William Jefferson Blythe Jr. lost touch with each other when he was an infant, after his father briefly married and divorced his mother's sister, and he never knew his biological father or paternal siblings. Later in life, Henry Leon Blythe took the name Henry Leon Ritzenthaler in honor of a step-father. He ran several small businesses in Paradise, California, including a janitorial business, and died in 2009. He was unaware of his connection to the future president until the presidential campaign of 1992, when an investigation by "The Washington Post", based on birth registry records, revealed details of Bill Clinton's family. Ritzenthaler met his
T. Jefferson Coolidge died at his home, 315 Dartmouth St. in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 17, 1920. Through his son, he was the grandfather of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge III, Armory Coolidge and William A. Coolidge. Through his daughter Sarah, he was the grandfather of Thomas Jefferson Newbold, who married Katherine Hubbard in 1914. A granddaughter, Eleonora Sears, became a prominent American sportswoman. T. Jefferson Coolidge Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (August 26, 1831 – November 17, 1920) was a leading Boston businessman. Coolidge was born to a Joseph Coolidge (1798–1879) and Eleonora Wayles (née Randolph) Coolidge (1796–1876). He was the brother of Ellen Coolidge Dwight