“The United Glass Company. Without a doubt the most prominent and largest industry of Ithaca is the above concern, which is one of the largest and best arranged glass works in the country. The main furnace buildings are 100 x 205, 100 x 100, 75 x ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 06, 2024 22:04
J.A. Miller, Ithaca NY as a City of Residence and Manufacture, Elmira, NY: Telegram Co., Printers, 1891, 41
"The boat Merrimack, built and owned by Mr. Benjamin Taber, of this village, cleared from Buffalo on the 23d inst, with 7800 bushels of oats! The Courier says this is the largest load of oats through the canal."
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 08, 2024 16:10
"Home Matters," Ithaca Journal and Advertiser," May 23, 1855, 7, accessed October 8, 2024, https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=ija18550523-01...
Cornelius VanOrder born April 30, 1814 in Ithaca, NY to Peter and Effa VanOrder. Enlisted February 25, 1864, Ithaca NY as a private in 109th Infantry, Company E.
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 09, 2024 00:22
Cornelius Vanorder in the New York, U.S., Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865, Ancestry.com
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"There has been a school building at this location since 1807. The first school was destroyed by a mob in 1816. Ithaca Academy was then built on this site. The Academy was a coeducational school with a curriculum that could prepare students from I...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 10, 2024 01:28
John H. Selkreg, Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York, D. Mason & Co. Publisher, 1894, Chapter XII The Town and Village of Ithaca, Part II, http:...
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Name of Individual or Firm: Henry Lyme Spouse/Family Relation: # of Children Under 21: Business or Occupation: Chief Crop or Specialty: Property: Owned 29 acres & Hotel Rural Delivery Route/Post Office: Slaterville Springs 1914 AA Road Design...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 13, 2024 00:15
American Agriculturist Farm Directory of Yates, Schuyler, Tompkins and Seneca Counties New York, New York: Orange Judd Company, 1914 HistoryForge t...
Name of Individual: Charles Mulks Specialty: General Merchandise Clock System House Number: Community: Brookton Current Street Address: Post Office/Rural Delivery Route: Brookton Telephone: Slaterville
Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 20, 2024 03:02
“Clock System” Rural Index Caroline Township, 1920, Ithaca, N.Y.: American Rural Index Corporation Eastern Division, 1920. HistoryForge transcripti...
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Name of Individual: Mrs. A. Denman Specialty: General Farming Clock System House Number: Community: Brookton Current Street Address: Post Office/Rural Delivery Route: Brookton Telephone:
Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 16, 2024 23:09
“Clock System” Rural Index Caroline Township, 1920, Ithaca, N.Y.: American Rural Index Corporation Eastern Division, 1920. HistoryForge transcripti...
"Bessie was born July 16, 1900 in Spencer, NY to Edmund and Julia Stevens VanWoret [VanWoert]. She taught school for many years in area country schools and with the Ithaca City School District. She was a graduate of Cortland Teachers College. Bess...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 14, 2024 14:25
Obituary of Bessie Davenport, Ithaca Journal, February 8, 1993, 4.
“Captain William Jarvis, 81, builder of the first gigs used by the famous Cornell crews in 1874, and for 49 years leading boatman of Ithaca, died at his home, 108 Elston place…. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Sydney Tuttle, Miss Florence...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 14, 2024 15:12
“Captain Jarvis, Noted Boatman, Is Dead at 81,” Ithaca Journal-News, May 21, 1923, 5.
“A deed conveying the property and boat livery business owned by William Jarvis, located on Cascadilla Creek at the foot of Lake avenue to Fred E. Johnson of 215 Willow avenue, was filed today in the office of the county clerk. The consideration i...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 14, 2024 16:30
“F.E. Johnson Buys Jarvis Boat Livery,” Ithaca Journal, April 23, 1918, 5.
“Charles S. Seaman, one of Ithaca’s leading and prominent business men, died in his home in West Green street last night at 8:15 o’clock, after a lingering illness of two years duration… For the past twenty years, Mr. Seaman had been owner of a f...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 29, 2025 19:19
“Charlie S. Seaman Has Passed Away: Former Sheriff Dies After Long Illness,” Ithaca Daily Journal, May 4, 1906, 3, https://www.nyshistoricnewspaper...