Narratives

Harry Bellis Dahmen Captain, U.S. Navy, World War II, Korea, Vietnam DoB: 30 Mar 1918 Died: 11 Sep 1970 Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Submitted by Caroline Arms on October 08, 2025 17:09

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Harry B Dahmen

Clarence W. Peirce (The Peirce Coal Co), home 220 S Albany St  The Perice Coal Co (Willard B Peirce and Clarence W Peirce), 702 W State St 

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 17, 2026 02:13

Norton & Hanford’s Ithaca City Directory for 1899 Ithaca, NY

Clarence W Peirce

"Mr. and Mrs. John Abbott of 210 N. Corn St. announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Victoria Abbott, to Staff Sergeant Marion Harlow Dean, son of H. G. Dean and Mrs. Dean of 505 S. Albany St."

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 09, 2025 01:37

"Engagements: Dean-Abbott," Ithaca Journal, September 18, 1945, 4.

M Harlow Dean
Victoria A Dean

Forest City Plumbing Co (J W Williams & Edwin R. Brown), dealers in gas, water, and steam goods, steam and hot water heating, 213 E Seneca St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 17, 2025 16:42

Norton & Hanford’s Ithaca City Directory for 1899 Ithaca, NY

213 E Seneca St Ithaca (as of 1899) 43 E Seneca St Ithaca

Elks Restaurant

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 03, 2025 22:07

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1954 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

119 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 11 S Tioga St Ithaca

Morgan Edward Dennis born February 8, 1842 in Tioga County, New York to Charles Dennis and Catharine Simons, residence Ithaca, New York, enlisted December 25, 1863 in Ithaca NY, 26th United States Colored Troops, Company B.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 19, 2026 18:15

Morgan Edward Dennis in the New York, U.S., Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 , Ancestry.com

Morgan Dennis

207 S Tioga St Ithaca Scientific Instrument Co.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 17, 2025 23:46

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1954 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

207 S Tioga St Ithaca

D B Stewart & Co Inc, oil, 201-205 S Tioga St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 04, 2025 01:24

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1940 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

203 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)

Bailey Distributing Co, 205 S Tioga St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 04, 2025 01:25

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1940 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

205 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 25 S Tioga St Ithaca

Vacant

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 13, 2025 19:34

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1954 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

120 W Falls St Ithaca

Multi-Family Construction: ;  Roof of Main Structure: Shingle;  Additional Sections: Section 1, back (W), 2 story, composition roof;  Porches: ;  Outbuildings: ;  Other: Brick 1st, incorrectly labeled 1014 on Sanborn map;

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 21, 2025 20:30

1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas

1012 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 228 N Tioga St Ithaca

Ithaca Wall Paper Mills, George E Coy president, Bradford Almy secretary, William Hazlitt Smith treasurer, C M Clinton superintendent, manufacturers of paper hangings 400 to 600 N Fulton St, office foot of Esty St. 

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 04, 2025 18:38

Norton & Hanford’s Ithaca City Directory for 1901 Ithaca, NY

400-600 N Fulton St Ithaca

Charles Boykin’s Body Shop, Charles L. Boykin, proprietor, 319 W State St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 03, 2025 03:36

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, February 1970 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

321 W State St Ithaca (as of 2000) 319 W State St Ithaca (as of 1945)

Mrs. Hannah Stillwell, Stillwell & Co groceries and provisions, 223 N Aurora St corner of Queen St.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 28, 2025 22:00

Norton’s Ithaca City Directory and County Business Directory for 1890-91 E. D. Norton, Printer and Publisher, Ithaca, NY

Hannah Stillwell

Elmer C. Stillwell, manager Stillwell & Co. groceries and provisions, home 223 N Aurora St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 28, 2025 22:01

Norton’s Ithaca City Directory and County Business Directory for 1890-91 E. D. Norton, Printer and Publisher, Ithaca, NY

Elmer C Stillwell

1910 Sanborn: 2 story back section; porch on rear west; roof metal

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 03, 2025 03:48

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection

319 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 59 W State St Ithaca

Earl M. Brown, son of Fred E. and Lottie Moffatt Brown, born Ithaca, NY, married Alice M. Ferris born Spencer, NY, in 1916. 

Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 15, 2026 15:53

Earl M Brown in the New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936, Ancestry.com

Earl M Brown
Alice M Brown

“Rev. Thomas Allen, of Ithaca, has organized an African Wesleyan Methodist society at Waverly.” 

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 11, 2026 01:14

“Personal,” Ithaca Daily Journal, May 25, 1881, 4, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18810525-01.1.4 

Rev Thomas N Allen

James M Macumber (Macumber & Mood), 32 Railroad Ave Macumber & Mood (James Macumber & Linford Mood), stone ware manufacturer, 1 Railroad Ave, corner Lake St.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 16, 2025 20:41

Norton’s Ithaca City Directory and County Business Directory for 1890-91 E. D. Norton, Printer and Publisher, Ithaca, NY

James Macumber

Anna G. Granville married Corry J. Wilsey on November 26, 1902 in Ithaca, NY

Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 16, 2025 00:31

Anna G. Granville in the New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, Ancestry.com

Anna Willsey
Corry J Willsey