Name/Title
Harry Hamlin,FounderEntry/Object ID
00989Description
Founder, Country Club of Buffalo 1889. Member of Board of Directors of the Pan American Exposition in 1901.His family founded Buffalo Grape Sugar Co. in 1874 where he and his brother William and father worked which later merged and was sold to The American Fructose Company in 1897 . The family established Village Farm in East Aurora and soon became the most influential of the 20th century harness-racing breeders of the East . Harry Hamlin died at the age of 51 in an automobile accident .His occupations were described as millionaire clubman , horseman and automobile enthusiast. His son Chauncey Jerome became a lawyer and married poet and journalist David Gray’s daughter Emily Gray . Their grandson is actor Harry Hamlin.Create Date
July 28, 2025Update Date
January 6, 2026
