Businessman. He was America’s foremost clothes designer during his time.  Family links:  Parents:  William Louis Bendel (1837 – 1874)  Mary Plonsky Bendel Falk (1839 – 1915)  Spouses:  Blanche Lehman Bendel (1862 – 1895)*  Abraham Beekman Bastedo (1877 – 1953)*  Siblings:  Samuel Bendel (1864 – 1935)*  Isaac Bendel (1867 – 1952)*  Henri Bendel (1868 – 1936)  Rose B Bendel Kahn (1873 – 1941)*  Louise Bendel Meyer (1874 – 1949)* *Calculated relationship