Ben Johnson “was born at Haverhill, Grafton Co., N. H., June 22, 1784. His father was a native of Enfield [NH], in the same county. He was married in Fayette, Seneca Co., N. Y., Nov. 20, 1817, to Jane, a daughter of Peter Dey, an early settler in ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 09, 2026 15:04
Henry B. Pierce and Duane Hamilton Hurd, History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins, and Schuyler Counties, New York, Philadelphia: Everts & Ensign, 1879,...
“DIED SMITH – In Ithaca, Sunday evening, August 23, 1896, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Smith, in her 95th year. Funeral services at her late home with Miss Barnes, No. 28 Linn street, Tuesday at 4 P.M. Interment in the city cemetery.”
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 27, 2025 19:00
Elizabeth P Smith’s death notice, Ithaca Daily Journal, August 24, 1896, 6, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18960824-01.1.6
The J B Lang Engine & Garage Co. (Inc.), machine shopping, agricultural implements, 117-129 E Green St
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 05, 2026 02:08
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1940 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
117-119 E Green St Ithaca (as of 1899) 17-19 E Green St Ithaca
"Mrs. Helen Moore Ogle, age 21 years, wife of Robert H. Ogle, died Saturday, Oct. 3, at 5:40 o'clock after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mary Ellen, and Helen Irene and her mother, Irene C. Moore. Before her m...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 03, 2026 02:57
Obituary of Mrs. Helen Moore Ogle, Ithaca Daily News, October 5, 1908, 2.
Obituary for Clinton D. Peters, Ithaca Journal, August 14, 1942, 3
"He [Charles Otis Wilson] was a life member of American Legion Post, a life member of the Musicians Union, a life member of Disabled American Veterans, and a member of Henry Garnet Lodge F. & A.M. A veteran of World War I, he served as adjuta...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 27, 2024 17:25
"Tax Consultant is Dead at 77," Ithaca Journal, March 13, 1973, 5.
Norton & Hanford’s Ithaca City Directory for 1899 Ithaca, NY
Hattie Moon married John W Corbin in Binghamton (Broome County), New York in about 1891. John W Corbin shot his wife, Hattie on January 1, 1896.
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 08, 2026 14:54
"A New Year Tragedy," Ithaca Daily Journal, January 2, 1896, 3, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18960102-01.1.3
“Mr. Ben Morse, who after a long residence in Ithaca, left here eleven years ago, is in town today. Mr. Morse is now located at Trumansburg, where he represents a life insurance company.”
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 03, 2026 21:50
“Purely Personal,” Ithaca Daily Journal, January 2, 1892, 3, accessed, July 3, 2026, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18920102-01.1.3
Susan Hillery’s last will and testament written October 10, 1893 Mentions the following individuals: Her son-in-law Sam Smith and his wife, her adopted daughter Mary Smith and her adopted son John Williams The living children of Sam and Mary Sm...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 10, 2026 13:50
Susan S Hillery in the New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, Ancestry.com.
“Mrs. Martha J. Smith Spencer, wife of Frank A. Spencer, who died at about 2:30 p.m. yesterday, was born in Richmond, Va., in 1863. She was married in New York city in 1887, and with her family came to Ithaca in 1892. She was the mother of four ch...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 23, 2026 18:59
“Mrs. Spencer’s Funeral,” Ithaca Daily News, December 12, 1903, 1.
119-121 S Aurora St Traveler's Hotel, Harry E Potter, Proprietor 121 Rear S Aurora St George A Reed, Blacksmith
Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on April 01, 2025 23:01
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1940 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
119-121 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899) 15-17 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1878) 14 S Aurora St Ithaca
"Died Mackall--In Ithaca, Saturday March 19, 1881, aged 75 years, Charlotte, wife of Rev. B. Mackall. The friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral which will be from Zion Church, Wheat street, Tuesday March 22, at 2 p.m. Rev. C.A. ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 22, 2024 17:07
Death notice for Charlotte Mackall, Ithaca Daily Journal, March 21, 1881, 1.