"Wildwood"
Home of Virginia Clay Clopton (1825-1915)
Author and Social Leader who was known
in Washington society
as "The Belle of the Fifties"
Whose first husband, Clement Claiborne Clay (1817-1882), was
United States Senator from Alabama (1853-1861)
and Confederate Leader (1861-1865)
and Whose second husband, David Clopton (1820-1892),
was a United States Congressman
from Alabama (1859-1861)
and later Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court of Alabama.
Marker can be reached from John T Reid Parkway/Lee Highway (U.S. 72) ¼ mile east of Walker Street, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
