[p. 830] an able member of the Lawrence County Bar, who has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession, at New Castle, since December, 1901, was born April 19, 1874, in Big Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
Irwin Ailey the father of Clyde V., was born in 1832, near Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. His father having died when he was twelve years of age, he came to Lawrence County and lived with his uncle, the Hon. Henry Edwards, until his marriage to Elizabeth H. Leslie, a daughter of John Leslie, one of the pioneers of Lawrence County. Irwin Ailey died in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County, on June 19, 1900. His life occupation was farming; his politics identified with the Republican party, and in religion he was a worthy and consistent member of the Wampum United Presbyterian Church.
Clyde V. Ailey passed from the common schools of Lawrence County to Grove City College, where he prepared himself for teaching, which pursuit he followed for three years, teaching in the country schools of North Beaver Township, the home of his parents; after which he pursued the scientific course of study in Grove City College, where he was creditably graduated in the class of 1899, receiving the degree of B. S. Immediately following he entered the office of Col. Oscar L. Jackson for the study of law. He was admitted to the Lawrence County Bar in December. 1901, and in October, 1905, he received his certificate entitling him to practice in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Lawrence County Bar Association and bears an enviable reputation for sustaining the ethics of practice.
On April 8, 1903, Mr. Ailey was married to Miss Hattie A. Noggle, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Seeley Noggle, one of the prominent families of Big Beaver Township. They are members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of New Castle. Fraternally he belongs to the order of the Knights of Golden Eagle.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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