William J Clinton
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His third marriage was to Adele Gash's younger sister Faye in 1940. They divorced after a few months. His fourth marriage is mentioned in an article in the New York Times: "The President's father, William Jefferson Blythe 3d, was married in 1941 in Jackson County, Missouri, to a Kansas City woman, Wanetta Ellen Alexander, The Kansas City Star and The New York Daily News reported. Court records show that Mrs. Alexander was not granted a divorce until April 13, 1944, seven months after Mr. Blythe married Virginia Cassidy, the President's mother, in Arkansas, the newspapers said." His article at Wikipedia, is more specific stating that this marriage took place: "On 3 May 1941..." | His third marriage was to Adele Gash's younger sister Faye in 1940. They divorced after a few months. His fourth marriage is mentioned in an article in the New York Times: "The President's father, William Jefferson Blythe 3d, was married in 1941 in Jackson County, Missouri, to a Kansas City woman, Wanetta Ellen Alexander, The Kansas City Star and The New York Daily News reported. Court records show that Mrs. Alexander was not granted a divorce until April 13, 1944, seven months after Mr. Blythe married Virginia Cassidy, the President's mother, in Arkansas, the newspapers said." His article at Wikipedia, is more specific stating that this marriage took place: "On 3 May 1941..." | ||
| − | 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. He then married her, as his fifth wife on 3 Sep 3 1943 in Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas. In mid-October, he 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. | + | 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. He then married her, as his fifth wife on 3 Sep 3 1943 in Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas. In mid-October, he 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, where "... he got back his old job as a salesman for the Manbee Equipment Company." (see [http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/clinton/excerpt.html]) |
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. | 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. | ||
