James Macumber | HistoryForge

Year	Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
1870	Macumber, James			39	White	Massachusetts		Potter
1880	Macumber, James	Head	32 Railroad Ave	49	White	Massachusetts	Married	Manufacturer Stoneware

Name	Age	Race	POB	Occupation
Macumber, Sarah	27	White	Connecticut	None
Macumber, Frank	2	White	New York	None
Tannahill, Agnes	58	White	Connecticut	None
Tannahill, Matthew	35	White	Connecticut	Paper Maker

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Macumber, Sarah	Wife	32 Railroad Ave	34	White	Connecticut	Married	Keeping House
Macumber, Frank B	Son	32 Railroad Ave	11	White	New York	Single	At School

James Macumber (Macumber & Van Arsdale) boards Ithaca Falls Hotel

Boyd’s Directory of Binghamton, Elmira, Ithaca, and Owego, 1864

Binghamton, NY

James McCumber home corner N Aurora St and Railroad Ave
Macumber & Tannehill (James Macumber & Mathew Tannehill), corner of Lake St and Railroad Ave, Stone Ware Manufacturers

Directory of the Village of Ithaca, 1869-70

Ithaca Journal Office, Ithaca, NY

James Macumber (Macumber & Tannahill) 32 Railroad Ave
Macumber & Tannahill (James Macumber & Mathew Tannahill) Fall Creek Pottery, 1 Railroad Ave

Ithaca General and Business Directory, 1880

Norton & Conklin Publishers, Ithaca, NY

James M Macumber (Macumber & Mood), 32 Railroad Ave

Macumber & Mood (James Macumber & Linford Mood), stone ware manufacturer, 1 Railroad Ave, corner Lake St.

Norton’s Ithaca City Directory and County Business Directory for 1890-91

E. D. Norton, Printer and Publisher, Ithaca, NY

“James Macumber died last evening at his residence in this city, of Bright’s disease, aged 61 years. The deceased was for many years sole proprietor of the pottery at Fall Cree and carried on to considerable industry, his ware having a sale over a wide area. Mr. Macumber was his own traveling agent, and in that capacity came to have a very comprehensive and accurate knowledge of the country, its people and affair…. He is survived by a widow and one son, Frank….”

“James Macumber, Ithaca Daily Journal, June 23, 1891, 3, accessed October 16, 2025, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18910623-01.1.3

1 Railroad Ave Ithaca