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“When Conley’s Liquor Store moves from its present location at 115 S. Aurora St. to 907 Hanshaw Rd. Monday, it will be the first time in 68 years the Conley family hasn’t had an enterprise at that address.  The liquor store is a part of the Old Fa...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 14, 2026 20:31

“Liquor Store Move To Mark Era’s End,” Ithaca Journal, March 29, 1956, 5. 

James Conley

Name of Individual: Tracey Evans Specialty: General Farming & Dairy & Poultry Clock System House Number: 4-2-E Community: Caroline Current Street Address: Blackman Hill Rd Post Office/Rural Delivery Route: Berkshire RD 1 Telephone: --  

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 17, 2024 00:09

“Clock System” Rural Index Caroline Township, 1920, Ithaca, N.Y.: American Rural Index Corporation Eastern Division, 1920. HistoryForge transcripti...

Tracy S Evans

Sarah S Moss, housekeeper, 2 Grove Pl, residence 416 First St William Moss, laborer, home 416 First St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 08, 2025 02:29

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

416 First St Ithaca (as of 1899) 70 First St Ithaca

William Moss
Sarah Elizabeth Moss

Edward Scott emp YMCA resides 311 S Plain St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 25, 2026 18:22

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1951 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Edward Scott

Multi-Family Construction: Duplex with #105 Farm St;  Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible ;  Additional Sections: ;  Porches: Porch 1, back (S), 1 story, shingle roof;  Outbuildings: ;  Other: ;

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 02, 2025 02:07

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

107 Farm St Ithaca (as of 1899) 7 Farm St Ithaca (as of 1878) 55 Farm St Ithaca

Rush P Jones printer 101 E State St, home 219 S Cayuga St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 28, 2026 01:08

Norton & Goodhue’s Ithaca City Directory for 1919-20 Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

Rush Jones

Name of Individual: Bowne Mulks Specialty: General Farming Clock System House Number: 8-1-P Community: Slaterville Current Street Address: 2409 Slaterville Rd? Post Office/Rural Delivery Route: Slaterville RD 22 Telephone: Slaterville

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 20, 2024 02:56

“Clock System” Rural Index Caroline Township, 1920, Ithaca, N.Y.: American Rural Index Corporation Eastern Division, 1920. HistoryForge transcripti...

Bowne Mulks

MultiFamily?: Single;  Sections: None;  Roof: Metal  Outbuildings: None;  Porches: small S W corner  Style: ;  Other: Bay window on S;

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 24, 2026 19:10

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

416 S Plain St Ithaca (as of 1899) 66 S Plain St Ithaca

Name of Individual: Leon Jones Specialty: General Farming Clock System House Number: 12-2-E Community: Speedsville Current Street Address: Blackman Hill Rd Post Office/Rural Delivery Route: Berkshire RD 1 Telephone: --

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 18, 2024 01:37

“Clock System” Rural Index Caroline Township, 1920, Ithaca, N.Y.: American Rural Index Corporation Eastern Division, 1920. HistoryForge transcripti...

Leon S Jones

John H. Tyler, ice cream 109 Wheat St, home 109 Wheat St 

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 20, 2026 15:41

Name of Individual: John Middaugh Specialty: General Farming Clock System House Number: 8-0-J Community: Slaterville Current Street Address: Slaterville Rd or Creamery Rd Post Office/Rural Delivery Route: Slaterville Springs Telephone: Caroline

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 19, 2024 23:01

“Clock System” Rural Index Caroline Township, 1920, Ithaca, N.Y.: American Rural Index Corporation Eastern Division, 1920. HistoryForge transcripti...

John B Middaugh

201-207 S Cayuga St  Smith's Atlantic Services Harold H Smith, prop

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on April 05, 2025 03:45

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

201 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1916)

Name of Individual: Floyd Abbey Compass System Address: 10E Ithaca 30A Current Address: Six Hundred Rd Post Office/Rural Delivery Route: Slaterville Springs Farm Type/Residence: General Farm Owned or Rented: Owned

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 26, 2024 01:52

Tompkins County, N.Y. Rural Index & "Compass System" Map, Ithaca, N.Y.: Rural Directories, Inc., 1937. HistoryForge Transcription. Digitized versio...

Floyd A Abbey

“Five hundred invitations have been sent friends of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Williams of 119 Cleveland Ave, who will observe their 50th wedding anniversary at their home on Tuesday, November 11. The reason for the many invitations is that Mr. Willi...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 10, 2026 22:09

“W. R. Williams Will Celebrate Golden Wedding Nov. 11,” Ithaca Journal, October 30, 1930, 7.

William Riley Williams

Lucy May Peterson Clayburn married John Chapman Wye April 8, 1932 in Tompkins County, NY.  

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 02, 2026 01:54

John Chapman Wye in the New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936, Ancestry.com

John C Wye
Lula Wye

William Henry Brown, born June 6, 1883, in Newark Valley, NY. Aunt, Mrs. Ora Spaulding,  "Name: William Henry Brown Gender: Male Race: Black Birth Date: 6 Jun 1883 Birth Place: Newark Valley, New York, USA Residence Place: 501 W Green St, Ithaca, ...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 19, 2026 23:23

 William Henry Brown in the U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Ancestry.com

William H Brown

Bunnell Commercial Lettering, George Bunnell proprietor, 218 First St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 09, 2026 20:31

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

218 First St Ithaca

"The demolition of E. S. Esty's old tannery buildings on the corer of Tioga and Green streets is proceeding rapidly. Workmen commenced removing the large roof on Saturday last, which is cut up in sections to be used as covers for the bark piles on...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 03, 2026 22:21

Ithaca Journal, August 22, 1871, 1, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=tij18710822-01.1.1

Esty's Tannery Green and Tioga St Ithaca

Head-Titus Brum, age 75, born Greene County, married, none (occupation),owner of land Wife-Eunice Brum, age 72, born Cayuga County, married Son-Theodore F. Brum, age 29, born Tompkins County, single, waiter in hotel Daughter-Alice Brum, age 23, bo...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 09, 2026 01:36

1875 NY State Census, Town of Ithaca, ED 2, p12

Julia Terry

Properties demolished for “…a new Woolworth Department Store in Project 1 of Urban Renewal…” on the block comprising Cayuga St, Green St, Tioga St, and Six Mile Creek included:  "-William T. Pritchard, Inc. 217 S Cayuga St., tenant of William Cook...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 27, 2026 20:47

Jerry Langdon, “Urban Renewal ‘Possession’ Hearing Set Tuesday,” Ithaca Journal, January 23, 1967, 9. 

217-219 S Cayuga St Ithaca