Editing Port Jervis, New York (section)

==Notable people==
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Notable current and former residents of Port Jervis include:
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*[[Frank Abbott (politician)|Frank Abbott]], Mayor of Port Jervis from 1874 to 1876
* [[Ed Banach|Ed]] and [[Lou Banach]], University of Iowa [[Collegiate wrestling|wrestlers]], NCAA All-Americans and NCAA Champions, [[1984 Summer Olympics]] gold medalists in [[freestyle wrestling]], lived in Port Jervis and graduated from Port Jervis Senior High School.<ref>Rimer, Sara. [https://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F60A15FB3B5C0C708CDDA00894DC484D81 "Port Jervis Celebrates Its Conquering Heroes"], ''[[New York Times]]'', September 3, 1984. Accessed October 10, 2007. "The Banach boys, as everyone knows them here, came back home this weekend, and as the townspeople celebrated their own Olympic gold medalists with a day of marching bands, waving flags and heartfelt speeches, all the hard times and disasters Port Jervis had endured seemed at last forgotten."</ref>
* [[William Stiles Bennet]] (1870–1962), U.S. representative for [[New York's 17th congressional district]] from 1905 to 1911 and [[New York's 23rd congressional district]] from 1915 to 1917.
* [[Daniel Cohen (children's writer)|Daniel Cohen]], children's book author<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.recordonline.com/article/20111021/NEWS/110210365|title=Lockerbie victim's mom happy to see 'monster' Gadhafi gone|newspaper=[[Times Herald-Record]]|date=2011-10-21|access-date=2021-04-03|quote=Theo’s parents, Susan and Dan Cohen, moved from Port Jervis to Cape May Courthouse, N.J.,[...]}}</ref>
* [[Stephen Crane]], author of [[The Red Badge of Courage]], lived in Port Jervis between the ages 6–11 and frequently visited and wrote there from 1891 to early 1897.<ref>Wertheim, Stanley and Paul Sorrentino. 1994. The Crane Log: A Documentary Life of Stephen Crane, 1871–1900. pp. 13–30, 54, 65, 71, 108, et al to 240, New York: G. K. Hall & Co. {{ISBN|0-8161-7292-7}}.</ref>
*[[William Howe Crane]] (1854–1926), older brother of [[Stephen Crane]], lived and practiced law in Port Jervis for many years.
* [[Stefanie Dolson]], basketball player for the [[New York Liberty]] and formerly of the [[Connecticut Huskies Women's Basketball]] team, was born in Port Jervis. She was a high school standout at nearby Minisink Valley High School, where she was a McDonald's All-American and won multiple National Championships with Connecticut. 
* [[Samuel Fowler (1851–1919)|Samuel Fowler]] (1851–1919) represented [[New Jersey]]'s [[New Jersey's 4th congressional district|4th congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1893 to 1895.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000326 Samuel Fowler], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed September 4, 2007.</ref>
* [[E. Arthur Gray]] (1925–2006) was the longest-serving mayor of Port Jervis and was later a New York State Senator. The Port Jervis United States Post Office building is dedicated in his name.<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r110:H10MR8-0020: "E. Arthur Gray Post Office Building"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828042207/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r110:H10MR8-0020: |date=2014-08-28 }} in the ''Congressional Record'' (March 10, 2008)</ref>
* [[Benjamin Hafner]] (March 24, 1821–spring 1899), known as "The Flying Dutchman" and "Uncle Ben", was an American locomotive engineer who worked for the Erie Railway.
*[[Albert Hammond Jr.]], (1980–), musician and music producer best known as a guitarist of [[The Strokes]]. His One Way Studio in the area is where much of the albums ''[[Angles (The Strokes album)|Angles]]'' and ''[[Comedown Machine]]'' were recorded, among others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gus Oberg: Recording The Strokes' Angles|url=https://www.soundonsound.com/people/gus-oberg-recording-strokes-angles|access-date=2020-11-11|website=Sound on Sound|quote=[In 2007-2008]... Albert and I needed a place to work, so we started to build what's now his One Way Studios, which is located one and a half hours' drive from Manhattan, in the Catskill Mountains. Albert and I designed the studio together. We had a building constructed from scratch...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Frisicano|first=Andrew|date=September 15, 2015|title=See photos from our interview with Albert Hammond Jr.|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/see-photos-from-our-interview-with-albert-hammond-jr|access-date=2020-11-07|website=Time Out New York|language=en|quote=He might live upstate these days (Eldred, NY, to be exact)...}}</ref>
* [[Bucky Harris]], Baseball player/manager and Hall of Famer; born in Port Jervis.
* The [[Kalin Twins]], Hal (1934–2005) and Herbie (1934–2006), were [[one hit wonders]] whose record "[[When (1958 song)|When]]" made the top 5 in the U.S. and was number one for five weeks in the U.K. in 1958.     
* [[Francis Marvin]] (1828–1905), U.S. representative for [[New York's 17th congressional district]] from 1893 to 1895.
* [[William C. Norris (general)|William C. Norris]] (1926–2024), a [[Major general (United States)|major general]] who served in the [[United States Air Force]] from 1945 to 1980.
* [[Amar'e Stoudemire]] (1982–), former professional basketball player for the [[New York Knicks]]. Lived in Port Jervis for a duration of grade school and middle school.  It is said that this is where he played basketball at local parks and first fell in love with the sport of basketball.
* [[Hudson Van Etten]], [[Medal of Honor]] recipient, was born in Port Jervis.
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