William J Clinton
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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 at the end of 1945, he and Virginia went to live in Chicago, Cook County, [[Illinois]] for a short time. | 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 at the end of 1945, he and Virginia went to live in Chicago, Cook County, [[Illinois]] for a short time. | ||
| − | + | 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. | 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. | ||
