Henry Clarence Cassidy - I0475 - Individual Information

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Henry Clarence Cassidy ‏(I0475)‏

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Henry Clarence Cassidy

Gender: Male Male

Birth: 12 May 1910

18 -- Boston, Mass
Death: 16 February 1988 ‏(Age 77)‏ -- New York, N.Y.

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Birth	12 May 1910 18 18 Boston, Mass
Birth of sibling	16 January 1913 ‏(Age 2)‏ Boston, Mass Brother: James Irwin Cassidy (I0476)
Birth of sibling	23 November 1916 ‏(Age 6)‏ Boston, Mass Sister: Helen Arnold Cassidy (I0477)
Marriage of father's sibling	25 December 1916 ‏(Age 6)‏ Boston, Mass. uncle: Clarence Foster Sherwood Cassidy (I0335) ‏(Age 28)‏ Aunt-in-law: Geraldine E. Scott (I0470) ‏(Age 26)‏ ‎[View Family ‎(F186)‎‎]
Marriage	Martha Stucklen - ‎[View Family ‎(F189)‎‎] 2 December 1933 ‏(Age 23)‏ Needham, Mass.
Marriage of sibling	2 June 1937 ‏(Age 27)‏ Boston, Mass. Sister: Helen Arnold Cassidy (I0477) ‏(Age 20)‏ Brother-in-law: Horace Francis Travis (I0484) ‏(Age 22)‏ ‎[View Family ‎(F191)‎‎]
Birth of a child #1	23 January 1938 ‏(Age 27)‏ Paris, France Daughter: Constance Cassidy (I0479)
Birth of a nephew or niece	14 March 1938 ‏(Age 27)‏ nephew: Robert Allen Travis (I0485) Father: Horace Francis Travis (I0484) ‏(Age 23)‏ Mother: Helen Arnold Cassidy (I0477) ‏(Age 21)‏ ‎[View Family ‎(F191)‎‎]
Marriage of sibling	24 November 1938 ‏(Age 28)‏ Boston, Mass. Brother: James Irwin Cassidy (I0476) ‏(Age 25)‏ Sister-in-law: Frances R. Shaw (I0480) ‏(Age 24)‏ ‎[View Family ‎(F190)‎‎]
Birth of a nephew or niece	1952 ‏(Age 41)‏ nephew: William Henry Travis (I0486) Father: Horace Francis Travis (I0484) ‏(Age 37)‏ Mother: Helen Arnold Cassidy (I0477) ‏(Age 35)‏ ‎[View Family ‎(F191)‎‎]
Death of a nephew or niece	1952 ‏(Age 41)‏ nephew: William Henry Travis (I0486)
Death of a grand-parent	June 1959 ‏(Age 49)‏ Pompano Beach, Florida Grandmother: Ada Elizabeth Irwin (I0334) ‏(Age 90)‏
Marriage of a nephew or niece	7 July 1962 ‏(Age 52)‏ nephew: Robert Allen Travis (I0485) ‏(Age 24)‏ Spouse: Karen Marie Arnold (I0677) ‏(Age 21)‏ ‎[View Family ‎(F265)‎‎]
Death of father's sibling	11 December 1969 ‏(Age 59)‏ Pompano Beach, Florida uncle: Clarence Foster Sherwood Cassidy (I0335) ‏(Age 81)‏
Death of father	12 March 1980 ‏(Age 69)‏ Dunedin, Florida Father: Henry Albert Cassidy (I0337) ‏(Age 88)‏
Death	16 February 1988 ‏(Age 77)‏ New York, N.Y.
Reference Number	475
Last Change	17 March 2010 - 16:45:45 - by: pcassidy

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The following description of Henry is taken from a New York Daily News article at his death. Henry Cassidy, 77, a Harvard educated Bostonian who became a pen pal of Josef Stalin in a distinguished career in journalism that included the p ost of foreign editor for the Daily News, died Tuesday in his Manhattan home after an 18 month struggle against cancer. The obituary continues as quoted below:

"Why does the Associated Press ‏(AP)‏ send a Greek, Cassidis, to Moscow?" the Soviet dictator queried his Washington embassy after learning AP brass had assigned Cassidy to the Kremlin.

The ambassador hurriedly straightened out the boss: "Cassidy comes from an old, non-noble Irish family."

"The non-noble business must have done it," says Cassidy, who served as AP's Moscow bureau chief from 1940 to 1944.

It was in his second year that AP directed Cassidy, who was fluent in Russian and French, to obtain an interview with Stalin on the possibility of the Allies establishing a second front in Europe. The Battle of Stalingrad was on, with the Soviets bearing the entire weight of the battle. A second front would divert part of the German war machine.
Cassidy, who disliked having to say no to a story idea, refused to accept Stalin's reply that he was too busy making war.

For Cassidy, Stalin said he would sit still for a few written questions.

In fact, Stalin replied to two of his letters, making Cassidy his first and most publicized pen pal.

"Those were the first two letters he had ever written to a newspaper man and they created quite a sensation around the world," Cassidy said later. "I still have them hanging on my living room wall."

Cassidy said the most important event he witnessed was the fall of Paris. He had lived in the Maginot Line with the French Army until Paris fell in June 1940. During that time, he was made a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor.

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Parents Family (F188)
Father Parents Ellsworth Lorenzo Cassidy Ada Elizabeth Irwin	Henry Albert Cassidy 1891 - 1980
Mother Parents ‏(unknown)‏	Irene Irwin 1891 - 1989
	Henry Clarence Cassidy 1910 - 1988
Brother Family Frances R. Shaw Susan Mary Cassidy Judith Anne Cassidy Linda Kathryn Cassidy	James Irwin Cassidy 1913 - 2009
Sister Family Horace Francis Travis Robert Allen Travis William Henry Travis	Helen Arnold Cassidy 1916 - 2008

Immediate Family (F189)
Wife Parents ‏(unknown)‏	Martha Stucklen 1910 - 2010
Daughter Family William Mahaffey	Constance Cassidy 1938 - 2012

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Parents Family (F188)
Father Parents Ellsworth Lorenzo Cassidy Ada Elizabeth Irwin	Henry Albert Cassidy 1891 - 1980
Mother Parents ‏(unknown)‏	Irene Irwin 1891 - 1989
	Henry Clarence Cassidy 1910 - 1988
Brother Family Frances R. Shaw Susan Mary Cassidy Judith Anne Cassidy Linda Kathryn Cassidy	James Irwin Cassidy 1913 - 2009
Sister Family Horace Francis Travis Robert Allen Travis William Henry Travis	Helen Arnold Cassidy 1916 - 2008

Immediate Family (F189)
Wife Parents ‏(unknown)‏	Martha Stucklen 1910 - 2010
Daughter Family William Mahaffey	Constance Cassidy 1938 - 2012

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Parents Family (F188)
Father Parents Ellsworth Lorenzo Cassidy Ada Elizabeth Irwin	Henry Albert Cassidy 1891 - 1980
Mother Parents ‏(unknown)‏	Irene Irwin 1891 - 1989
	Henry Clarence Cassidy 1910 - 1988
Brother Family Frances R. Shaw Susan Mary Cassidy Judith Anne Cassidy Linda Kathryn Cassidy	James Irwin Cassidy 1913 - 2009
Sister Family Horace Francis Travis Robert Allen Travis William Henry Travis	Helen Arnold Cassidy 1916 - 2008

Immediate Family (F189)
Wife Parents ‏(unknown)‏	Martha Stucklen 1910 - 2010
Daughter Family William Mahaffey	Constance Cassidy 1938 - 2012

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Henry Albert Cassidy

‎(I0337)‎

Birth 2 August 1891

22 -- Boston, Mass.
Death 12 March 1980 ‏(Age 88)‏ -- Dunedin, Florida

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Irene Irwin

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Birth August 1891 -- Boston, Mass
Death 30 April 1989 ‏(Age 97)‏ -- Dunedin, Florida

Marriage: 1909 -- Boston, Mass.

Henry Clarence Cassidy

‎(I0475)‎

Birth 12 May 1910

18 -- Boston, Mass
Death 16 February 1988 ‏(Age 77)‏ -- New York, N.Y.

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James Irwin Cassidy

‎(I0476)‎

Birth 16 January 1913

21 -- Boston, Mass
Death 30 January 2009 ‏(Age 96)‏ -- Franklin, Mass.

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Helen Arnold Cassidy

‎(I0477)‎

Birth 23 November 1916

25 -- Boston, Mass
Death 18 January 2008 ‏(Age 91)‏

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Henry Clarence Cassidy

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Birth 12 May 1910

18 -- Boston, Mass
Death 16 February 1988 ‏(Age 77)‏ -- New York, N.Y.

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Martha Stucklen

‎(I0478)‎

Birth 20 April 1910 -- Boston, Mass
Death 13 March 2010 ‏(Age 99)‏ -- Fort Worth, TX

Marriage: 2 December 1933 -- Needham, Mass.

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Constance Cassidy

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Birth 23 January 1938

27 -- Paris, France
Death 11 August 2012 ‏(Age 74)‏ -- Fort Worth, TX

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Parents Family (F188)
Father Parents Ellsworth Lorenzo Cassidy Ada Elizabeth Irwin	Henry Albert Cassidy 1891 - 1980
Mother Parents ‏(unknown)‏	Irene Irwin 1891 - 1989
	Henry Clarence Cassidy 1910 - 1988
Brother Family Frances R. Shaw Susan Mary Cassidy Judith Anne Cassidy Linda Kathryn Cassidy	James Irwin Cassidy 1913 - 2009
Sister Family Horace Francis Travis Robert Allen Travis William Henry Travis	Helen Arnold Cassidy 1916 - 2008

Immediate Family (F189)
Wife Parents ‏(unknown)‏	Martha Stucklen 1910 - 2010
Daughter Family William Mahaffey	Constance Cassidy 1938 - 2012

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