Norton & Hanford’s Ithaca City Directory for 1899 Ithaca, NY
Obituary for Clinton D. Peters, Ithaca Journal, August 14, 1942, 3
“Frank A. Spencer, 63, world famous jockey and for the past 14 years head groom at the State Veterinary College at Cornell University, died at 6 o'clock this morning of pneumonia. Mr. Spencer was stricken with a severe cold about two weeks ago a...
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“Once Famous Jockey Dies At Home Here,” Ithaca Journal-News, April 6, 1927, 5.
Obituary of Mrs. Lucy Graves, Ithaca Journal, December 16, 1949, 3
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1960 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
“Captain VanOrder was born in Ithaca, and was the son of Captain Abram VanOrder, whose death occurred a number of years ago. His early life was spent here and he was educated in the old Ithaca Academy. His first business undertaking was in a har...
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“Obituary: Capt. Linn VanOrder Dies in Philadelphia—Death of A. Goodman,” Ithaca Daily Journal, October 13, 1902, 3, accessed October 7, 2024, http...
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...
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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
“Mrs. Florence Alston, 48, of 526 W. Green St., died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1943, after a long illness. She was a member of the Daughters of Cayuga Temple 54 of the Colored Elks and of the Radio Council. She is survived by a son, Private John Alston of...
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“Deaths, Funerals,” Ithaca Journal, November 24, 1943, 3.
“John W. Collier of 526 West Green street, for 20 years janitor at the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity 720 University avenue, died at the Tompkins County Hospital at Taughannock Falls yesterday, after a long illness. He was a member of Herman Lodge, 30...
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"J.W. Collier, Janitor of Phi Sigma Kappa for 20 Years, Dead," Ithaca Journal, April 26, 1924, 5.
"Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, Norman L. and Hugh W. Hall Jr.; her mother, Mrs. Margaret E. Mann; a sister, Miss Edith Mann, and two brothers, Harmon and Sinclair Mann, all of Ithaca."
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Obituary of Mrs. Helen M. Hall, Ithaca Journal, January 7, 1933, 3
"Norman Lee Hall, 54, of Atlanta, Ga., and a native of Ithaca died in Tompkins Community Hospital, Wednesday June 2, 2, 1982. Mr. Hall was a professor of Hotel Food Service Management at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Ga. Prior to that he was an...
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"Deaths: Norman Lee Hall," Ithaca Journal, June 3, 1982, 4.
“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...
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“A LONG LIFE CLOSED” Ithaca Daily Journal, August 24, 1896, 6, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18960824-01.1.6
“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...
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“Deaths and Funerals: Mrs. Ida L. McWhorter,” Ithaca Journal-News, February 2, 1921, 5.
"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...
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"Death of George McCormick," Ithaca Daily Journal, March 28, 1883, 3.
“The death of Nestor Lennon, actor, a former resident of this city, occurred in New York on October 14. Mr. Lennon’s family was well known here by the older residents. Mr. Lennon left here when about 17 years old, to go on the stage. He succeeded...
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“Well Known Actor, Former Ithaca, Dies In New York,” Ithaca Daily News, October 24, 1913, 2.