George Herman Seldes (1890 - 1995)

Born 16 Nov 1890 in Alliance, Salem, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Helen Larkin (Wiesman) Seldes — married 1932 in Paris, Seine, France [uncertain]

Died 2 Jul 1995 at age 104 in Windsor, Windsor, Vermont, United States

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George Seldes was a centenarian, living to age 104.

Biography

Henry George Seldes (November 16, 1890 – July 2, 1995) was an American investigative journalist, foreign correspondent, editor, author, and media critic best known for the publication of the newsletter In Fact from 1940 to 1950. He was an investigative reporter (muckraker), influenced by Lincoln Steffens and Walter Lippmann,

Henry George Seldes, named after economist Henry George, was born on November 16, 1890, to ethnic Jewish émigrés from Russia in Alliance Colony, an agricultural community in rural southern New Jersey. His mother, Anna Saphro, died in 1896 when he and his younger brother, Gilbert, were still young. George's father, George Sergius Seldes, was a pharmacist and a strongly opinionated and radically philosophical man.

The writer and critic Gilbert Seldes was George's younger brother. Actress Marian Seldes was his niece; his nephew was the literary agent Timothy Seldes.

He was married to Helen Larkin Seldes, née Wiesman, from 1932 to her death in 1979.

Sources

• Wikipedia: George Seldes

• "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSQ-677 : 18 January 2020), George Seldes, 1890.

• "New Jersey State Census, 1905," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMHF-48Z : 2 December 2019), George H Seldes in household of Eva Slavisky, , Salem, New Jersey, United States; citing p. 22, line 14, Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 1,688,624.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZFP-44D : 6 March 2020), George H Seldes, 1917-1918.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K71S-PJQ : 29 February 2020), George H Seldes, Wilton Town, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-224, sheet 9A, line 14, fami...

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J18V-T2G : 19 May 2014), George H Seldes, 02 Jul 1995; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 29 April 2020), memorial page for George Herman Seldes (16 Nov 1890–2 Jul 1995), Find A Grave: Memorial #92572067, ; Maintained by Peterborough K (contributor 46537737) Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown, who reports he was cremated through Valley Crematory of White River Junction, Vermont.

• "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQD-YNVX : 14 February 2020), George Herman Seldes, 2 Jul 1995; citing Death, Windsor, Vermont, United States, various town clerks an...

• William Dicke, George Seldes Is Dead at 104; An Early, Fervent Press Critic July 3, 1995, The New York Times

• United States. Congress. Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1948. pp. 127– 130 (Jenner Committee - referred to as "Red smear artist" - bio )