"John C. Wye, 73, of 117 Cleveland Ave, died today, Nov. 7, 1947, in Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was a member and chorister of the senior choir of the St. James A.M.E. Zion Church and a member of the Men of Zion of that church and a...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 02, 2026 01:57
Obituary of John C. Wye, Ithaca Journal, November 7, 1947, 5.
“The body of Mrs. Ida L. McWhorter, 74, widow of Eugene McWhorter, who died Sunday in Trumansburg, was brought here yesterday and buried in Lake View Cemetery. She leaves no near relatives. Mrs. McWhorter has lived in Ithaca nearly all her life. F...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 27, 2025 19:18
“Deaths and Funerals: Mrs. Ida L. McWhorter,” Ithaca Journal-News, February 2, 1921, 5.
"Mrs. Josephine Hines, 85, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Taylor of 213 North Corn Street. She was a former resident of Bath. She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. [Josephine] Taylor and Mrs. Georgia Andrews of Ithac...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 14, 2025 00:19
Obituary of Mrs. Josephine Hines, Ithaca Journal-News, March 24, 1931, 2.
“Mrs. Elvira Pollio, 62, of 602 W Buffalo St., died this morning, May 19, 1958, in Memorial Hospital, after a long illness. She and her husband, Vincenzo Pollio, who survives her, are the proprietors of Joe’s Restaurant, which they opened in 1933...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 03, 2026 20:54
“Mrs. Pollio Dead at 62,” Ithaca Journal, May 19, 1958, 3.
“The death of Mr. Ben Morse occurred at the house of his eldest son, Everett, in Trumansburg, at 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Mr. Morse had been in failing health for a considerable time, and only recently had been taken to his son’s home in th...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 03, 2026 21:49
“Death of Mr. Ben Morse,” Ithaca Daily Journal, March 7, 1902, 3, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj19020307-01.1.3
Will of Sarah Davenport Hammond Van Order April 9, 1868, probated October 19, 1868 in Tompkins County, NY Sarah Van Order bequeathed the house where she resided on the corner of Lewis St and N Cayuga to son Franklin Van Order and money to sons Wil...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 18, 2025 02:24
Sarah Vanorder in the New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, Ancestry.com
Franklin Van Order
Sarah Smith
Caroline Gunn
Ann Eliza Van Order
Sarah Van Order
Lewis Hammond
"State of New-York--Tompkins County Surrogate Court, March 5, 1866 To the County Judge of the County of Tompkins The petition of George McChain General Guardian of Ellen E Thomas + other children of Thomas H. Thomas deceased Respectfully Represe...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 07, 2026 01:45
"Estate of Thomas H. Thomas, Petition for Adm." Thomas H Thomas, New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, Ancestry.com
"Mrs. Plattie [sic] Robinson died on Tuesday evening, June 19, at her home, 327 Center Street. The funeral was held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Calvary Baptist Church, Rev. B. H. Payne, officiating. Interment was in Lake View Cemetery. S...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 21, 2026 19:04
"Deaths and Funerals: Mrs. Plattie Robinson," Ithaca Journal-News, June 21, 1928, 5.
“…Frank D. Woodford was born in Danby, October 14, 1847, at the family home. He entered Cornell University in 1868 in the science course and left in 1871. He became a school teacher and was principal for a number of years of the Setauket Union Sch...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 16, 2026 18:06
“Striken While Taking a Drive: Frank D. Woodford Dies Suddenly From Apoplectic Shock,” Ithaca Daily Journal, April 29, 1903, 3, accessed March 16, ...
"Mrs. Pearl Lorana Wilson, 78, of McGraw House, 221 S. Geneva St., Ithaca died Wednesday July 4, 1979 in Tompkins County Hospital after an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late William and Sarah Simpson Johnson. She was born in Ithaca...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 07, 2025 16:26
"Mrs. Pearl Lorana Wilson," Ithaca Journal, July 5, 1979, 4.
“The North Side Pharmacy has been purchased by Harry Ryerson and Frank Thorpe from the estate of the late Lee H Daniels. Ryerson and Thorpe, who have been in the drug business in Ithaca for some 27 years, worked for the late C. W. (Bob) Daniels w...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 16, 2026 20:14
“Pharmacy Changes Ownership,” Ithaca Journal, February 9, 1950, 9
507 N Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 107 N Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1888)
“...The Sanitary Ice Cream and Milk Company was recently taken over by a number of Tompkins County milk producers. A statement of the company’s plan to eliminate the ‘middleman’ says: ‘Recognizing that economic conditions of the day demand the eli...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 10, 2026 21:21
“Sanitary Company Will Sell Milk At 13 Cents February 1,” Ithaca Journal-News January 22, 1921, 5.
“Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services (INHS) has announced that two properties on Cleveland Avenue in Southside will be demolished this week. The affected properties, located at 113-115 and 215 Cleveland Avenue in Ithaca, have faced structural cha...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 02, 2026 21:26
Matt Dougherty, ”INHS Schedules Demolition of Fire-Damaged and Unsound Properties on Cleveland Avenue for Redevelopment," Ithaca Times, March 14, 2...
215 Cleveland Ave Ithaca (as of 1908) 215 Wheat St Ithaca (as of 1899) 47 Wheat St Ithaca
“Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services (INHS) has announced that two properties on Cleveland Avenue in Southside will be demolished this week. The affected properties, located at 113-115 and 215 Cleveland Avenue in Ithaca, have faced structural cha...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 02, 2026 21:25
Matt Dougherty, ”INHS Schedules Demolition of Fire-Damaged and Unsound Properties on Cleveland Avenue for Redevelopment," Ithaca Times, March 14, 2...
115 Cleveland Ave Ithaca (as of 1908) 115 Wheat St Ithaca (as of 1899) 15 Wheat St Ithaca
"William G. Johnson died this morning at six o'clock at his late home, "The Nook." He had been ailing since January 19 last when he was injured by a sleigh. He spent last evening at the residence of his sister, Mrs. J. B. Sprague and left for hi...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 09, 2026 17:35
Obituary of Williamn G. Johnson, Ithaca Daily News, March 4, 1897, np, Fultonhistory.org
“Albert A. Schlotzhauer, proprietor of the Lake View Diaries at 609 N Tioga St., president of the Arctic Ice Cream Company, and for many years identified with poultry and creamery enterprises in Ithaca and vicinity, died in Memorial Hospital toda...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 21, 2026 22:26
“Dairy Plant President Dies Here,” Ithaca Journal, September 7, 1945, 3.