1426 Hanshaw Rd Ithaca
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- 1426 Hanshaw Rd Ithaca
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1914 American Agriculturist Farm Directory Map of Tompkins County
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1919-1920 "Clock System" Rural Index Map Tompkins County Towns
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1937 "Compass System" Rural Index Map Tompkins County
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Sub-division Map No. 1 of Morris Farm on Hanshaw Road in Town of Ithaca, N.Y. Rocco Lucenti, Owner & Developer. By Carl Crandall, C.E. Sept 14, 1957. One of three surveys on one page, BF023410-001, Filed in Map Drawer F-1 Page 68. Rocco Lucente was preparing to build 9 new houses along the north side of Hanshaw Rd and build Salem Rd for access to more houses to be developed later, north of this subdivision. The existing house, the Morris farmhouse, is shown as No. 1426. Sept 14, 1957
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Obituary for Charles L. Morris
The Ithaca Journal, Aug 15 1950, P. 5
"Charles L. Morris, 82, a lifelong resident of Tompkins County until he moved to Williamsville [Erie County, NY] 4 years ago to make his home with his son, Benn G. Morris, died in Williamsville, Monday, Aug. 14, 1950.
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He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Hanshaw Morris; a son, Benn G. Morris; two grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews."
The Ithaca Journal, Aug 15 1950, P. 5
"Charles L. Morris, 82, a lifelong resident of Tompkins County until he moved to Williamsville [Erie County, NY] 4 years ago to make his home with his son, Benn G. Morris, died in Williamsville, Monday, Aug. 14, 1950.
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He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Hanshaw Morris; a son, Benn G. Morris; two grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews."
- Obituary for Charles L. Morris. The Ithaca Journal, Aug 15 1950, P. 5. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal-obituary-for-charles/176462066/]
Aug 15, 1950
Charles Levi Morris (born 1868) and Emma Frances Morris, née Hanshaw (born 1866), owned and farmed this land for many decades. Their children, Levi (born 1887) and Benn (born 1900) grew up there. The farm appears in the American Agriculturalist Farm Directory from 1914 as having 59 acres.
They certainly lived there in 1904. The obituary for Mrs. Elizabeth M. Morris, mother of Charles was in the Ithaca Daily Journal, 15 December 1904, on p.3. It included, "The death of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Morris, widow of Levi Morris, occurred yesterday about 3 o'clock at the home of her son, Charles Morris one mile east of the Kline schoolhouse." That distance is consistent with the location of the house known since the 1950s as 1426 Hanshaw Rd.
They still owned the farm in 1950 at the time of the census, but had moved to live with their son Benn about 4 years earlier, according to Charles' obituary in the Ithaca Journal. Charles died in 1950 and Emma died in 1952.
A chronology of deeds between 1914 and 1959, when the farmhouse appeared in the Ithaca City Directory with the address 1426 Hanshaw Rd, follows. Deeds and maps referred to are all available from the online database service of the Tompkins County Clerk.
[BF144241-001 DEED MISC] Emma's will (dated 12/5/1949, recorded 4/1/1953) left everything to son Benn, who was also executor, if she survived her husband.
[BF084292-001 DEED] Benn G Morris to Rocco P Lucenti, dated 6/17/1957. Area was 45 acres more or less.
[BF023410-001 MAP] Sub-division Map No. 1 of Morris Farm on Hanshaw Road in Town of Ithaca, N.Y. Rocco Lucenti, Owner & Developer. By Carl Crandall, C.E. Sept 14, 1957. Proposal to build 9 houses on the north side of Hanshaw Rd, and give the farmhouse its own lot, with proposed house number #1426.
[BF085625-001 DEED] Rocco Lucenti to Robert H and Sylvia G Wahl, dated 12/18/1957.
Robert H. Wahl is listed at 1426 Hanshaw Rd. in 1959 Ithaca City Directory.
They certainly lived there in 1904. The obituary for Mrs. Elizabeth M. Morris, mother of Charles was in the Ithaca Daily Journal, 15 December 1904, on p.3. It included, "The death of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Morris, widow of Levi Morris, occurred yesterday about 3 o'clock at the home of her son, Charles Morris one mile east of the Kline schoolhouse." That distance is consistent with the location of the house known since the 1950s as 1426 Hanshaw Rd.
They still owned the farm in 1950 at the time of the census, but had moved to live with their son Benn about 4 years earlier, according to Charles' obituary in the Ithaca Journal. Charles died in 1950 and Emma died in 1952.
A chronology of deeds between 1914 and 1959, when the farmhouse appeared in the Ithaca City Directory with the address 1426 Hanshaw Rd, follows. Deeds and maps referred to are all available from the online database service of the Tompkins County Clerk.
[BF144241-001 DEED MISC] Emma's will (dated 12/5/1949, recorded 4/1/1953) left everything to son Benn, who was also executor, if she survived her husband.
[BF084292-001 DEED] Benn G Morris to Rocco P Lucenti, dated 6/17/1957. Area was 45 acres more or less.
[BF023410-001 MAP] Sub-division Map No. 1 of Morris Farm on Hanshaw Road in Town of Ithaca, N.Y. Rocco Lucenti, Owner & Developer. By Carl Crandall, C.E. Sept 14, 1957. Proposal to build 9 houses on the north side of Hanshaw Rd, and give the farmhouse its own lot, with proposed house number #1426.
[BF085625-001 DEED] Rocco Lucenti to Robert H and Sylvia G Wahl, dated 12/18/1957.
Robert H. Wahl is listed at 1426 Hanshaw Rd. in 1959 Ithaca City Directory.
- Obituary for Mrs. Elizabeth M. Morris. Ithaca Daily Journal, 15 December 1904, P.3. Middle of Col. 3 [https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj19041215-01.1.3&srpos=5&e=------190-en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22charles+morris%22-------Tompkins--]
- Deeds and maps referred to are all available from the online database service of the Tompkins County Clerk by searching by Instrument Number. [https://countyfusion3.kofiletech.us/countyweb/loginDisplay.action?countyname=Tompkins]