Virginia Dell Cassidy 
Virginia Dell was born on June 6th, 1923 in Bodcaw, Nevada Co., AR.1 Virginia Dell's father was James Eldridge Cassidy and her mother was Edith Valeria Grisham. Her paternal grandparents were James Monroe Cassidy and Sarah Louisa Russell; her maternal grandparents were Lemma Newell Grisham and Edna Earl Adams. She was an only child. She died at the age of 70 on January 8th, 1994 in Hot Springs, AR. She was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Hope, AR.1 1 General Notes
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Virginia Dell Cassidy was born in the Ebenezer Community near Bodcaw
(Nevada County), Arkansas on June 6, 1923, the daughter of Eldridge and
Edith Grisham Cassidy. She went to Hope High School.
Virginia married William Jefferson Blythe, III of Sherman, Texas, who
was killed in an automobile accident in mid-1946. Three months after the
fatal accident on August 14, 1946, their son, William Jefferson Blythe IV
was born at the Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas.
Virginia began a new career and trained as a nurse anesthetist in
Shreveport and New Orleans, Louisiana. After graduation, she landed a few
jobs and took on private duty work at the various hospitals. In the
meantime, she left her son with her parents, who lived at 117 South
Hervey in Hope. The boy attended the Miss Mary Perkins Kindergarten on
East Second Street and first grade at Brookwood Public School.
On June 19, 1950, Virginia married Roger Clinton. They resided at 312
East Thirteenth Street in Hope before moving to Hot Springs, Arkansas in
the fall of 1953. Virigina and Roger's child, Roger Cassidy Clinton, was
born July 25, 1956, at Quachita Hospital in Hot Springs.
Virigina's husband Roger never adopted "Billy," even though "Billy"
changed his last name to Clinton when he was 15. Bill graduated from
Lakeside High School in Hot Springs in 1964 and went to college at
Georgetown University and then Oxford University (as a Rhodes Scholar) in
1969. In 1975, Bill married Hillary Rodham of Park Ridge, Illinois. Their
daughter, Chelsa, was born in 1980.
Bill's jobs included the teaching of law courses, Attorney General of the
State of Arkansas, Governor of the State of Arkansas, and President of
the United States.
Roger held several types of jobs, including singing.
Virginia's husband Roger died in 1967. In 1969, Virginia married
George Jefferson Dwire, but they had no children. He died in 1974.
Virginia's last marriage was to Dick Kelly in 1982. They lived inHot
Springs, Arkansas where she died in her sleep on January 6, 1994, after a
long battle with cancer. Virigina was buried January 8, 1994, at Rose
Hill Cemetery in Hope, Arkansas beside her
first husband, William Jefferson Blythe III.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1829 in Chesterfield Dist., SC d.13 May 1886 in Red Level, Covington Co., AL
- b.Nov 1855 in Coffee Co., AL d.Nov 1906 in Covington Co., AL
- b.~ 1837 in Early Co., GA d.20 Apr 1920 in Red Level, Covington Co., AL
- b.19 Aug 1898 in Parker Twp., Nevada Co., AR d.11 Mar 1957 in Hope, Hempstead Co., AR
- b.1770 in ? d.1824 in Darlington, SC
- b.~ 1800 in Darlington District, SC d.27 Sep 1864 in Ramer, Montgomery Co., AL
- b. in ? d. in ?
- b.14 Jan 1825 in Kershaw Dist., SC d.23 Jan 1897 in Parker Twp., Nevada Co., AR
- b.06 Jun 1798 in ? d.1840 in Ramer, Montgomery Co., AL
- b.15 Nov 1858 in Butler Co., AL d.09 Apr 1945 in Parker Twp., Nevada Co., AR
- b.1767 in Camden District, Kershaw Co., SC d.18 Aug 1808 in Camden, SC
- b.~ 1794 in Camden District, Kershaw Co., SC d.03 May 1870 in Collirene, Lowndes Co., AL
- b.1770 in West Camden, SC d.> 1860 in Montgomery Co., AL
- b.31 Oct 1828 in Kershaw Dist., SC d.18 May 1900 in Parker Township, Nevada Co., AR
- b.1753 in Kershaw Co., SC d.> 1820 in Probably Montgomery Co., AL
- b.~ 1794 in Camden District, Kershaw Co., SC d.23 Jun 1863 in Collirene, Lowndes Co., AL
- b.~ 1760 in Kershaw Co., SC d.> 1820 in Probably Montgomery Co., AL
- b.06 Jun 1923 in Bodcaw, Nevada Co., AR d.08 Jan 1994 in Hot Springs, AR
- b.22 Jun 1879 in Union Parish, LA d.28 Sep 1954 in Hope, Hempstead Co., AR
- b.02 Nov 1901 in Bodcaw, Nevada Co., AR d.17 Jan 1968 in Hope, Hempstead Co., AR
- b.19 Apr 1878 in Hempstead Co., AR d.08 Aug 1952 in Hope, Hempstead Co., AR
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Virginia Dell and William Jefferson III were married in a religious ceremony on September 3rd, 1943 in Texarkana, Miller Co., AR.1 They had a son named Living.
Virginia Dell and Roger were married in a religious ceremony on June 19th, 1950 in Hot Springs, AR.1 They had a son named Living.
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