William J Clinton
From RoyalWeb
(→William Jefferson Blythe, Jr.) |
(→Primary sources) |
||
| Line 31: | Line 31: | ||
===Primary sources=== | ===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; | + | *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". |
*[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" | *[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" | ||
