Fourth Generation

81. Francis Lyle "Frannie" CLAY was born on 16 December 1907 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^19,45,69 (His obituary does not list his date of birth; it just mentions that he was 57 years of age.) He appeared in the census in 1910 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ He appeared in the census in 1920 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ Frannie graduated in 1927 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸⁹ from Tomah High School. He appeared in the census in 1930 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸ He died on 26 July 1965 at the age of 57 in Madison, Dane County, WI.⁴⁵

Obituary Notes: "Francis Clay, 57, Tomah area farmer, died Monday July 26, in a Madison hospital. He had undergone heart surgery several weeks ago, but death was due to a kidney ailment.

Services were held at 2 P.M. Thursday at the White Funeral Home in Tomah, Rev. Thomas Jarrell officiating, and burial was in the Warrens Cemetery.

Mr. Clay is survived by his widow, Eleanor; one daughter, Mrs. Vernon (Diana) McKain of Benton Harbor, Mich.; six sons, Darrell and David of Benton Harbor, Mich., Francis D. of Phoenix, Ariz., Dale and Dennis, both at home, and Rolland of Tomah; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clay of Tomah; four brothers, Kenneth, Roland, Robert and Merle, all of Tomah; and one sister, Mrs. Laura Forsythe of Tomah."
Frannie was buried in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^45,79,91 in the Warren Mills Cemetery.

Francis Lyle "Frannie" CLAY and Huldah Emelia HOFFMAN were married on 4 June 1930 in Winona, Winona County, MN.^69,114,115 They^69,114,115 were divorced about 1934. Huldah Emelia HOFFMAN, daughter of Robert Franz Heinrich HOFFMAN and Grace Nita KERN, was born on 16 February 1910 in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^19,45 She graduated in 1928 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^44,45 from Tomah High School. She died on 6 March 2000 at the age of 90 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁵ Huldah was buried in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁹ in the Warren Mills Cemetery.

Francis Lyle "Frannie" CLAY and Huldah Emelia HOFFMAN had the following children:

Francis Lyle "Frannie" CLAY and Genevieve Doris "Genna" MCNUTT were married on 30 October 1937.^69,116,117 They^69,116,117 were divorced about 1940.⁶⁹ Genevieve Doris "Genna" MCNUTT, daughter of Francis Oscar MCNUTT and Florence Ellen FRINK, was born on 10 March 1915 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^19,69 She appeared in the census in 1920 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ She was a member of the First Baptist Church about 1926 in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹⁸ Genevieve appeared in the census in 1930 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸ She died on 6 December 1942 at the age of 27.^79,116 She was buried in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^79,91 in the Warren Mills Cemetery.

Francis Lyle "Frannie" CLAY and Eleanor Mae BURROWS were married after 1959.^{45,69,117,119,120} Eleanor Mae BURROWS, daughter of Robert G. BURROWS and Mayme V. LYONS, was born on 22 January 1919 in Monroe County, WI.^19,120 She died on 15 May 1986 at the age of 67.¹²⁰ She died of heart failure.

Francis Lyle "Frannie" CLAY and Beverly ALLEN were married about 1941.¹¹⁵ Beverly ALLEN was born (date unknown).