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==Virginia Dell Cassidy== | ==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. | + | Virginia Cassidy was born [[Jun 6]], 1923 in Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas to James Eldridge Cassidy and his wife Edith Grisham. She grew up in the area of Hope where her father was a truck driver and her mother was a nurse. She was married five times, twice to the same man. |
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 in December 1945, he and Virginia went to live in Chicago, Cook County, [[Illinois]] for three months, where "...Bill had a job waiting for him... selling heavy equipment...." (Maraniss p27) | 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 in December 1945, he and Virginia went to live in Chicago, Cook County, [[Illinois]] for three months, where "...Bill had a job waiting for him... selling heavy equipment...." (Maraniss p27) | ||
