Denver, History of Colorado, BIOS: CLAY, Christopher Field (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II

p. 235-236


CHRISTOPHER FIELD CLAY.

	Attacking everything that he does with a contagious enthusiasm, 
Christopher Field Clay has won for himself favorable criticism as one 
of the most prominent representatives of mining corporation law in 
Denver and the state of Colorado. He turns to recreation with equal 
zest if leisure permits and it is his concentration of purpose and 
indefatigable energy that has placed him in the enviable position which 
he today occupies. A native of Richmond. Kentucky, he was born on the 
19th of December, 1874, and was one of a family of children, of whom 
five are living, whose parents were Brutus Junius and Pattie A. (Field) 
Clay, the latter a daughter of Christopher I. Field. The father was 
educated in the State University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he 
completed a course in civil enginering. He is now living retired in 
Richmond, Kentucky. His wife,however, has passed away.

	Christopher Field Clay supplemented his early educational 
opportunities by study in the Dummer Academy of South Byfield, 
Massachusetts, and afterward attended Williams College. During his 
college days he became a member of Delta Upsilon. His law course was 
pursued in the University of Colorado, in which he won his LL. B. 
degree as a member of the class of 1898. The same year he was admitted 
to the bar and for two years thereafter was associated with the law 
firm of Thomas, Bryant & Lee. He then began practice independently and 
has concentrated his efforts and attention upon mining corporation law 
and today has few equals in that field of jurisprudence. He has also 
been admitted to practice in the state of Nevada.

	Mr. Clay was united in marriage to Miss Elinor Wise, of Colorado, 
a daughter of D. L. Wise, a merchant of Boulder, and they have one 
child, Katherine Belle, sixteen years of age, who is a student in the 
Wolcott School of Denver.

	Mr. Clay is a Mason, belonging to Oriental Lodge, No. 87, A. F. & 
A. M., also to the chapter and commandery of Denver and to El Jebel 
Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. 
In the lodge he is a senior deacon. He also has membership with the 
Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Mr. Clay belongs to the 
Lakewood Country Club, the Denver Country Club, the Denver Athletic 
Club and the Denver Motor Club. He is also identified with the Sons of 
the Revolution, being entitled to connection with that organization 
through both his maternal and paternal ancestry. He is likewise 
connected with the Denver Civic and Commercial Association and is in 
hearty sympathy with its well devised plans and projects for the 
upbuilding of the city and the advancement of municipal affairs and 
interests. His religious faith is that of the Episcopal church and his 
political belief that of the republican party. He enjoys golf, fishing 
and hunting and is the owner of some fine dogs. He has made many trips 
for big game and enjoys considerable reputation for that which he has 
brought down. All these things, however, are made subservient to his 
law practice, which is of a most important character and has reached 
very extensive proportions.