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'''William Jefferson Clinton''', (b. 1946), 42nd [[Presidents of the United States|US President]], 1993-2001

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==Bill Clinton==
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Commonly known as Bill Clinton, he was born William Jefferson Blythe III at the Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, [[Hempstead County, Arkansas]] on [[Aug 19]], 1946.  His parents were [[#William Jefferson Blythe Jr]] and his wife [[#Virginia Dell Cassidy]].  (Although some databases report his suffix as "IV", I've seen nothing in my research that would make me think his father was a III, instead of a Junior.)

Bill Clinton was born posthumously, his father having died in a car accident on [[May 17]], 1946 near Sikeston, Scott County, [[Missouri]].  Four years later on [[Jun 19]], 1950, in Hot Springs, Hot Springs County, Arkansas, his mother Virginia married Roger "Dude" Clinton.

In 1962, in [[Garland County, Arkansas]] William Jefferson Blythe, legally had his name changed to William Jefferson Clinton.

On [[Oct 11]], 1975, in Fayetteville, [[Washington County, Arkansas]], he married [[Hillary Diane Rodham]] (b. 1947).  He had met and began dating Hillary while both were students at Yale University.  They had one child, Chelsea Victory Clinton, on [[Feb 27]], 1980 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.

In 1976 Clinton was elected Attorney General of Arkansas and in 1978 [[Governor of Arkansas]] for a 2-year term.  He was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1980, but then reclaimed the Governorship in 1982 and remained Governor for ten more years.  In 1992, while Governor of Arkansas, he ran for and was elected President of the United States and then was re-elected in 1996.</td></tr></table>

===Secondary sources for 1===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton "Bill Clinton"] on Wikipedia
*[http://www.wargs.com/political/clinton.html "Bill Clinton"], ancestry research by William Addams Reitwiesner, where he states that: "The following material on the immediate ancestry of Bill Clinton is taken almost verbatim from Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition [Santa Clarita, Cal.: Boyer, 1995]."
*''First in His Class'', David Maraniss. Simon & Schuster, New York. 1995. ISBN 0671871099
*[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00428383&tree=LEO "Bill Clinton"] on Genealogics citing ''Ancestors of American Presidents'', 1995, Boston, Massachusetts, by Gary Boyd Roberts, Page 130

===See also for 1===
*[[Governor of Arkansas]]
*[[Presidents of the United States]]

==William Jefferson Blythe, Jr.==
William Blythe, was born the sixth of nine children on [[Feb 27]], 1918 in Sherman, Grayson County, [[Texas]] to William Jefferson "Willie" Blythe and his wife Lou Birchie Ayers.

<table><tr><td>http://www.samsloan.com/billsdad.jpg</td><td>He was married four to five times, one being questionable. He first married seventeen-year-old Virginia Adele Gash Dec 1935 in Medill, Oklahoma. Divorce papers were filed a year later in Dallas "...after Adele had left the Sherman farmhouse and W.J. had sent her clothes on in a suitcase." (Maraniss, p26) On [[Jan 17]], 1938 Adele gave birth, in Austin, Texas to a son Henry Leon Blythe, listing W.J. as the father.  Adele later stated that she visited W.J. at times, and one of these times became pregnant by him.  Adele married secondly, shortly after 1939, to a Mr Ritzenthaler some-time police chief of Brawley California, and he adopted Henry Leon.  He died about 1969/70. She married thirdly or perhaps lastly to a Mr Coffelt
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William Blythe's second marriage took place [[Aug 11]], 1938 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to twenty-year-old Maxine Hamilton.  They were divorced nine months later after, according to the divorce papers, he had abandoned her in Los Angeles.

His third marriage was to Adele Gash's younger sister Faye in 1940.  They divorced after a few months.  In May 1941, a Missouri waitress had a girl and listed W.J. Blythe as the father.  It's not clear if they were married or not.

On [[Apr 24]], 1943, he enlisted or re-enlisted in the Army.  Around this same time, Virginia Dell "Ginger" Cassidy was at Tri-State Hospital in Shreveport studying to be a nurse. They were married [[Sep 3]], 1943 in Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas.  He then, in mid-October, went for a tour of duty overseas for World War II.  Just after he returned at the end of 1945, he and Virginia went to live in Chicago, Cook County, [[Illinois]] for a short time.

She moved back to her parents house in Hope.  They were either preparing to look for a house in Hope, or they were going to move to a house in Chicago (sources vary).  It was while he was coming to Hope that he died in a car accident on [[May 17]], 1946 near Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri.  He was driving too fast for the conditions, and his car overturned.  He was either thrown or got out of his car, and was eventually found hours later, some distance away, drowned in a drainage ditch.

He is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas.  Virginia was pregnant and gave birth to William Jefferson Blythe III (now known as President Bill Clinton) on [[Aug 19]], 1946.

===Primary sources for 2===
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=TXT625_1808-0649&fn=William+J&ln=Blythe&st=r&ssrc=&pid=22748714 1920 Census of Justice Precinct 1, Grayson County, Texas] showing "William J Blythe, 36, MS/MS/MS, Farmer; Birchie L wife, 27, MS/GA/GA; Clifford P son 12 MS; Raymond W son 10 MS; Laura P daughter 9 TX; Ernest C son 7 TX; Maurine G daughter 3 2/12 TX, W J son 2 TX; Hubert Poor lodger, 24, TX"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f2=&f1=Blythe&sx=&f4=&f5=&rg_f6__date=1938&rs_f6__date=0&f7=&f3=&f9=&f8=&f11=&f10=&gskw=&prox=1&db=txbirthindex&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=34&fh=1&recid=2110402&recoff=3+15 Texas Birth Index 1903-1997] showing : "Henry Leon Blythe, born 17 Jan 1938, Grayson county, W J Blythe, Virginia Adele Gash"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=WWIIenlist%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=William&gsln=Blythe&sx=&gs1co=2%2cUnited+States+&gs1pl=1%2cAll+States&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=11&recid=623744&recoff=1+3 US World War II Army Enlistment Records 1938-1946] showing "William J Blythe, born 1917, white; of Ochiltree, Texas; enlisted May 23, 1941; enlisted at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; Private in Warrant Officers; 4 years of high school; Civil occupation: Engineering Aide or Sales Clerk; Single, without dependents; Height 71; Weight 203"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=WWIIenlist%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=William&gsln=Blythe&sx=&gs1co=2%2cUnited+States+&gs1pl=1%2cAll+States&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=12&recid=623745&recoff=1+3 US World War II Army Enlistment Records 1938-1946] showing "William J Blythe; born 1917, white; of Caddo, Louisiana; enlisted Apr 24, 1943; private, no branch assignment; enlisted for the duration of the war; 3 years of high school; Civil occupation Salesman; Seperated without dependents"

*Death certificate of William Jefferson Blythe stating "Scott County; three miles west of Sikeston; Usual residence Chicago, IL; William Jefferson Blythe; World War II Veteran; male; white; married; Virginia Cassidy, 22 years old; born Feb 27, 1918; 28 years old; born Sherman, Texas; traveling salesman; Manbee Eqt Co; Father William Jefferson Blythe, born Ripling, Miss; Mother Lou Birchie Ayers, born Miss; Informant Mrs Virginia Blythe of 117 S Herney? St, Hope, Ark; Burial, Rose Hill Cemetery; died May 17, 1946; Drowning in dredge ditch due to car accident; Orville Taylor, Coroner of Sikeston, MO."  This is an unusual four-page death certificate, with a supplementary page stating "The car he was driving left the roadway and overturned in drainage ditch".

===Secondary sources for 2===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jefferson_Blythe_Jr. "William Jefferson Blythe Jr"] on Wikipedia
*[http://www.wargs.com/political/clinton.html "Bill Clinton"], ancestry research by William Addams Reitwiesner, where he states that: "The following material on the immediate ancestry of Bill Clinton is taken almost verbatim from Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition [Santa Clarita, Cal.: Boyer, 1995]."
*''First in His Class'', David Maraniss. Simon & Schuster, New York. 1995. ISBN 0671871099
*[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00428386&tree=LEO "William Jefferson Blythe"] on Genealogics citing ''Ancestors of American Presidents'', 1995, Boston, Massachusetts, by Gary Boyd Roberts, Page 130
*[http://www.samsloan.com/billsdad.htm Only picture I've found alledging to show William Jefferson Blythe]
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A99624-1993Jun20&notFound=true "The First Father"], by Gene Weingarten, ''Washington Post'', 20 Jun 1993

==Virginia Dell Cassidy==
Virginia Cassidy was born [[Jun 6]], 1923 in Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas to James Eldridge Cassidy and his wife Edith Grisham.  She grew up in the area of Hope where her father was a truck driver and her mother was a nurse.  She was married five times, twice to the same man.
<table><tr><td>http://www.bjsmusic.com/bjsvk.gif</td><td>In 1943 Virginia Dell "Ginger" Cassidy was at Tri-State Hospital in Shreveport studying to be a nurse.  While there she met William Jefferson Blythe Jr who would become her first husband.  On [[Apr 24]], 1943, he had enlisted or re-enlisted in the Army.  They were married [[Sep 3]], 1943 in Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas.  He then, in mid-October, went for a tour of duty overseas for World War II.  Virginia finished up her training and went back to Hope where she lived with her parents and worked as a nurse.  Just after Bill returned in December 1945, he and Virginia went to live in Chicago, Cook County, [[Illinois]] for three months, where "...Bill had a job waiting for him... selling heavy equipment...." (Maraniss p27)
</td></tr><tr><td>Virginia with Barbra Streisand</td></tr></table>

Virginia and Bill were going to look for a house in Hope and so she returned there and was living there with her parents when she got the news that he had died in an auto accident.  She was pregnant and gave birth to William Jefferson Blythe III in 1946, who later became President Bill Clinton.  Virginia was still living with, or near, her parents in Hope, when she met her second husband Roger "Dude" Clinton.

Roger Clinton was born [[Jul 25]], 1909 in Dardenelle, Yell County, Arkansas but had moved with his family in 1919 to Hot Springs County.  Around 1946, with his brother's help, Roger had started the "Roger Clinton Buick" Company in Hope, Arkansas.  Roger Clinton and Virginia Cassidy, commonly called Ginger, had one child, Roger Cassidy Clinton on [[Jul 25]], 1956.  In April 1962, while living in Hot Springs, she filed for a divorce which was granted on [[May 15]].  They reconciled and were remarried in August. Dude Clinton died Nov 1967 in Hot Springs.

Ginger next married George Jefferson "Jeff" Dwire (b 1926) on [[Jan 3]], 1968 in Hot Springs.  It is unclear at the moment whether he died or they divorced, but she lastly married Richard "Dick" Kelley on [[Jan 17]], 1982.  One of her last public appearances was at a concert by her friend Barbra Streisand.  When she died her name was Virginia Kelley.  She died [[Jan 6]], 1994 at her home in Hot Springs, Arkansas and is buried beside her first husband at Rose Hill Cemetery in Hope. Barbra Streisand attended her funeral. Virginia's last husband Richard survived her.

===Primary sources for 3===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=edith&gsln=Cassidy&sx=&f12=&f4=&f7=&f15=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f18=&f14__n=&_8000C002=&_80008002=&_80018002=&f10=&f16=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1930usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=0&recid=3726262&recoff=1+2 1930 census of Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas] showing : "J E Cassidy 31, rents home, $16, married first at 23, b AR/AR/AR, Truck Driver, Southern Lee; Edith 26 wife, married first at 18, b AR/AR/AR, no occupation; Virginia 6 daughter b AR"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=Virginia&gsln=Kelley&sx=&f9=&f8=&f10=1923&f6=&f5=&f7=&f1=&f15=&f14=&f13=&f12=&f20=&f0=&prox=1&db=ssdi&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=3&recid=37164531&recoff=1+2+14 Social Security Death Index, "Virginia D Kelley"]

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=50007&iid=NEWS-PA-NE_RE.1994_01_07_0003&r=an&rc=1260,2450,1400,2487;1417,2450,1539,2487;1005,5162,1143,5199;1160,5162,1281,5199&fn=virginia&ln=kelley&st=d&ssrc=&pid=521182211 "Clinton's Mother kept spirits high throughout"], (obituary), ''News Record'' (North Hills, Pennsylvania), [[Jan 7]], 1994, page A3 stating such bits as: "she died of cancer", "she grew up in Hope, Ark.", she left Billy with her parents while she left to study nursing, "her second husband (Roger Clinton) beat her"

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=50007&iid=NEWS-PA-NE_RE.1994_01_09_0003&r=an&rc=2666,3925,2828,3958;3214,3925,3336,3958;2866,4863,3002,4901;3020,4863,3139,4901;3396,4971,3540,5009;3558,4971,3666,5009&fn=virginia&ln=kelley&st=d&ssrc=&pid=521184259 "Thousands Mourn President's Mother"], (story about funeral), ''News Record'' (North Hills, Pennsylvania), [[Jan 9]], 1994, pg A3 stating such bits as: Barbara Streisand attended the funeral, Virginia died of breast cancer, funeral was in Hot Springs, Richard Kelley and Roger Clinton were there, eulogy by Rev. John Miles of St. James Methodist Church of Little Rock.

===Secondary sources for 3===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Clinton_Kelley "Virginia Clinton Kelley"] on Wikipedia
*[http://www.wargs.com/political/clinton.html "Bill Clinton"], ancestry research by William Addams Reitwiesner, where he states that: "The following material on the immediate ancestry of Bill Clinton is taken almost verbatim from Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition [Santa Clarita, Cal.: Boyer, 1995]."
*''First in His Class'', David Maraniss. Simon & Schuster, New York. 1995. ISBN 0671871099
*[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00428387&tree=LEO "Virginia Dell Cassidy"] on Genealogics citing ''Ancestors of American Presidents'', 1995, Boston, Massachusetts, by Gary Boyd Roberts, Page 130

===Further reading===
*''First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents'', by Bonnie Angelo ISBN 0060937114

==William Jefferson Blythe==
William Jefferson "Willie" Blythe was born abt [[Jan 21]], 1883 in Ripley, Tippah County, [[Mississippi]], the son of Henry Blythe and his wife Frances "Fanny".

He married Lou Birchie Ayers about 1906. They later lived in or around the town of Sherman in Grayson County, Texas. An article in the ''Washington Post'' states that the Texas Blythe's say they moved to Sherman from Tippah County in 1909.  If true, then he must have married Lou in Mississippi.

William and Lou had nine children, the following order:
#Clifford P Blythe born 1907/8 Mississippi
#Raymond W "Doc" Blythe born 1909 Mississippi, who died aged 19 of "yellow jaundice" in Texas
#Laura Pauline Blythe born 1910/1 Texas married Loyd Linesteadt
#Earnest Clyde Blythe born 1912/3 Texas, married Ola May Hazelwood
#Maureen G Blythe born 1917 Texas married E A Mitchell
#W. J. Blythe born 27 Feb 1918 Grayson County, Texas
#Cora Lucille Blythe born 1920 Texas
#Vera Blythe born 8 Aug 1923 Grayson County, Texas married Lewis Carl Ramey
#[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f2=&f1=Blythe&sx=&f4=&f5=&rg_f6__date=&rs_f6__date=0&f7=&f3=Grayson&f9=&f8=&f11=&f10=&gskw=&prox=1&db=txbirthindex&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=34&fh=9&recid=2110385&recoff=3+19 Glen Hardy Blythe born 13 Sep 1927 Grayson County, Texas]

William Jefferson Blythe died in Feb 1935 in Texas probably in or near Sherman, having suffered from colon cancer for five years.

===Primary sources for 4===
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=MST623_830-0013&fn=Fan%3f%3f&ln=Blythe&st=r&ssrc=&pid=36147803 1900 Census of Childes Mill, Tippah County, Mississippi] showing "Fanny Blythe, Dec 1858, widow, mother of 7, 7 living, MS/TN/SC; Laura daughter Sep 1874 MS/MS/MS, School Teaching; Mamie E daughter Feb 1877; John H son Oct 1880 Farmer; Willie J son Jan 1883 Farmer; Wardie B daughter Apr 1884; Mattie V daughter Oct 1888; Isia M daughter Sep 1895 MS; John Crosby, boarder, Mar 1876 MS/MS/GA Farmer"

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7884&iid=TXT624_1557-0670&fn=William&ln=Blethe&st=r&ssrc=&pid=28094940 1910 Census of Howe, Grayson County, Texas] showing "William Blithe, 27, married 4 years ago, MS/MS/MS, Farmer; Birtchie, wife, 19, mother of 2, 2 living, MS/GA/GA; Clifford son, 2, MS; Raymond son 1 2/12 MS; Fanny Blithe, mother-in-law, 51, widow, mother of 7, 6 living, MS/SC/NC; Wardie (or Mandie?), sister in, 23, MS/MS/MS; Isa May, sister, 14, MS/MS/MS; William J, Uncle, 51, widower, MS/MS/MS; Carl Rowland, hired hand, 17, MS/MS/MS"

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6482&iid=TX-1953400-4445&fn=Willie+Jefferson&ln=Blythe&st=r&ssrc=&pid=14664277 World War I Draft Registration Card] showing "Willie Jefferson Blythe; resident of Grayson County, Texas, born Jan 21, 1883; Farmer in Grayson County; nearest relative Mrs Birchie Blythe; registered Sep 12, 1918"

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=TXT625_1808-0649&fn=William+J&ln=Blythe&st=r&ssrc=&pid=22748714 1920 Census of Justice Precinct 1, Grayson County, Texas] showing "William J Blythe, 36, MS/MS/MS, Farmer; Birchie L wife, 27, MS/GA/GA; Clifford P son 12 MS; Raymond W son 10 MS; Laura P daughter 9 TX; Ernest C son 7 TX; Maurine G daughter 3 2/12 TX, W J son 2 TX; Hubert Poor lodger, 24, TX"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Blythe&sx=y&f12=Texas&f4=Grayson&f7=&f15=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f18=&f14__n=&_8000C002=&_80008002=&_80018002=&f10=&f16=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1930usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=2&recid=109128757&recoff=3+21+22 1930 Census of Precinct 1, Grayson County, Texas]

===Secondary sources for 4===
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A99624-1993Jun20&notFound=true "The First Father"], by Gene Weingarten, ''Washington Post'', 20 Jun 1993
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgrayso/ceme-westh2.html "West Hill Cemetery"], Grayson County, TX Genweb, showing : "Birchie Ayers Blythe BARRON 1891, 15 Feb 1946 [wife of] Avery Barron Feb 1891, 15 May 1967; wed 5 May 1942.  D/o Mr and Mrs Lige Ayers, wed William Jefferson Blythe 17 Aug 1906" and linking to Avery's and also Lou's obituary [http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgrayso/mnabbe13.html here]

==Lou Birchie Ayers==
Lou Birchie Ayers was born 9 Feb 1893 in Mississippi, the child of "Lige Ayers" (per her obituary), a native of  Georgia.  In the 1910 census she is 19, in the 1920 census she is 27, and in the 1930 she is 39.  Her tombstone states she was born 1891, but her obituary states "9 Feb 1893".

She married William Jefferson Blythe about 1906. They later lived in or around the town of Sherman in Grayson County, Texas. An article in the ''Washington Post'' states that the Texas Blythe's say they moved to Sherman from Tippah County in 1909.  If true, then he must have married Lou in Mississippi.

In the 1910, 1920 and 1930 census they are enumerated in Grayson County, Texas.  In Feb 1935, William Jefferson Blythe died.  A little over a year later, the farm, on which they had, in 1934, taken a mortgage, was sold for delinquency.  The family then moved into downtown Sherman, and Lou took a job as a hotel chambermaid.

Lou married secondly to Avery Barron on 5 May 1942 in Durant, Oklahoma.  Lou died in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas 15 Feb 1946,  and is buried in the West Hill Cemetery there.  Her obituary states that she leaves : "...her husband; four sons, Clifford Blythe of Dallas; W. J. Blythe of Chicago; Glenn Blythe and Earnest Blythe both of Sherman; four daughters, Mrs. Everett Mitchell, Mrs. Carl Ramey and Miss Cora Lucille Blythe, all of Sherman and Mrs. Lloyd Linsteadt of Denison; a brother, Tom Ayers of Blanchard, Oklahoma; a sister Mrs. Luther Mattox of Rinzi, Mississippi; and twelve grandchildren."

===Primary sources for 5===
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=MST623_830-0025&fn=Loo+b&ln=Ayers&st=r&ssrc=&pid=36148353 1900 Census of Childes Mill, Tippah County, Mississippi]
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7884&iid=TXT624_1557-0670&fn=William&ln=Blethe&st=r&ssrc=&pid=28094940 1910 Census of Howe, Grayson County, Texas] showing "William Blithe, 27, married 4 years ago, MS/MS/MS, Farmer; Birtchie, wife, 19, mother of 2, 2 living, MS/GA/GA; Clifford son, 2, MS; Raymond son 1 2/12 MS; Fanny Blithe, mother-in-law, 51, widow, mother of 7, 6 living, MS/SC/NC; Wardie (or Mandie?), sister in, 23, MS/MS/MS; Isa May, sister, 14, MS/MS/MS; William J, Uncle, 51, widower, MS/MS/MS; Carl Rowland, hired hand, 17, MS/MS/MS"

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6482&iid=TX-1953400-4445&fn=Willie+Jefferson&ln=Blythe&st=r&ssrc=&pid=14664277 World War I Draft Registration Card] showing "Willie Jefferson Blythe; resident of Grayson County, Texas, born Jan 21, 1883; Farmer in Grayson County; nearest relative Mrs Birchie Blythe; registered Sep 12, 1918"

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=TXT625_1808-0649&fn=William+J&ln=Blythe&st=r&ssrc=&pid=22748714 1920 Census of Justice Precinct 1, Grayson County, Texas] showing "William J Blythe, 36, MS/MS/MS, Farmer; Birchie L wife, 27, MS/GA/GA; Clifford P son 12 MS; Raymond W son 10 MS; Laura P daughter 9 TX; Ernest C son 7 TX; Maurine G daughter 3 2/12 TX, W J son 2 TX; Hubert Poor lodger, 24, TX"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Blythe&sx=y&f12=Texas&f4=Grayson&f7=&f15=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f18=&f14__n=&_8000C002=&_80008002=&_80018002=&f10=&f16=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1930usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=2&recid=109128757&recoff=3+21+22 1930 Census of Precinct 1, Grayson County, Texas]

*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgrayso/mnabbe13.html "Lou Barron"], obituary

===Secondary sources for 5===
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A99624-1993Jun20&notFound=true "The First Father"], by Gene Weingarten, ''Washington Post'', 20 Jun 1993

===Dubious sources for 5===
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSvcid=2288&GRid=7264436& "Lou Birchie Ayers Blythe"] on Findagrave stating : "Lou Birchie Ayers Blythe, born 9 Feb 1883 Tippah County, Mississippi, died 15 Feb 1946 Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, buried West Hill Cemetery in Sherman", but *note* that apparently Lou has no headstone, so this is not an independent witness to her dates, and her birthyear is obviously in error.
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgrayso/ceme-westh2.html "West Hill Cemetery"], Grayson County, TX Genweb, showing : "Birchie Ayers Blythe BARRON 1891, 15 Feb 1946 [wife of] Avery Barron Feb 1891, 15 May 1967; wed 5 May 1942.  D/o Mr and Mrs Lige Ayers, wed William Jefferson Blythe 17 Aug 1906" and linking to Avery's and also Lou's obituary [http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgrayso/mnabbe13.html here].  The cemetery data does *not* appear to be based on a headstone, but rather on some form on annotation or compilation, and it does not name its sources.

==James Eldridge Cassidy==
James Eldridge Cassidy was born [[Aug 19]], 1898 in [[Nevada County, Arkansas]], the son of James Monroe Cassidy and his wife Sarah Louise Russell.

On  [[Jan 3]], 1922 in Nevada County, Arkansas, he married Edith Vallie "Valeria" "Ada" Grisham.

James died [[Mar 11]], 1957 in Hot Springs, [[Hot Springs County, Arkansas]]

===Primary sources for 6===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1900usfedcen%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=James&gsln=Cassidy&sx=&gs1co=2%2cUnited+States&gs1pl=6%2cArkansas&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=0&recid=2808925&recoff=1+3 1900 Census of Parker, Nevada County, Arkansas] showing : "James M Cassidy 44; Sarah L 41; Colonel 16; Oscar N 14; Lau U 12; Minnie A 10; James A 1"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1920usfedcen%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=James&gsln=Cassidy&sx=&gs1co=2%2cUnited+States&gs1pl=6%2cArkansas&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=3&recid=3789530&recoff=14+16 1920 Census of Parker, Nevada County, Arkansas] showing: "Furman F Russell 39; Vixiie W 34; Audrey T 15; Carthol C 12; Johny D 6; Floy M 1 10/12; James E Cassidy 21, cousin, b AR/AL/AL, Single"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=edith&gsln=Cassidy&sx=&f12=&f4=&f7=&f15=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f18=&f14__n=&_8000C002=&_80008002=&_80018002=&f10=&f16=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1930usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=0&recid=3726262&recoff=1+2 1930 census of Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas] showing : "J E Cassidy 31, rents home, $16, married first at 23, b AR/AR/AR, Truck Driver, Southern Lee; Edith 26 wife, married first at 18, b AR/AR/AR, no occupation; Virginia 6 daughter b AR"

===Secondary sources for 6===
*[http://www.wargs.com/political/clinton.html "Bill Clinton"], ancestry research by William Addams Reitwiesner, where he states that: "The following material on the immediate ancestry of Bill Clinton is taken almost verbatim from Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition [Santa Clarita, Cal.: Boyer, 1995]."
*''First in His Class'', David Maraniss. Simon & Schuster, New York. 1995. ISBN 0671871099
*[http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wjhonson&id=I16735 "James Eldridge Cassidy"], by Will Johnson
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=genepool%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=James&gsln=Cassidy&sx=&gs1co=2%2cUnited+States&gs1pl=6%2cArkansas&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=0&recid=443622&recoff=1+2+50+51 "Family Data Collection - Individual Records", "James Eldridge Cassidy"] showing: "Spouse Edith Valeria Graham; Parents James M Cassidy, Sarah Louisa Russell; Born Nevada Co, Parker Twp, AR; born 19 Aug 1898; married Nevada Co, Ar; married 3 Jan 1922; died Hope, Hempstead Co, AR; died 11 Mar 1957"

==Edith Grisham==
===Primary sources for 7===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=edith&gsln=Cassidy&sx=&f12=&f4=&f7=&f15=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f18=&f14__n=&_8000C002=&_80008002=&_80018002=&f10=&f16=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1930usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=0&recid=3726262&recoff=1+2 1930 census of Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas] showing : "J E Cassidy 31, rents home, $16, married first at 23, b AR/AR/AR, Truck Driver, Southern Lee; Edith 26 wife, married first at 18, b AR/AR/AR, no occupation; Virginia 6 daughter b AR"

===Secondary sources for 7===
*[http://www.wargs.com/political/clinton.html "Bill Clinton"], ancestry research by William Addams Reitwiesner, where he states that: "The following material on the immediate ancestry of Bill Clinton is taken almost verbatim from Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition [Santa Clarita, Cal.: Boyer, 1995]."
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=genepool%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=James&gsln=Cassidy&sx=&gs1co=2%2cUnited+States&gs1pl=6%2cArkansas&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=0&recid=443622&recoff=1+2+50+51 "Family Data Collection - Individual Records", "James Eldridge Cassidy"] showing: "Spouse Edith Valeria Graham; Parents James M Cassidy, Sarah Louisa Russell; Born Nevada Co, Parker Twp, AR; born 19 Aug 1898; married Nevada Co, Ar; married 3 Jan 1922; died Hope, Hempstead Co, AR; died 11 Mar 1957"

==Henry Blythe==
===Primary sources for 8===
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6742&iid=MST9_666-0101&fn=Laura+E.&ln=Blythe&st=r&ssrc=&pid=14336978 1880 Census of Tippah County, Mississippi] showing "Thomas Blythe, 51, Farmer AL/TN/TN; Elizabeth 49, wife TN/NC/NC; Martha 25 daughter; Mary 22 daughter, C Columbus, 12, son; Henry Blythe 28, son MS/AL/SC; Francis E, 21 MS/TN/SC, daug law, Laura E 4 G Daughter, Mary E 3 G Daughter"

==Frances==
===Primary sources for 9===
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7884&iid=TXT624_1557-0670&fn=William&ln=Blethe&st=r&ssrc=&pid=28094940 1910 Census of Howe, Grayson County, Texas] showing "William Blithe, 27, married 4 years ago, MS/MS/MS, Farmer; Birtchie, wife, 19, mother of 2, 2 living, MS/GA/GA; Clifford son, 2, MS; Raymond son 1 2/12 MS; Fanny Blithe, mother-in-law, 51, widow, mother of 7, 6 living, MS/SC/NC; Wardie (or Mandie?), sister in, 23, MS/MS/MS; Isa May, sister, 14, MS/MS/MS; William J, Uncle, 51, widower, MS/MS/MS; Carl Rowland, hired hand, 17, MS/MS/MS"

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=MST623_830-0013&fn=Fan%3f%3f&ln=Blythe&st=r&ssrc=&pid=36147803 1900 Census of Childes Mill, Tippah County, Mississippi] showing "Fanny Blythe, Dec 1858, widow, mother of 7, 7 living, MS/TN/SC; Laura daughter Sep 1874 MS/MS/MS, School Teaching; Mamie E daughter Feb 1877; John H son Oct 1880 Farmer; Willie J son Jan 1883 Farmer; Wardie B daughter Apr 1884; Mattie V daughter Oct 1888; Isia M daughter Sep 1895 MS; John Crosby, boarder, Mar 1876 MS/MS/GA Farmer"

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6742&iid=MST9_666-0101&fn=Laura+E.&ln=Blythe&st=r&ssrc=&pid=14336978 1880 Census of Tippah County, Mississippi] showing "Thomas Blythe, 51, Farmer AL/TN/TN; Elizabeth 49, wife TN/NC/NC; Martha 25 daughter; Mary 22 daughter, C Columbus, 12, son; Henry Blythe 28, son MS/AL/SC; Francis E, 21 MS/TN/SC, daug law, Laura E 4 G Daughter, Mary E 3 G Daughter"


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