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'''William Jefferson Clinton''', [[Presidents of the United States|US President]] 1993-2001

==Bill Clinton==
Commonly known as Bill Clinton, he was born William Jefferson Blythe IV at the Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, [[Hempstead County, Arkansas]] on [[Aug 19]], 1946.  His parents were William Jefferson Blythe III and his wife Virginia Dell Cassidy.

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.

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

He was married four to five times, one being questionable.  On [[Apr 24]], 1943, he enlisted or re-enlisted in the Army, but evidently was still state-side as his last wife was Virginia Dell "Ginger" Cassidy who he married [[Sep 3]], 1943 in Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas.  He then went for a tour of duty in World War II.  Just after he returned, he and Virginia went to live in Chicago 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 IV on [[Aug 19]], 1946.

===Primary sources===
*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; Mantee? 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===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jefferson_Blythe_Jr. "William Jefferson Blythe Jr"] on Wikipedia

==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 was married five times, twice to the same man.

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 and Ginger next married George Jefferson Dwire 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" Kelly on [[Jan 17]], 1982.  When she died her name was Virginia Kelly.  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.

===Secondary sources===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Clinton_Kelley "Virginia Clinton Kelley"] on Wikipedia

==See also==
*[[Presidents of the United States]]

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