William J Clinton
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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. | 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. | ||
| − | He was married four to five times, one being questionable. He first married Virginia Adele Gash Dec 1935 in Medill, Oklahoma. 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. | + | 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) |
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| + | 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 as they were preparing to look for a house there. It was while he was coming back to Hope that he died in a car accident on [[May 17]], 1946 near Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri. Virginia was pregnant and gave birth to William Jefferson Blythe III (now known as President Bill Clinton) on [[Aug 19]], 1946. | She moved back to her parents house in Hope as they were preparing to look for a house there. It was while he was coming back to Hope that he died in a car accident on [[May 17]], 1946 near Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri. Virginia was pregnant and gave birth to William Jefferson Blythe III (now known as President Bill Clinton) on [[Aug 19]], 1946. | ||
