BIO: Harold A. Hendy; Buffalo, Erie, Co., NY

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History of Northwestern New York: Erie, Niagara, Wyoming, Genesee and
Orleans Counties.
Lewis Historical Pub. Company, pub. about 1947 (?)
Vol. 3 Biographies

HAROLD A. HENDY
Like many successful men, Harold A. Hendy of Buffalo, has traveled by
relatively indirect routes to his present prominent place in business. He was
born in Otsego County, New York, on June 29, 1909, son of William L. and Leone
(Hubell) Hendy, his mother coming originally from Delaware County. His father,
born at Cornwall, Penzance, England, was brought to the United States as an
infant and eventually settled in Portlandville, New York, where he engaged in
commercial pursuits and railroading. On his mother’s side, Harold A. Hendy is
eligible to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution, by reason of
three legacies through Joseph DeSylvia.

Harold A. Hendy was educated in the district schools of the township of
Milford, New York, Hartwick Scmmary at Hartwick, and Colgate University, at
Hamilton, this State. His first employment of note was with the Cereal
Byproducts Company, of Buffalo, with which he was associated from 1927 to
1938. In 1939, he established the Hendy Feed Company, with headquarters in the
Chamber of Commerce Building in Buffalo. He is president of this corporation
that whosesales feed and grain, with associated offices at Utica. New York;
Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Omaha,
Nebraska.

Keeping in touch with men in his same line of business. Mr. Hendy is a member
of the Chicago Feed Club and the Buffalo Flour Club. He belongs to the city
chamber of commerce, the Buffalo Athletic Club, and the Park Country Club. He
is a devotee of hunting, fishing and golf, and is a popular member of the
Seigniory Club of Montibello, Province of Quebec, Canada. He attends religious
services in St. Paul’s Cathedral, Buffalo, and is generous in his support of
civic, humanitarian and religious undertakings.

At Erie, Pennsylvania, June 22, 1932, Harold A. Hendy married Seretha Liegl, a
native of Buffalo, daughter of George M. and Margaret (Wolf) Liegl. Mr. and
Mrs. Hendy have a son, Michael George Hendy, born April 2, 1946.