“Laat Monday morning Llyod Dorsey, one of the oldest residents of this village, died at the home of his daughter Mary, aged 85 years. When but a youth Mr. Dorsey, then a slave in Maryland, ran away determined to seek liberty and freedom in the...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 31, 2026 01:19
“Obituary: Lloyd Dorsey,” Free Press and Sentinel, April 30, 1904, 1.
"I would like to pay my respects to 'Charlie' as he was known by so many Ithacans. During World War I he worked up to become a sergeant in the army, and went overseas to France near the end of the war in a contingent of about 2,000 negro troo...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 27, 2024 17:30
Allan H. Treman, "Letters to the Editor: Charlie Was Quite a Man," Ithaca Journal, March 26, 1973, 11.
"Mrs. Spencer died yesterday afternoon...at the City Hospital.... She was born in Richmond, Va., in 1863 and resided there for a number of years. She married Frank A. Spencer in 1887 and came to this city with her husband in 1892. Besides her husb...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 22, 2024 18:08
Obituary of Martha J. Spencer, Ithaca Daily Journal, December 12, 1903, 6.
“111 E. Seneca (probably before 1851). Very little is known about this charming small Greek Revival house, which now contains an office. The first map to show the building in its present location is the one from 1871. Maps done in 1851 and 1866 sh...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 17, 2025 15:52
Daniel Snodderly, Ithaca and Its Past, 50-51.
"Frank Snyder, 92, of 310 Farm St., died Friday, Mar. 31, 1950, at the Cleary Nursing Home, 207 N. Albany St.... Son of the late Jacob Snyder, an early resident and after whom Snyder Hill was named, he lived on Snyder Hill for many years and helpe...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 24, 2025 00:38
Obituary of Frank Snyder, Ithaca Journal, April 1, 1950, 3.
“Professor Juan E. Reyna, 102, former professor of agricultural engineering at Cornell University, died Monday, Oct. 7, 1974, in Lakeside Nursing Home. Born in Mexico, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Crescencio Reyna of San Juan Plantation, Morelos, ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 15, 2025 20:15
“J. Reyna, CU Prof, Dies, 102,” Ithaca Journal, October 8, 1974, 4.
"Freeville -- Leon William (Bill) Johnson Sr., of 482 Sheldon Rd. died Thursday, Jan. 6, 1972. The son of the late Charles Phillip Johnson, he was born October. 13, 1908, in Madison County. He is survived by a son, Leo Johnson Jr. of Rochest...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 18, 2026 19:05
"Deaths, Funerals: Leo William (Bill) Johnson Sr.," Ithaca Journal, January 10, 1972, 4.
"John F. Brown, 73, of 406 S Plain Street, died at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, Oct. 23. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 25, at the home. The Rev. D. M. Byrd will officiate. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery. H...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 05, 2025 19:33
"Deaths and Funerals: John F. Brown," Ithaca Journal, October 24, 1932, 5.
"Miss Mary Elizabeth Bessac, 95, for many years a resident of 118 E Court St., died Sunday Nov. 27, 1949, at the Pine Crest Nursing Home, Town of Groton, after a long illness. Before her illness she was an active member of the First Presbyteri...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 19, 2026 23:36
"Deaths, Funerals: Miss Mary Elizabeth Bessac," Ithaca Journal, November 28, 1949, 3.
“Fred A. Townley, aged 58 years, a well-known contractor, died at 5:45 o’clock this morning at the family residence, 108 Cascadilla Park after a year’s illness. Just one year ago today he suffered a stroke, which was followed by several more. He w...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 25, 2025 17:25
“Fred A. Townley Dies After Year’s Illness,” Ithaca Journal, February 16, 1917, 3.
"A proposed new business block at 138-140 E State St will replace an old brick structure now being razed."
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 27, 2025 23:33
"Construction This Year May Total $3,500,000, Ithaca Journal, August 6, 1948, 3.
138-140 E State St Ithaca
140 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899)
42 E State St Ithaca
138 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899)
40 E State St Ithaca
“Mrs. Ida McWhorter yet occupies her old house, which has been moved into Farm street to make room for the new building she is causing to be erected.”
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 27, 2025 18:55
“City Chat,” Ithaca Daily Journal, August 26, 1895, 3, col. 1, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18950826-01.1.3
110 N Tioga St Tompkins County Trust Co Tompkins County Trust Co, Trust Department Robert Eastman, Inc
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 01, 2025 14:27
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1954 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
110 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1952) 106 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 8 N Tioga St Ithaca
Bernstein Bldg. Card's Boot Shop (Timothy A. Card and Donald W. Card), Shoe Dealers Robert S. Gutsell, Physician William H. DeVoy, Chiropractor
Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 13, 2025 20:26
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1930 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
212 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 74 E State St Ithaca (as of 1867) 38 Owego St Ithaca
“Tompkins County will acquire the Tompkins Trust building after county legislators voted unanimously in favor of the move. The legislature wants to use the building, at 106 to 112 North Tioga St., to relocate the History Center from the Gateway Bu...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 01, 2025 14:22
Matt Steecker, “Tompkins Trust building buy OK’d,” Ithaca Journal, June 8, 2017, 1A.
110 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1952) 106 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 8 N Tioga St Ithaca
“Tompkins County will acquire the Tompkins Trust building after county legislators voted unanimously in favor of the move. The legislature wants to use the building, at 106 to 112 North Tioga St., to relocate the History Center from the Gateway Bu...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 01, 2025 14:21
Matt Steecker, “Tompkins Trust building buy OK’d,” Ithaca Journal, June 8, 2017, 1A.
110 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1952) 106 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 8 N Tioga St Ithaca
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106047632/lena-keegan
“E. and H. Levy, the largest manufacturers of silk ribbon in the world opened a mill in Ithaca…” “A shortage of women workers is handicapping existing industries of Ithaca and preventing the location here of other factories, according to Ross. W....
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 26, 2024 18:04
“Women Workers Needed for Factories Here,” Ithaca Journal, June 5, 1919, 3.