“Police captured George “Curley” Barnes, confessed murderer of his young wife with an axe; Levi M. Spaulding, 58, one of the oldest and most popular members of the Ithaca Police Department, dropped dead at Police Headquarters falling the capture o...
Submitted by Sarah Ross on March 09, 2025 15:47
Ithaca Journal, Dec. 31, 1930, page 8.
"Ithaca, N.Y.--Levi M. Spaulding, 58 years old, one of the oldest and most popular officers in the Ithaca Police Department, died in police headquarters on Thursday, September 11, as he was unlocking the handcuffs which had been placed on the ha...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 19, 2026 18:52
"Taking Handcuff from Prisoner, Ithaca Cop Dies: Levi Spaulding, Oldest and Only Negro Officer, Falls on Duty," New York Age (New York, NY), Septem...
"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.
“Mrs. Lucy C. Van Order, lifelong resident of this city, died at 4 o’clock this morning at her home, 314 North Albany street, following a year’s illness. She was the widow of Lynn Van Order. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. M. L. Fahnestock of t...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 23, 2026 14:59
Death notice of Mrs. Lucy C. Van Order, Ithaca Journal-News, June 16, 1924, 7.
“Guilford Ruth F (nee Fahnestock), Oct. 16, 1977, at Suncoast Manor St. Petersburg, Fla., wife of the late Edward F. and beloved mother of Mrs. Otto C. Lee of So. Newtown Street Road, Newtown Square, Pa….”
Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 23, 2026 15:51
Death Notices Ruth F Guilford, Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), October 22, 1977, 5-C.
“Mrs. Hannah Stillwell, 87, died last night at her home, 102 North Tioga street. She leaves threes sons, Ira N. Stillwell and Elmer C. Stillwell of this city, and Louis K. Stillwell of Ilion; three sisters, Mrs. Essie J. VanOrder, Mrs. Eliza Brown...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 28, 2025 21:59
“Deaths and Funerals: Mrs. Hannah Stillwell,” Ithaca Journal-News, November 2, 1921, 5.
"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.
"Funeral services for Mrs. Lottie Consalvi Tonks of 520 W. Buffalo St., who died Feb 9, 1953, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at her home. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. She is survived by her husband, Alvin Tonks; 2 sons, Rudy Consalv...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 25, 2026 17:13
Funeral notice for Lottie Consalvi Tonks, Ithaca Journal, February 10, 1953, 7.
“Anthony A. Andrews, 74, of 130 W. State St., died Friday, April 10, 1970, in Tompkins County Hospital following a short illness. Andrews was owner and operator of Andrews Confectionery Store, 308 E. State St., since 1931. He came to Ithaca ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 02, 2026 18:54
“Store Owner Dies,” Ithaca Journal, April 11, 1970, 5.
"Mrs. Mary Reed, aged 54 years, wife of William Reed, died this morning at the family residence, 103 Morris avenue. She is survived by her husband; one son--Carl; one daughter--Clara, both of Ithaca; one sister--Mrs. Clara Gillam, Chicago; her f...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 13, 2026 01:45
"Deaths and Funerals: Mrs. Mary Reed," Ithaca Journal, February 22, 1917, 3.
"Mrs. Maude Hopkins Bailor, aged 37, wife of Louis Bailor, died at her home in Scranton Tuesday of pneumonia. She formerly resided in Ithaca, and was a member of the Zion Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband, Louise Bailor; a daugh...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 13, 2026 03:20
"Deaths and Funerals: Mrs. Maude Hopkins Bailor," Ithaca Journal-News, December 23, 1920, 5.
"Smith G. Griffin, 56, of 918 Danby Rd. died unexpectedly this morning Monday, Dec. 5, 1955 after a heart attack while at work at the Adding Machine Division of National Cash Co., where he was processing supervisor. He had been employed at the...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 25, 2026 19:36
"Smith Griffin Dead at 56," Ithaca Journal, December 5, 1955, 2.
“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
“Died, in this village, on Sunday July 10, of cancer of the stomach, Mary, wife of John R. Harmston, aged 46 years. By the death of Mrs. Harmston Trumansburg loses one of its most prominent and well-known citizens. For years this lady has been...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 18, 2026 20:30
“Local Histories,” Free Press (Trumansburg, NY), July 16, 1892, 1.
“Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hatfield and John Harmston, formerly residents of this place, but now of Newburg, packed up their goods last Friday night for the purpose of moving to Pittsburg, Pa. Mrs. Hatfield took her two children and went to a neighbors t...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 18, 2026 20:32
“Trumansburg,” Farmer Review (Interlaken, NY), February 24, 1894, 1.
“Abner J. Johnson, 72, died yesterday at his residence, 505 North Albany Street. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Jessie; two daughters, Mrs. Agnes Milton and Miss Wilhelmina Johnson, all of Ithaca, and one ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 03, 2026 00:41
“Deaths, Funerals: Abner J. Johnson,” Ithaca Journal, May 11, 1934, 3.
“Mrs. Julia Granville Wurzel of Spencer Rd. died Friday, Apr., 17, 1942 in Memorial Hospital. She is survived by the three sisters, Miss Agnes Granville, with whom she resided, Mrs. Mary Willsey of Ithaca, and Mrs. Ellen Pierce of Pittsburgh, Pa.,...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 16, 2025 02:19
“Deaths, Funerals: Mrs. Julia Granville Wurzel,” Ithaca Journal, April 18, 1942, 3.
Obituary of Marsaille Jenkins, Ithaca Journal, March 9, 1966 3