Ancestry of
Muhammad Ali

World Heavyweight Boxing Champion

Odessa Lee Grady

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• • Mother of Muhammad Ali — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • John Lewis Grady 
  • Mother:
  • Birdie Bell Morehead   
  • Birth Date:
  • 12 Feb 1917 
  • Birth Location:
  • Earlington, Hopkins, Kentucky 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 20 Aug 1994 
  • Death Location:
  • Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Louisville Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Cassius Marcellus Clay
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1933 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Sources for Odessa Lee Grady

  • ¹ Federal Census, KY, Hopkins County, 1920, Earlington, E.D. 93, Sheet 13B, Image 26 of 34.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/19/2015).
  • ³ Kentucky, U.S., Birth Index, 1911-1999, Birth record for Odessa L Grady.
  • ⁴ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Application for Odessa Lee Clay.
  • ⁵ Egerton, John, "Heritage of a Heavyweight", The New York Times Magazine, 28 SEP 1980, (accessed 09/19/2015).
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Odessa Grady Clay", (accessed 09/19/2015).