Married June 23, 1920 in Ithaca, NY Groom’s Name: Lester Fred Reed Color: Colored Residence: Ithaca, NY Age: 38 Occupation: Machinist and Steam Fitter No. of Marriage: 2d Birthplace: Trumansburg, NY Widower: Yes Father: Charles Reed Birthplace: US...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 13, 2026 18:40
Almira Pickett in New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936, Ancestry.com
"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 03:39
Intestate Estates of Tompkins County, New York 1850-1875, Ithaca, N.Y. : [publisher not identified], [1945?] https://tompkins.nygenweb.net/twill00...
"Sarah A. Webb was bom in 1836. She married Lewis Henry Smith, who was bom in the county in 1835, probably in Ithaca. They had two children: Charles Frederick Smith, born in 1860, who, after the death of his mother, lived with Frederick M. Webb ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 17, 2026 15:36
Sydney Gallwey, Peter Webb: Slave-Freeman-Citizen of Tompkins County, New York, Ithaca, NY: DeWitt Historical Society, 1960,14-15.
REV. M. H. D. ROSS. “Rev. Major Hillery Decoursey Ross was born in the township of Friendship, Md., January 21, 1835. His father, Benjamin Ross, and his mother, Rebecca Decoursey, were formerly slaves. His father purchased his own freedom ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 17, 2026 15:02
J. W. Hood, One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism, New York: A. M. E. Zion Book...
Andrews Confectionery Collection This collection contains materials donated by Olympia Andrews McFall concerning the Andrews Confectionery of Ithaca. This sweet shop, at 308 East State St., was a popular destination for Ithacans for almost 60 year...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 02, 2026 17:56
Andrews Confectionery Collection V-64-3-9, The History Center in Tompkins County
"COLLECTION DESCRIPTION The twentieth century history of the Brill family of Slaterville Srings and their Root and Brampton connections is seen here through various documents but especially through the extensive correspondence of G. Meredith Brill...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 10, 2026 19:14
Guide to the Brill/Root/Brampton Family Collection, The History Center in Tompkins County
"Titus Brum (1800-1881) and Eunice Brum (1803-1895) were early residents of Ithaca. Born in Genoa in 1803, Eunice moved to Ithaca in the 1810s, when she was 10 or twelve years old. Titus Brum, who was born in Greene County in about 1800, purchased...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 20, 2024 01:16
"The Brum Family" https://www.fingerlakesfilmtrail.org/ithaca-city-cemetery
"Next to Lloyd Dorsey, there was probably during his residence here, no better known, colored citizen than was John P. Hemans. The father of a large family, he was frugal, industrious and withal jovial, good natured and inclined to look upon life ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 01, 2026 14:23
Trumansburg Free Press, January 2, 1897, 2, col. 2.
“Criss, Frances Ann, Ithaca, died June 18, 1865. Sarah Louise Criss, a sister, age, 15, Jan. 15, 1865 Niece, Charlotte Ann Van Dyke, ae, 14 in Jan. 1865 Neph. Egbert Van Dyke, ae.13, Sarah Louise Criss has for guardian, Dixon C. Hazen.”
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 22, 2026 03:29
Myrte Rice Haynes, Onondaga County Public Library Local History & Genealogy Dept. Tompkins County Probate Records Volume IV Intestate Estates, 1850...
Egbert N Van Dyke
Charlotte Cheeks
Frances Ann Criss
Sarah Louise Holland
Ruth Thomas Mann shared her family history in Tompkins County in an interview with the Chemung County Historical Society. Audio is available on NY Heritage and YouTube.
Submitted by Siera Beal on March 15, 2026 19:27
Oral History Interview, August 2, 1989: NY Heritage: https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16694coll129/id/359/rec/2 YouTube: h...
“A notice just filed with the Secretary of State sets forth that The Ithaca Ice Cream-Valley Dairy Company, Inc., Ithaca, has changed its corporate name to the Ithaca Ice Cream Company, Inc.”
Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 10, 2026 21:22
“Drop ‘Valley Dairy’ From Firm’s Title,” Ithaca Journal, July 23, 1926, 5.
"Nathias [Mathias] DeMond came to this town from New Jersey, in 1803." He was the father of Deacon Edward DeMond" Mathias DeMond was the father of Quam DeMond.
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 25, 2026 19:56
The History of Trumansburg (1890), p124 Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/259184987/matthias-demund
"Arthur Wellington Davis, 80, 413 N. Cayuga St., a pioneer in the automobile business in Ithaca, died early today, Aug. 1, 1958, at his home after a long illness. Associated with McClune's Garage in 1900 in [sic] 1901 he built a garage in Cortland...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 09, 2025 20:04
"Auto Pioneer Does at 80," Ithaca Journal, August 1, 1958, 3.
“Bert Washington, 63, known to county workers for many years as the genial janitor of the Court House, died unexpectedly at his home, 416 N Albany St., shortly before 9 a.m. today, May 24, 1944. He had been the Court House janitor ever since the p...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 03, 2025 13:49
“Bert Washington Dies at 62,” Ithaca Journal, May 24, 1944, 3.
"Mrs. Clara B. Brown, 69, died at 2:25 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, 1939, at her home, 506 N. Meadow St. Widow of John Brown, Mrs. Brown is survived by four sons, John and William Brown of Ithaca, Chester and Louis Brown of Boston; one daughter, Mrs. Ell...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 05, 2025 18:28
"Deaths, Funerals: Mrs. Clara B. Brown," Ithaca Journal, October 16, 1939, 3.
"To the Editor of the Journal--...If the factories would pay a living wage to the women workers--believe me there would be no scarcity of help, as there are many women wanting work, but starting in at $6 a week,--and many women and girls having to...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 26, 2024 18:08
"Letters from The People," Ithaca Journal, June 7, 1919 5.