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Elisha T. Barrett (b. 1902) —
of Bay Shore, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Brightwaters, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Carmel, Putnam
County, N.Y., September
11, 1902.
Republican. Automobile dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1937-56;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1952;
member of New York
state senate, 1957-66 (1st District 1957-65, 3rd District 1966).
Burial location unknown.
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John B. Briggs —
of Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Republican. Automobile dealer; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1928,
1932,
1936;
member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1937-38.
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Homer, N.Y.
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Fred W. Forness Jr. (1873-1964) —
of Allegany, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.; Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, December
20, 1873.
Democrat. Automobile dealer; garage
owner; candidate for New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1914, 1923, 1927; mayor of
Olean, N.Y., 1934-37, 1940-41; defeated, 1937, 1943; chair of
Cattaraugus County Democratic Party, 1962.
German
ancestry. Member, Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Died in Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., November
2, 1964 (age 90 years, 318
days).
Interment at St.
Bonaventure Cemetery, Allegany, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred W. Forness and Mary (Riehle) Forness; married to Bird Lillian
Merrill. |
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Clellan S. Forsythe (1895-1953) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Houtzdale, Clearfield
County, Pa., March 6,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1945-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
On a hunting
trip, he suffered a heart
attack while sitting in his
Jeep, holding a shotgun,
which accidentally
discharged, hitting him in the chest and killing him, on Fox
Island, Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
18, 1953 (age 58 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bert P. Gage —
of Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Republican. Farmer;
automobile dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1917-21; U.S. Collector of
Internal Revenue for the 28th New York District, 1927.
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob E. Hollinger —
of Middleport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Republican. Automobile dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 1st District, 1941-56.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William S. Hults Jr. (1906-1999) —
of Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 18,
1906.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; automobile dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1943-44; member
of New
York state senate 3rd District, 1945-59.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in 1999
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Lake Worth Memory Gardens, Lake Worth Beach, Fla.
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Samuel W. McCleary —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Republican. Automobile dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1921-26.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas A. McWhinney (c.1863-1933) —
of Lawrence, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Atlantic Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1863.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
postmaster at Lawrence,
N.Y., 1901; automobile dealer; member of New York
state assembly, 1915-23 (Nassau County 1915-17, Nassau County 1st
District 1918-23); indicted
in 1920 on charges
that he and others had tipped off
gamblers to planned police raids; tried
and found not guilty.
Member, Elks; Royal
Arcanum; United
Spanish War Veterans; Foresters;
Redmen;
Order
of Heptasophs; Order
of United American Mechanics.
Suffered a stroke,
and died, in Atlantic Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
25, 1933 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lidie Wright. |
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Wilson Messer (1876-1958) —
of Campbell town, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Campbell town, Steuben
County, N.Y., August
23, 1876.
Republican. School
teacher; automobile dealer; real estate
business; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1924-36;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1932.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in 1958
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martha (White) Messer and Thomas Messer; married, June 3,
1920, to Maude B. Woodcock. |
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1936 |
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Henry Andrew Mucci (1911-1997) —
also known as Henry A. Mucci; "Hero of
Cabanatuan" —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 4,
1911.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; led famed
raid in 1945 on a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines which
rescued the survivors of the Bataan Death March; automobile
dealer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1946.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of a stroke,
in Melbourne, Brevard
County, Fla., April
20, 1997 (age 86 years, 47
days).
Interment at United States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.
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Leroy Potter —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Automobile dealer; mayor
of Mt. Kisco, N.Y., 1947.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Jeremiah F. Ryan (1882-1948) —
also known as Jere F. Ryan —
of Bayside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Auburndale, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1882.
Democrat. Engineer;
building
contractor; automobile dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1926-28;
defeated, 1928; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1932;
New York City Commissioner of Markets, 1933-34.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Moose; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, in Flushing Hospital,
Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April 2,
1948 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Ryan and Catherine (Kane) Ryan. |
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Frank L. Seaker (1873-1931) —
of Gouverneur, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in 1873.
Republican. Farmer;
automobile dealer; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 1st District, 1912-21.
Died in 1931
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Gouverneur, N.Y.
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Lewis G. Stapley —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Republican. Farmer;
automobile dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1922-26.
Burial location unknown.
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Ulrich Weisendanger —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Westchester
County Sheriff, 1916; automobile dealer; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1924-25; defeated, 1921, 1925, 1935.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Grace Percival. |
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Vincent John Whibbs, Sr. (1920-2006) —
also known as Vince Whibbs —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
8, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; automobile
dealer; mayor
of Pensacola, Fla., 1978-91.
Catholic.
Member, Navy
League; Rotary.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., May 30,
2006 (age 86 years, 111
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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