"...Mrs. Helen A. Henry, aged seventy-two years, died Saturday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Lucy I. Suzey of 119 Cleveland avenue. She leaves three sisters, Mrs. Lucy I. Suzey of Ithaca, Mrs. Maria Maxfield and Mrs. Anna E. King of Penn Yan. ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 13, 2026 20:40
"Aged Ithacans Are Buried on Sunday," Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY), April 30, 1912, 2.
"Thomas Mahoney, an aged and much esteemed resident of this city, died this morning at his home, 619 Hudson Street. Mr. Mahoney was one of the early settlers of South Hill, and spent sixty years of his life there. He leaves five daughters, Miss Ne...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 04, 2026 15:49
Obituary of Thomas Mahoney, Ithaca Daily News, September 4, 1919, 5.
“Bernard F. McCormick, a well known merchant tailor in this city for a number of years and chief of the Ithaca Fire Department In 1897 and 1898, died last evening at the residence of his sister, Mrs. George Gordon, 1?9 South Meadow street. He was ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 15, 2026 20:20
“B. F. McCormick Dies Following Long Illness,” Ithaca Journal-News, November 20, 1922, 5.
“Funeral services for Frank T. Brock, 66, will be held at the Gilbert Undertaking Parlors, 125 East Buffalo Street, Wednesday at 2 p.m. The Rev. C. E. Humiston will officiate. Burial will be in the Curtis Cemetery at Danby. He is survived by t...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 04, 2026 19:23
“Deaths and Funerals: Frank T. Brock,” Ithaca Journal, October 2, 1934, 5.
“Mrs. Agnes Milton, 58, of 223 Cliff St. died at Tompkins County Hospital on Monday. May 13, 1968 after a long illness. A pianist, Mrs. Milton had been the organist for Calvary Baptist Church for most of the 45 years she had been a member. Both du...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 03, 2026 00:33
“Deaths, Funerals: Mrs. Agnes Milton,” Ithaca Journal, May 14, 1968, 7.
"Mr. George McCormick died at his residence No. 59 North Geneva street, at 8 o'clock last evening. The younger business men in Ithaca have nearly all entered upon the scene since the subject of this brief sketch retired from active life, but to th...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 25, 2024 18:14
"Death of George McCormick," Ithaca Daily Journal, March 28, 1883, 3.
"Mrs. Ethel M. Scott, 53, of 118 S. Plain St., died Wednesday, Mar. 12, 1947, at her home after a long illness. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church, Needlecraft Club, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peopl...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 25, 2026 18:14
"Deaths, Funerals: Mrs. Ethel M. Scott," Ithaca Journal, March 13, 1947, 5.
"Mrs. Lillian Walker, 79, of 516 South Plain Street, died Saturday afternoon, August 1, at her home. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev B.H. Payne officiating. Interment will be in Lake View Cemetery. ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 19, 2026 18:59
Obituary of Mrs. Lillian Walker, Ithaca Journal, August 3, 1931, 5.
"Miss Ada B. Smith, 88. formerly of 613 Hudson St., and for the last ten years a resident at The Home 514 S. Aurora St., died Tuesday December 31, 1957, at Oak Hill Manor Nursing Home, 602 Hudson St. She was born in Ithaca the daughter of Wil...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 20, 2026 00:39
"Deaths, Funerals: Ada B. Smith," Ithaca Journal, January 2, 1958, 2,
“Albert H. Landon, 84, a native and life-long resident of Brooktondale, died at 4 a. m. today, Thursday, June 27, 1940, at his home in Brooktondale. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Gilbert's Undertaking Parlors, 125 E. Buffalo...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 17, 2026 16:58
“Deaths and Funerals: Albert H Landon,” Ithaca Journal, June 27, 1940, 5.
"William H. Taylor, 56, of 213 North Corn Street, for the past 20 years head chef at Prudence Risley Hall at Cornell, died at Memorial Hospital at 3 p. m. Thursday, June 4, 1936, following a short illness. Mr. Taylor was born in Odessa and cam...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 13, 2026 00:57
"Death Takes W. H. Taylor, Cornell Chef," Ithaca Journal, June 5, 1936, 7
“Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, whose death is noted in another place, was born near Danbury, Conn., in 1802. Her early married life was passed in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. In 1835 she removed with her family to this place,-then a village of about 4,000 inhabitan...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 27, 2025 19:01
“A LONG LIFE CLOSED” Ithaca Daily Journal, August 24, 1896, 6, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18960824-01.1.6
"Mrs. Julia Virginia White, 79, died unexpectedly Friday, Feb. 29, 1929, at her home, 311 S. Plain St. Widow of the Rev. William D. White, she was a member of the St. James AME Zion Church of which her husband was a former pastor. She is sur...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 25, 2026 17:24
"Deaths, Funerals: Mrs. Julia Virginia White," Ithaca Journal, March 1, 1952, 3.
“Ithaca, N. Y.- -Frank A. Spencer, 63 years old, once a world famous jockey, and for the past 14 years head groom at the State Veterinary College at Cornell University, died at Ithaca Memorial Hospital from pneumonia on April 6. He had been a...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 22, 2024 18:06
"Frank Spencer, Famous Jockey, Dies at Ithaca: Made Two Trips Around World Riding for Foxhall Keane," New York Age (New York, NY), April 23, 1927, ...
“Miss M. Beatrice Carter of 221 S. Plain St. died at home today, Dec.15, 1969. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tucker Carter, and was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Ithaca High School and the Rochester ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 11, 2026 03:36
“Deaths, Funerals: Miss M. Beatrice Carter,” Ithaca Journal, December 15, 1969, 5.
“Mrs. Mathilda Albertina Washington, widow of Elijah Washington, died about 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon of complications following a two months’ illness. She has been a resident of this city for the past 30 years. She was a member of the Calvary...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 10, 2026 21:10
“Deaths and Funerals: Mrs. Mathilda A. Washington,” Ithaca Journal, July 30, 1924, 5.
"CHRYST, Phillip Caroline, NY. died; Oct. 22, 1856 dau., Frances CHRYST, age 14 the petitioner dau., Sarah Louise age 6 dau., Lucy, deceased, left children, viz Charlotte VAN DYKE, age 6, Egbert Nichols VAN DYKE, age 3 The petitioner asks that Ad...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 22, 2026 03:18
Intestate Estates of Tompkins County, New York 1850-1875, Ithaca, N.Y. : [publisher not identified], [1945?] https://tompkins.nygenweb.net/twill00...
"A family was made homeless and another Tompkins County landmark wiped out by fire at Caroline early Sunday. The building destroyed was known as the old Nathanial Tobey tavern, built about 1804 and for many years one of the principal stopping...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 24, 2026 21:10
"Fire Destroys Caroline's Tobey Tavern," Ithaca Journal, February 21, 1938, 3.