Cassius Marcellus Clay highly respected Robert Wickliffe, Jr. See Clay, The Life of Cassius Marcellus Clay (reprint, New York, 1969), p. 81. Ranck wrote in his history of Lexington: "He worked hard at his profession, and became a good lawyer and an effective speaker, but excelled as a scholar, being specially accomplished in the ancient and modern languages. Mr. Wickliffe was a man of unusually fine personal appearance. He was summoned to the great beyond in his early manhood, when his life seemed most full of promise." See Ranck, History of Lexington, p. 364.

He was called "Wick" by his close male friends, and "the young Duke of Town Fork" by his constituents. Back to text.

These pictures were taken by Jim Birchfield, August 1997.

Posted April 6, 1998
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