been a stanch Democrat.