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Frank X. Bernhardt Frank X. Bernhardt — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Republican. Hotel business; wholesale wine and liquor business; garage business; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 35th District, 1906; member of New York state assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1925-34, 1936; defeated, 1934. Catholic. Member, Eagles. Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: Francis Xavier
  Relatives: Son of Aloys Bernhardt and Martina (Hoffman) Bernhardt.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  Jerry W. Black (b. 1898) — of Hector, Schuyler County, N.Y. Born August 13, 1898. Republican. Farmer; garage owner; member of New York state assembly from Schuyler County, 1945-64. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Grange. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Black and Anna Black; married, October 15, 1921, to Mabel Bower.
  Hooker Austin Doolittle (1889-1966) — also known as Hooker A. Doolittle — of Rahway, Union County, N.J.; Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga.; Utica, Oneida County, N.Y.; Tangier, Morocco. Born in Mohawk, Herkimer County, N.Y., January 27, 1889. Automobile accessories business; U.S. Vice Consul in Tiflis, 1917-21; Madras, 1921-23; Marseille, 1923-26; U.S. Consul in Bilbao, 1926-32; Tangier, as of 1938; U.S. Consul General in Rabat, as of 1943; Alexandria, as of 1947. Episcopalian. Member, Sigma Nu. Died,from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Tangier, Morocco, November 30, 1966 (age 77 years, 307 days). Interment at St. Andrew Graveyard, Tangier, Morocco.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Hooker Doolittle and Minnie Katharine (Schall) Doolittle; married, March 5, 1921, to Veronica Bergmann; second cousin four times removed of James Doolittle Wooster.
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  Herman Daniel Farrell Jr. (1932-2018) — also known as Denny Farrell — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 4, 1932. Democrat. Automobile mechanic; member of New York state assembly, 1975-2017 (74th District 1975-82, 71st District 1983-2017); resigned 2017; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980, 1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1985; member of Democratic National Committee from New York, 1988, 2004-08; Democratic Presidential Elector for New York, 1996; Democratic Presidential Elector for New York, 2000 (voted for Al Gore and Joseph I. Lieberman); New York Democratic state chair, 2001-06. African ancestry. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 26, 2018 (age 86 years, 111 days). Burial location unknown.
  Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park (opened 1993 as Riverbank State Park; renamed 2017), in Manhattan, New York, is named for him.  — The Herman 'Denny' Farrell Pedestrian Bridge (opened 2017), over the Henry Hudson Parkway and railroad tracks, to Riverside Park, in Manhattan, New York, is named for him.
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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.
  Relatives: Son of Fred W. Forness and Mary (Riehle) Forness; married to Bird Lillian Merrill.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George C. Hisgen — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Oil and axle grease dealer; Independence League candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 23rd District, 1906, 1908; Independence League candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1908. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Brother of Thomas Louis Hisgen.
  James A. Latour (b. 1871) — of Saranac Lake, Franklin County, N.Y. Born in Harriettstown, Franklin County, N.Y., November 6, 1871. Republican. Coal, ice and feed business; partner in a garage at Malone, N.Y.; Franklin County Treasurer, 1916-21; postmaster at Saranac Lake, N.Y., 1921-29; member of New York state assembly from Franklin County, 1930-34. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Tuffield Latour.
  David Mawhinney (1914-1995) — also known as Dave Mawhinney — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y.; Miramar, Broward County, Fla. Born, of American parents, in Montreal, Quebec, 1914. Supermarket owner; service station owner; police officer; candidate for mayor of Miramar, Fla., 1959, 1960. Died in 1995 (age about 81 years). Interment at Riverview Memorial Park, Fort Pierce, Fla.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy (1878-1937) — also known as Grayson M. P. Murphy — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 19, 1878. Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Commissioner of the American Red Cross in Europe, 1917; financier; director, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, National Aviation Corporation; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Died, of bronchial pneumonia, in Doctors Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 18, 1937 (age 58 years, 303 days). Interment at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Howard Murphy and Anita (Mallet-Prevost) Murphy; married, April 19, 1906, to Maud Donaldson; father of Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy Jr..

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