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Virginia Clay-Clopton (1825–1915) was a political hostess and activist in Alabama and Washington, D.C. She was also known as Virginia Tunstall, Virginia Clay, and Mrs. Clement Claiborne Clay. She took on different responsibilities after the Civil War.
Jun 23, 2010 · On 23 June 1915, Virginia Caroline Tunstall Clay-Clopton died in her home in Gurley, Alabama. At the time she was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. She is buried at the Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama.
Virginia Clay-Clopton (1825–1915) was born as Virginia Caroline Tunstall to Peyton Randolph Tunstall and his wife Anne Arrington on 17 January 1825 in Nash County, North Carolina, and died 23 June 1915 in Huntsville, Alabama. She was known as Virginia Tunstall, Virginia Clay, Mrs. Clement Claiborne Clay, and after her second marriage, as ...
- "Virginia Clay"
- January 17, 1825
- Nash, North Carolina, United States
- June 23, 1915
Aug 6, 2016 · If you look further for a "Southern Belle" perhaps you will see the faded picture of Virginia Caroline Tunstall Clay Clopton. Virginia was born on January 16, 1825, the daughter of a North Carolina physician, Dr Peyton Randolph Tunstall (1777-1829) and his wife, Ann (1808-1828) .
In the 1890’s Virginia Clay-Clopton became a pioneer advocate of woman suffrage in Alabama. Served as president of the Alabama Equal Rights Association from 1896 until 1900. Active in the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Jan 6, 2015 · Virginia Clay-Clopton. Author. She wrote A Belle of the Fifties, an account of her life in Washington, DC as the wife of a United States Senator.
Virginia Clay-Clopton (1825–1915) was a political hostess and activist in Alabama and Washington, D.C. She was also known as Virginia Tunstall, Virginia Clay, and Mrs. Clement Claiborne Clay.
