OBIT: Ida CASSIDY, 1918, Newry, Blair County, PA

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NEWRY

  Miss Ida Cassidy, whose funeral was held on Saturday, was a daughter 
of David and Margaret Harbison Cassidy, life long residents of Blair 
township, and a lineal descendant of Patrick Cassidy, who came over 
from Ireland about 1790, and settled in Blair township, acquiring a 
large block of land from the government.  He laid out the town of 
Newry, naming it after the town of his birth in Ireland.  The Cassidy 
family have been among the best people of the town in all the 
intervening years, always taking a prominent part in all that concerned 
the welfare and building up of the town.  Captain Francis Cassidy, a 
grandson of Patrick Cassidy, a veteran of the Civil war, and an uncle 
of the deceased, was the first burgess of the town and for many years a 
teacher in the public schools, and stood in the front ranks of the 
educators of the county.  The deceased lady was a consistent member of 
St. Patrick's Catholic church, and was faithful in all her religious 
duties, always ready to extend a helping hand to the poor and needy, 
not only to those of her own faith.  All who needed help and 
encouragement always found in her a true friend, no matter to what 
religious denomination they belonged.  She is survived by the following 
brothers and sisters: Mrs. John Mulligan, of Braddock; Mrs. Neil 
Beigle, of Renovo; Thad Cassidy, of Wilmerding; Mrs. C. H. Hodge and 
Edward Cassidy, of Newry.

Altoona Time, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, April 30, 1918