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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1854 Hall Mary 65 12/25/1854 1/24/1855 Died in Ulysses; wife of Lewis Hall.
1854 Frear Elizabeth 98 12/27/1854 1/01/1855 Died at Danby. Wife of Jacobus Frear.
1854 Morrison Almira 25 12/31/1854 1/17/1855 Died at Ludlowville. Wife of J.T. Morrison. See
obituary.
1855 Church Catharine 29 1/10/1855 1/17/1855 Died at Bath. Wife of Edwin F. Church; daughter
of William Andrus. See obituary 1/24/1855, Ithaca
Journal and Advertiser. Death notices in
1/17/1855 and 1/24/1855.
1855 Millspaugh Edward T. 4 1/15/1855 2/07/1855 Scarlet Fever Died at Nichols; son of C.M. and Elvira
Millspaugh.
1855 Hager John 61 1/19/1855 1/24/1855 Died at Reynoldsville where he was one of the
first settlers. Brothers Peter, Jacob and John
have died within less than one year.
1855 Bishop Walter D. 1/29/1855 2/28/1855 Died at Council Bluffs, IA. Was member of West
Dryden Lodge #377 I.O.O.F.
1855 Seaman Amy 27 2/05/1855 2/14/1855 Consumption Died at Varna. Wife of Pasco H. Seaman.
1855 Shaw Elmina 30 2/10/1855 2/14/1855 Wife of John Shaw.
1855 Credit Cyrenus 25 2/13/1855 3/28/1855 Typhoid Fever Died at his brother's residence, The Gem Hotel,
Auburn, CA. Former resident of Ithaca.
1855 Korts John 76 2/15/1855 2/21/1855
1855 Spencer David D. 56 2/18/1855 2/21/1855 Was editor of the Ithaca Chronicle for more than
30 years. Illness forced his retirement.
1855 Swartout John 31 2/26/1855 2/28/1855 Died at Danby; son of Abram Swartout.
1855 Williams Mary 27 3/02/1855 3/07/1855 Daughter of late John Williams of Cazenovia.
1855 Jackson Richard 66 3/03/1855 3/14/1855 Died at Sherburne, Chenango County.
1855 Hibbard Nancy T. 61 3/18/1855 3/21/1855 Wife of Henry Hibbard.
1855 Cook Nathan, Sen. 92 3/19/1855 4/18/1855 Died at Dryden. At age 14, he served in the
Revolutionary Army as a fifer for 3 months.
1855 Tybee Egbert 36 3/20/1855 3/28/1855 Consumption Died at Danby.
1855 Mitchell Louise 4 3/22/1855 3/28/1855 Daughter of William and Susan Mitchell.
1855 VanKirk Daniel 58 3/30/1855 4/11/1855 Died at Newfield.
1855 Collins William R., Esq. 75 4/01/1855 4/25/1855 Born in Stratford, CT; came to Ithaca area in
1797. Died at Henry, Marshall County, IL. Buried
at Concord, Jackson County. See lengthy
obituary.
1855 Speed James R. 3 mos. 4/03/1855 4/11/1855 Died at Caroline. Son of the late James R. Speed.
1855 Brown Washington 19 4/05/1855 4/11/1855 Consumption Died at home of his father, Rev. Solyman Brown,
in Brooklyn. Rev. Brown was former pastor in
Danby.
1855 Bly Angeline 33 4/06/1855 4/18/1855 Died at Elmira. Wife of Norman Bly; daughter of
Dr. G.W. Phillips, formerly of Ithaca.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1855 Dalton Harriet 4/10/1855 4/18/1855 Consumption Died at Rochester. Wife of John Dalton;
granddaughter of Jedediah Beebe, formerly of
Ithaca.
1855 Ribble Theodore 31 4/13/1855 4/18/1855 Consumption
1855 Hendee Laura M. 32 4/16/1855 4/18/1855 Wife of L. E. Hendee.
1855 McKean Mary Ann 34 4/19/1855 4/25/1855 Daughter of John M. Roe of Danby.
1855 Davenport Sally Ann 57 5/17/1855 5/30/1855 Wife of Moses Davenport.
1855 Jackson Frederick G. 12 5/19/1855 5/23/1855 Son of Henry and Amelia Jackson.
1855 Jackson John W. 19 5/19/1855 5/23/1855 Son of Henry and Amelia Jackson.
1855 Sager George 95 5/31/1855 6/06/1855 Had lived near Buttermilk Falls, on the inlet, for 60
years.
1855 Seely Zalmon 50 6/06/1855 6/13/1855
1855 Tarbell Charles Frank 3 6/07/1855 6/13/1855 Scarlet Fever Son of A.H. and Margaret Tarbell of N. Lansing.
1855 Tarbell Henry 9 mos. 6/14/1855 6/13/1855 Scarlet Fever Son of A.H. and Margaret Tarbell of N. Lansing.
1855 Boys John 63 6/25/1855 7/04/1855
1855 Luce William J. 27 7/14/1855 8/08/1855 Typhus Fever Died at Milton, FL. Son of William P. Luce of
Ithaca.
1855 Brown John C. 3 7/26/1855 8/01/1855 Dropsy on the
Brain
Son of Edward J. and Mary Brown.
1855 Stebbins Emily Wheelock 30 8/02/1855 8/08/1855 Died at father's residence in Ulysses. Wife of
Alfred Stebbins.
1855 Clark Catherine W. 48 8/02/1855 8/22/1855 Died at Cincinnati, OH. Wife of Erastus Clark,
formerly of Ithaca.
1855 Quigg Edward P. 28 8/15/1855 8/22/1855 Consumption Died at Manchester, St. Louis County; formerly of
Ithaca.
1855 Ludlow Hattie J. 19 8/27/1855 9/05/1855 Died at East Lansing.
1855 Mack Horace 57 9/10/1855 9/12/1855
1855 Cutter Horace L. 2 9/11/1855 9/19/1855 Died at Groton; was youngest son of John and
Jane Cutter.
1855 Schuyler Lucy Dix 48 9/20/1855 9/28/1855 Wife of P.C. Schuyler.
1855 Snow Elizabeth H. 10/08/1855 10/10/1855
1855 Labar Eliza Jane 23 10/20/1855 10/31/1855 Died at Enfield. Daughter of George and Lucy
Labar.
1855 Lathrop Ida Gertrude 1 10/23/1855 10/31/1855 Daughter of Rev. S.G. and Cynthia Lathrop.
1855 Lathrop George Ransom 8 10/29/1855 10/31/1855 Second son of Rev. S.G. and Cynthia Lathrop.
1855 Turk Maranda 23 11/08/1855 11/14/1855 Died in Danby; wife of Daniel Turk.
1855 Meeker Margaret Halsey 28 11/10/1855 11/14/1855 Consumption Died at Halseyville at the home of her father,
Isaiah Halsey. Wife of William Meeker of
Spencer. Death notices in 11/14/1855 and
11/28/1855.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1855 Gilley Mary C. 26 11/24/1855 11/28/1855 Died at Morrisania, Westchester County. Wife of
William C. Gilley. Daughter of C.G. Heath, Esq.
Burial at Ithaca.
1855 Dr. Field C. E. 27 11/28/1855 12/12/1855 Died at Oxford, Chenango County. Was a student
of Dr. Saxton of Ithaca when he was 18. Entered
Central Medical College; received degree in
1850. Moved to Oxford.
1855 Zerfass Abraham 46 12/06/1855 1/02/1856 Died at Delaware County; former resident of
Enfield Center.
1855 Mrs. Lycan J.M. 29 12/16/1855 12/26/1855 Died at Elmira. Daughter of William Rose,Esq. of
Binghamton.
1855 Barden Eliza Ann 28 12/19/1855 12/26/1855 Wife of John Barden. Moved to Ithaca from
Hillsboro, NH in 1849.
1855 Bruyn Sarah F. 27 12/30/1855 1/02/1856 Wife of Wm. V. Bruyn; daughter of late J. M.
McCormick.
1856 Coy Diana 43 1/05/1856 1/09/1856 Wife of Stephen H. Coy.
1856 Gauntett Jane 72 1/06/1856 1/16/1856
1856 Sickles Abigail 51 1/08/1856 1/16/1856 Died at Albany; eldest sister of Mrs. E. Buckbee
of Ithaca.
1856 Hawley Charlotte Douglas 6 1/26/1856 1/30/1856 Twin daughter of Dr. J.E. and Miranda O. Hawley.
1856 Conrad Helen C. 21 1/30/1856 2/06/1856 Consumption Wife of Jacob G. Conrad. Daughter of Alexander
King.
1856 LaMont Rhett 3 1/30/1856 2/06/1856 Died at the residence of Col. Charles Givens in
Dryden. Only child of Mr. Robert LaMont.
1856 Hillick Sarah 49 2/03/1856 2/13/1856 Consumption Wife of James Hillick.
1856 Root Charles 66 2/11/1856 2/27/1856 Died at Cazenovia. Father of Martin Root
(deceased) and Mr. H. Root of Ithaca.
1856 Dr. Whaley Alexander 44 2/17/1856 2/20/1856
1856 Boice Abram 62 2/18/1856 2/27/1856 Died in Dryden at residence of son-in-law.
1856 Oliver William H. 42 2/19/1856 3/19/1856 Consumption Died at Hornellsville, formerly of Ithaca.
1856 DeCoudres Thomas 65 2/21/1856 2/27/1856 Died at Dryden.
1856 Woodworth John H. 39 2/21/1856 2/27/1856 Consumption Member of the firm Woodworth and Sanford.
1856 Green Jane 75 2/28/1856 3/05/1856 Daughter of Robert and Margaret McDowell, who
came to Ithaca in 1788.
1856 Seely William Henry 36 3/01/1856 3/05/1856
1856 Hesler Julia M. 42 3/08/1856 3/26/1856 Died at Trumansburg. Wife of Henry A. Hesler.
1856 Myers Charlotte H. 27 3/27/1856 4/09/1856 Died at Lansing. Wife of Lorenzo Myers.
Daughter of Alva J. Sperry.
1856 Shaw John 78 3/28/1856 4/09/1856
1856 Pease Orrin 66 4/19/1856 4/23/1856
1856 Heaviland Anna 80 4/21/1856 4/23/1856
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1856 Preswick Mary 4/24/1856 4/30/1856 Wife of John B. Preswick.
1856 Judd Reuben 68 5/02/1856 5/07/1856
1856 Rev. Burritt Charles D. 5/07/1856 5/14/1856 Member of Oneida Annual Conference; late
president of Ohio Wesleyan College.
1856 Bishop Elizabeth P. 5/19/1856 6/25/1856 Died at Trumansburg; widow of Daniel L. Bishop.
1856 Wisner Julia 64 5/22/1856 6/04/1856 Wife of Rev. William Wisner.
1856 Halsey Lewis 24 5/28/1856 notice 5/28/1856 Died at Halseyville. Son of Isaiah Halsey.
1856 Mr. Church R.W. 55 5/28/1856 6/04/1856 Died at Bath, NY.
1856 Cluff Henry 84 6/28/1856 7/09/1856 Died at Danby. Was a native of Somerset County,
Maryland. Moved to Danby in 1810 with the family
of his late friend, Lyttelton Furniss.
1856 Jennings Benjamin, Esq. 84 7/02/1856 7/09/1856 Died at Danby. Came to Danby in 1803 from
Cornwall, CT. Was a judge.
1856 Cowdry Rachael 60 7/14/1856 7/16/1856
1856 Hillick Hugh 58 7/17/1856 7/23/1856 Died at home of brother, James Hillick.
1856 Whiton Henry C. 12 7/20/1856 7/23/1856 Son of John L. Whiton.
1856 Thompson Sarah 45 8/05/1856 8/06/1856 Wife of James Thompson.
1856 Dawson Sarah A. 20 8/06/1856 notice 8/06/1856 Consumption Died at Danby.
1856 Hackett James 8/08/1856 8/13/1856 Died at St. Louis. Eldest son of late James
Hackett, Esq. of Cork, Ireland.
1856 Brainard Ansel T. 52 8/09/1856 8/13/1856
1856 Terry Charles J. 18 mos. 8/09/1856 8/20/1856 Died at Williamsport, PA. Son of Jerome and
Maria L. Terry. Formerly of Ludlowville.
1856 Phillips Jacob H. 49 8/11/1856 8/27/1856 Typhoid Fever
1856 Searing or
Searine (print
blurry)
William A. 8/20/1856
notice
8/20/1856 Died at Tompkinsville, Staten Island. Formerly of
Ithaca.
1856 Tompkins Flora E. 1 8/24/1856 8/27/1856 Brain Injury/Fall Died at Trumansburg. Daughter of Richard C. and
Mary M. Tompkins.
1856 Rev. McAuley William 26 9/08/1856 10/01/1856 Died at Cave Spring, Georgia. Mother was Ithaca
resident. Ordained deacon by Rt. Rev. Bishop
Elliott on 5/1/1856. Called to take charge of
Catholic church at Cave Spring, but unable to
officiate due to declining health. See obituary
10/1/1856.
1856 Mr. Canfield Seba 57 9/12/1856 9/17/1856
1856 Plummer Sarah R. 56 9/17/1856 notice 9/17/1856 Dropsy Died at Fitchburg, WI.
1856 Boardman Phebe 80 9/28/1856 10/08/1856 Died at Livonia, Livingston County.
1856 Humphrey Mary Ann 44 9/30/1856 10/08/1856 Died after lodging a piece of meat or bone in her
throat, at Speedsville.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1856 Haven Mary 10/01/1856 10/08/1856 Died from burns when a camphene lamp fell and
exploded on a canal boat where she worked as a
cook. Boat anchored at Springport where she was
buried.
1856 Randolph Ruby June 28 10/02/1856 10/08/1856 Consumption Died at Watertown; wife of D.T. Randolph.
1856 Hoose Thomas 71 10/23/1856 11/12/1856
1856 Robbins Sophia Dix 10/25/1856 10/29/1856 Died at Owego; wife of James Robbins, Esq.,
formerly of Ithaca.
1856 Root Kate 3 10/25/1856 10/29/1856 Daughter of Mrs. Esther Root.
1856 Helme Sarah M. 31 11/08/1856 11/12/1856 Consumption Died at Enfield.
1856 Gunn Newton 57 11/13/1856 11/19/1856
1856 Credit Jacob 74 12/05/1856 12/10/1856
1856 Eldridge Marcia B. 49 12/13/1856 12/24/1856 Died at Slaterville; wife of Dr. Edward H. Eldrige
1856 Oliver Frances Mary 13 12/26/1856 3/19/1856 Died at Hornellsville. Eldest daughter of William
and Catharine Oliver.
1857 Angle Julia Euretha 6 1/05/1857 1/21/1857 Died at Dryden. Eldest daughter of William and
Samantha Angle of Ithaca.
1857 Metzgar Alvira 20 1/10/1857 1/28/1857 Died at West Groton. Twin daughter of Jacob and
Julia Ann Metzgar.
1857 Sprigg Charlotte 36 1/22/1857 3/11/1857 Died at Varna. Wife of William Sprigg.
1857 Mr. Randolph D.T. 37 2/01/1857 2/12/1857 Congestion of the
Brain
Died at Martinsburg, Lewis County.
1857 Barnes Cordelia 22 2/12/1857 2/18/1857 Daughter of H.P. Barnes.
1857 Smith Elizabeth 61 2/16/1857 2/18/1857 Died at Dryden.
1857 Breakey Andrew 91 2/19/1857 2/25/1857
1857 Rev. Chadwick Jabez 78 2/20/1857 3/18/1857 Died at Enfield.
1857 Devoe Betsey 17 3/10/1857 3/18/1857 Died at Freeville.
1857 Rundle Jane 62 3/10/1857 3/18/1857 Cancer Wife of Abram Rundle.
1857 Hazard Ann 3/12/1857 4/01/1857 Died at Plainfield, IL. Widow of U.Y. Hazard,
formerly of Ithaca.
1857 Apgar Charlie 6 3/14/1857 3/18/1857 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Apgar.
1857 Trembley Mary Lynde Belknap 6 3/17/1857 4/15/1857 Died at Trumansburg; daugher of David and Mary
Trembley.
1857 Parker Angeline 16 3/19/1857 3/25/1857 Daughter of Richard and Angeline Parker.
1857 Dudley Ada Eliza 4 3/27/1857 4/22/1857 Died at Newfield; daughter of Percival S. and
Catharine Jane Dudley.
1857 Dunham Permilla 69 4/02/1857 4/29/1857 Died at Etna; wife of Nathan Dunham. Member of
the Baptist Church.
1857 Ashley Sally Abbey 81 4/04/1857 4/08/1857 Died at Danby; widow of Calvin Ashley.
1857 Grant Mary 59 4/10/1857 4/15/1857 Wife of Wheeler Grant; died at Dryden.
1857 Casterline Nathaniel W. 40 4/12/1857 4/15/1857
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1857 Sherrill Clarissa W. 4/13/1857 4/29/1857 Died at Jersey City. Widow of Augustus Sherrill,
Esq. , formerly of Ithaca.
1857 Taylor Laura 68 4/16/1857 4/29/1857 Died at Trumansburg; wife of Henry Taylor.
1857 Mrs. Eldred W.J. 41 4/27/1857 5/06/1857 Died at Clifton Springs. Widow of I.P. Eldred,
formerly of Ithaca and Elmira.
1857 Jackson Albert 11 4/28/1857 6/17/1857 Scarlet Fever Died at Bloomfield, MO. Son of Albert and Almira
Jackson.
1857 Heath Chauncey G. 60 4/29/1857 5/06/1857
1857 Ingersoll Mary Cooper 6 5/05/1857 5/06/1857 Daughter of J.O.M. and C.S. Ingersoll.
1857 Brown Sarah Jane 21 5/05/1857 5/13/1857 Wife of W.H. Brown. Daughter of L.B. and
Samantha Dubois, formerly of Ithaca, and now of
Horicon, WI.
1857 Snyder Jeremiah 58 5/07/1857 5/13/1857 Died in Dryden.
1857 Trotter P.W. 5/10/1857 6/10/1857 Murdered at St. Paul, MN; robbed. Formerly of
Enfield.
1857 Parker Jerusha Lord 67 5/14/1857 5/20/1857 Wife of Rev. Samuel Parker.
1857 Drake Mary 25 5/18/1857 5/29/1857 Died at Lansing; wife of Gabriel O. Drake.
1857 Stewart Elizabeth 65 6/05/1857 6/17/1857
1857 McGowen Ann Maria 76 6/08/1857 617/1857 Ithaca resident for over 50 years; resided on East
Hill. See obituary.
1857 Bishop Isaac 65 6/15/1857 6/24/1857 Died at Dryden after 4 year illness. One of
Dryden's earliest settlers.
1857 Carpenter Matthew 6/17/1857 6/24/1857 Drowned Building he was in swept away into Six Mile Creek
during sudden heavy rains which caused a dam
to collapse. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal,
6/24/1857.
1857 Coon David 6/17/1857 6/24/1857 Drowned Drowning occurred during heavy rains and
collapse of dam. Was a gunsmith. See story p. 3,
Ithaca Journal, 6/24/1857.
1857 Hawley N. 6/17/1857 6/24/1857 Drowned Swept away as he was clinging to a tree, near the
Clinton St. bridge, following the collapse of a
dam, following heavy rains. Owned a brewery.
See story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 6/24/1857.
1857 Hoose Mary 71 6/17/1857 7/15/1857 Died at Enfield.
1857 Marsh William Augustus 2 6/27/1857 7/08/1857 Died at Quincy, IL. Son of William and Cornelia
M. Marsh.
1857 Mr. Wright Robins D. 7/01/1857 notice 7/01/1857 Died at Danby.
1857 Denton Thomas 39 7/03/1857 9/09/1857 Consumption Died on board the ship, America, homeward
bound from New Zealand. Had lived at Danby.
1857 McCrea James 85 7/09/1857 7/15/1857 Formerly of Ireland.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1857 Wetherell Delia 53 7/10/1857 7/15/1857 Died at Ithaca, visiting sister, Mrs. Clark Norton.
Had lived at Madison, IN. Death notices in
7/15/1857 and 7/22/1857.
1857 Norwood Jonathan 73 7/15/1857 8/12/1857 Died at Caroline.
1857 Fowler Charlotte 47 7/22/1857 7/22/1857 Died at Ulysses. Wife of Alvah Fowler.
1857 Gray Phebe Eliza 41 7/22/1857 7/29/1857 Died at Utica. Wife of Gabriel Gray; daughter of
late Amos Hixson of Ithaca.
1857 Byrn Patrick 7/27/1857 7/29/1857 Killed when thrown from his wagon.
1857 Combs R.N. 36 8/13/1857 8/19/1857 Died at Hyde Park, PA. Formerly of Ithaca.
1857 Curry James 84 8/14/1857 8/19/1857 Died at Ulysses. Father of Edwin H., William B.,
Amos and Thorrington F. Curry.
1857 Riggs Suse 91 9/02/1857 9/16/1857 Died at Plainfield, NJ; formerly of Groton. Widow
of Miles Riggs.
1857 Seymour Charles Frederick 2 9/03/1857 9/09/1857 Youngest son of Edward C. and Harriet M.
Seymour.
1857 Gleason Hannah C. 63 9/27/1857 10/07/1857 Heart Disease Wife of Oliver Gleason.
1857 Jewel Bithiah 76 9/27/1857 10/07/1857 Died at Hector. Widow of Deacon Joseph; mother
of Rev. Joel Jewel.
1857 Masiker Hannah 71 10/07/1857 10/21/1857 Died at Nelson's Cove, Kane County, IL. Wife of
Isaac Masiker.
1857 Robertson Robert 57 10/09/1857 10/28/1857 Died at Charlotte, Chautauqua County. Son of
late Capt. George Robertson of Dryden.
1857 Phillips Sarah A. B. 10/10/1857 10/21/1857 Wife of Robert A. Phillips.
1857 Hon. Linn Archilbald L. 55 10/10/1857 10/28/1857 Died at Grassfields, Saratoga County. Was a
leading member of the Bar of Tompkins County,
twice a mayor; member of the 37th Congress;
also a judge.
1857 Rev. Hull George S. 42 10/20/1857 11/04/1857 Died at Mecklenburg.
1857 Pew Hannah 10/25/1857 11/04/1857 Wife of Richard Pew.
1857 Beers Caroline 3 mos. 11/01/1857 11/04/1857 Daughter of William P. Beers.
1857 Granger Huldah C. 27 11/05/1857 11/11/1857 Wife of J.L. Granger, wife of Albert Phillips of
Dryden.
1857 Vickery Sylvester Roper 18 11/22/1857 11/25/1857 Consumption Son of Ebenezer Vickery.
1858 Stephens Evaline Benson 22 1/01/1858 1/27/1858 Daughter of Chandler Benson
1858 King Delphine 1/16/1858 1/20/1858 Daughter of Alexander King
1858 Mitchell Francis Goldsborough 1/16/1858 1/20/1858 Infant, son of James and Hestra Mitchell
1858 Peiper Lillian Louise 11 mo 1/24/1858 2/03/1858 Died in Philladelphia, Daugher of Michael and
Mary Peiper
1858 Manning Isaac 41 1/25/1858 1/27/1858
1858 Snow Garret V. 31 1/25/1858 2/17/1858 Son of Roswell Snow
1858 Culver Willie 17 mo 2/01/1858 2/03/1858 Son of Wm M. & Eliza Culver
1858 Aldrich Tilson 83 2/06/1858 4/07/1858 Died in Ellery, Chautauqua County
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1858 Worden Charles 31 2/09/1858 2/17/1858 Strangulated
Hernia
In Lefaysville, PA.
1858 Denton James Buchanen 20 mo 2/12/1858 2/24/1858 Son of Richard and Juliette Denton
1858 Huntington Oristus Lynde 55 2/14/1858 3/10/1858 Died in Des Moines, Co,.Iowa, where he had
moved to.
1858 Bates Samuel 43 2/17/1858 2/24/1858 Son of Daniel Bates
1858 Jackson Henrietta 25 2/25/1858 3/03/1858 Daughter of Henry and Amelia Jackson
1858 Emmons Anna 66 3/05/1858 3/17/1858 Lansing- wife of J.N. Emmons
1858 Bramhall Mary 29 3/06/1858 3/10/1858 Wife of William Bramhall
1858 Whitlock John 90 3/09/1858 3/17/1858 One of the oldest residents
1858 Honorable Tillotson Ira 76 3/10/1858 4/07/1858 Chairman, Board of Representatives
1858 Legg Patience 84 3/12/1858 3/24/1858 Speedsville- Wife of Williard Legg
1858 Captain Holman John B 86 3/13/1858 3/17/1858 Had a mercantile business
1858 Sweazey Jeremiah 61 3/19/1858 4/07/1858 Died in Towanda, PA. From Groton, NY
1858 Doctor Smith Elijah 52 3/28/1858 4/07/1858 Groton
1858 Squires Elmore D. 29 4/03/1858 4/14/1858 Died in Norwich. Formerly of Ithaca
1858 Esquire Williams Nathan T. 52 5/04/1858 5/12/1858 Cashier, Tompkins County Bank
1858 Doctor Fenner L.H. 5/04/1858 5/19/1858 From Ithaca. Moved to Norwalk, Ohio
1858 Foot David M. 5/06/1858 5/19/1858 Injuries from the
kick of a horse
Jacksonville, NY.
1858 Doctor Smith Marvin 74 5/06/1858 5/19/1858 In Trumansburg
1858 Captain Osburn John 44 5/10/1858 5/12/1858
1858 Wood Benjamin 69 5/16/1858 5/19/1858 Farmer in Dryden
1858 Livermore Osadiah L. 62 5/22/1858 5/26/1858
1858 Pew Nancy 60 5/28/1858 6/02/1858 Wife of Benjamin Pew
1858 Clark James E. 14 5/30/1858 6/09/1858 Son of Elias & Pheobe J. Clark
1858 Lamont Daniel 41 6/01/1858 6/30/1858 Died in Almond, Allegheny County
1858 Wisner Amelia 11 6/05/1858 6/23/1858 Daughter of J.C. & Sarah Wisner
1858 Caufield Polly 71 6/17/1858 7/07/1858 Died in Danby
1858 Mackey Henry 43 6/21/1858 6/23/1858 Died of consumption
1858 Munn Mary 6/21/1858 7/07/1858 Died in Detroit
1858 Chamberlain Elizabeth 74 6/22/1858 6/30/1858
1858 Gauntlett Sarah Louise 18 mo 6/25/1858 6/30/1858 Daughter of John & Mary Gauntlett
1858 Caufield Mary T. 58 6/26/1858 7/07/1858 Wife of late Seba Caufield; in Danby
1858 Mooney Mary 22 7/07/1858 notice 7/07/1858 Wife of Dennis Mooney
1858 Knapp Mariette 37 7/15/1858 8/18/1858 Originally from Danby; Died in Aldrian, Michigan
1858 Graves Harriet Ann 34 7/29/1858 8/04/1858 Wife of Rev. Albert S. Graves; in Auburn
1858 McNeil Sarah A. 46 8/03/1858 8/11/1858 Wife of John McNeil, died in Auburn. Daughter of
late Levi Slater, Slaterville Springs
1858 More William Lewis 18 mo 8/05/1858 8/11/1858
1858 Johnson Elizabeth 67 8/10/1858 8/25/1858 Wife of Rev. Henry Johnson
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1858 Hoes Catharine Ann 16 8/11/1858 8/18/1858 Died in Cortland; Daughter of Rev. J.C. Hors
1858 Goddard Alfred C 18 8/11/1858 8/25/1858
1858 Gilley Edward F. 19 mo 8/20/1858 9/01/1858 Son of John & Mary Gilley; Died near Boston
1858 Eddy James 36 8/23/1858 8/25/1858 Died in Burlington, VT. Also listed in the 9/1/58
newspaper.
1858 Powers Sibbie A. 5 8/25/1858 9/01/1858 Daughter of C.B.& M.R. Powers
1858 Taber Frank Wallace 5 9/04/1858 9/15/1858 Youngest son of B.F. & Rebecca A. Taber
1858 Hayes John C. 35 9/05/1858 9/08/1858
1858 Fuller Mrs. G. Milton 9/09/1858 9/29/1858 Died in Cayuga City, Kansas
1858 Wood Arthur L. 1 9/22/1858 10/13/1858 Son of Otis E. & Olive A. Wood; in Dryden
1858 Ackerman Harriet Ann 31 9/25/1858 10/06/1858 Wife of Ralph Ackerman; in Caroline
1858 Cox Herselia U. 29 10/04/1858 10/13/1858 Wife of Edward Cox: in New York City
1858 Clark Sarah Eliza 23 10/05/1858 10/13/1858
10/20/1858
Wife of Erastus Clark; in Owego
1858 Cooper Mandana 25 10/13/1858 11/24/1858 Wife of John A.D. Cooper
1858 Terry Elam 39 10/16/1858 10/20/1858
1858 Clark Alvin B. 3 wks 10/16/1858 10/27/1858 Son of Erastus Clark; in Owego
1858 Hathaway George W. 23 10/17/1858 11/03/1858 In Tioga County, PA
1858 Hathaway Harriet A. 15 10/27/1858 11/03/1858 In Tioga County, PA. With George (above), were
the children of the sister of George Washburn, of
ETNA in Tompkins County
1858 Gauntlett Jane A. 18 11/13/1858 11/17/1858 Daughter of John & Susan Gauntlett
1858 Cooper Infant 11/13/1858 11/24/1858 Daughter of Mandana & John A.D. Cooper. Died
of cholera
1858 Sibley Miles Finch 3 11/15/1858 11/17/1858 Son of Dr. S & Mary A. Sibley
1858 Seamans Johnathan 96 11/16/1858 11/24/1858
1858 Stoddard George 50 11/19/1858 11/24/1858
1858 Burt William S. 64 11/21/1858 11/24/1858
1858 Hillick Benjamin Franklin 19 11/24/1858 12/01/1858 Son of James & Sarah Hillick
1858 Aldrich Charles D. 10 12/02/1858 12/15/1858 Adopted son of John A. Aldrich
1858 Clinton Samuel 58 12/06/1858 12/08/1858
1858 Osburn Eliza Jane 41 12/06/1858 12/08/1858 Widow of Captain John Osburn
1858 Byrum Maria 44 12/10/1858 12/15/1858 Wife of Eleazear Byrum; in Enfield
1858 Owen Matilda J. 38 12/14/1858 12/22/1858 Wife of L.H. Owen; in Trumansburg
1858 Clark Elias J. 46 12/17/1858 12/22/1858
1858 Bloodgood Louisa 70 12/19/1858 12/22/1858 Widow of Francis A. Bloodgood
1858 Gardner St. John 46 12/21/1858 12/29/1858
1858 Gray Cyrus 63 12/25/1858 1/05/1859 In Danby
1858 Clark Harvey 48 12/29/1858 1/26/1859 Died in Portville in a logging accident with
Cattaraugus Co.
1858 McLallen Cory Jesse 5 wks 12/30/1858 1/05/1859 In Trumansburg- Son of Frover J. & Cornelia H.
McLallen
1859 Mrs. Gunn Eliza 54 1/02/1859 1/05/1859 Daughter of Luther Gere, Esq.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1859 Robinson Adaline H. 22 1/08/1859 1/12/1859 Wife of Daniel Robinson
1859 Squire Lucinda 40 1/14/1859 2/02/1859 Died in Norwich, Cheranao County. Widow of
Elmore Squire.
1859 Harris E.E.C. 53 1/15/1859 1/19/1859 Wife of Rev. J.M. Harris
1859 Cantine John J.C. 53 1/17/1859 1/26/1859 Died in Chicago
1859 Mrs. Finch Polly 63 1/25/1859 2/02/1859
1859 Clark David 72 1/30/1859 2/09/1859
1859 Curran Elizabeth 63 2/03/1859 2/09/1859 Widow of William Curran
1859 Phillips Joshua 81 2/13/1859 2/16/1859 Died in Dryden
1859 Sprague William P. 34 2/22/1859 2/23/1859
1859 Johnson Kate Frances 2 2/23/1859 3/02/1859 Typhoid Fever Died in New York. Daugther of William & Harriet
Johnson
1859 Meddaugh James 93 3/01/1859 3/23/1859 Died in Slaterville
1859 McGowen Smith Townley 18 mo 3/06/1859 3/16/1859 Died in Albany; son of Minos & Ann McGowen
1859 Foster Henrietta B. Howell 36 3/14/1859 3/23/1859 In Ludlowville; wife of Theodore Foster
1859 Burdick Edward H. 19 3/17/1859 3/23/1859 Died in Danby; son of late William P. Burdick
1859 Prof. Higgins Robert A. 29 3/23/1859 5/11/1859 Died in Centre Hill, Miss.
1859 Smith Harry 56 3/30/1859 4/06/1859 In Dryden
1859 Wern John 71 3/31/1859 4/06/1859
1859 Case Margaret E. 12 4/07/1859 4/13/1859 Daughter of Philip & Lydia Case
1859 Stevens Victoria 10 4/07/1859 4/13/1859 Daughter of Henry Stevens
1859 Kellogg William H. 33 4/08/1859 4/13/1859
1859 Nickerson Charles 15 4/08/1859 4/13/1859 Son of Joseph Nickerson
1859 Bogardus Joseph E. 76 4/09/1859 4/20/1859 Died in Lansing
1859 Doctor Ingersoll J.O.M 35 4/12/1859 4/20/1859
1859 Snook Mary E. 58 4/12/1859 4/20/1859
1859 Bull Aaron 76 4/21/1859 5/04/1859 Died in Caroline
1859 Slater Alida 81 4/21/1859 5/04/1859 Widow of Levi Slater; Died in Trumansburg
1859 Beers Lewis 48 4/21/1859 6/01/1859 Died in Danby; Son of Nathan Beers
1859 Page Laura A. 36 4/24/1859 5/04/1859 Wife of L.E. Page; Daughter of Dr. M. Smith. Died
in Trumansburg
1859 Maricle Evretta Caroline 10 4/28/1859 5/11/1859 Ruptured a blood
vessel while
skipping rope at
school
Daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Maricle.
1859 Cantine Jane 78 4/29/1859 5/04/1859
1859 Hall Lewis 76 5/07/1859 5/25/1859 Injuries after
thrown off a
wagon.
Died in Town of Ulysses.
1859 Murray William L. 26 5/07/1859 5/25/1859 Lung hemorrhage
Died in Newfield.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1859 Major Ellis Peleo 84 5/09/1859 5/25/1859 One of the first settlers of Tompkins County. Died
in Dryden on the morning of his 84th birthday.
1859 Drake Freeman 73 5/18/1859 notice 5/18/1859 Died in Lansing
1859 Smith George R. 36 5/27/1859 6/01/1859
1859 Babcock Eber 46 6/04/1859 6/08/1859
1859 Tilotson Millard Glenn 17 mo 6/19/1859 6/22/1859 Died in Brooklyn; Son of Luther & Emma Tilotson
1859 Hind Thomas H. 65 6/22/1859 6/29/1859
1859 Gleason Oliver 70 6/25/1859 7/06/1859
1859 Harvey Abigail 70 6/25/1859 7/06/1859 Died in Enfield
1859 Jennings Joshua 72 6/28/1859 7/13/1859 Died in Lansing
1859 Narvey John 30 6/30/1859 7/27/1859 Died in Enfield Ctr. from injuries from a fall from a
building
1859 Besimer John 70 7/08/1859 7/20/1859 Died in Dryden
1859 Young Tryphena 7/09/1859 7/27/1859 Breast Cancer Died in Milo, Ill. Wife of Stepehn Young, formerly
of Dryden.
1859 Pratt Daniel 7/17/1859 7/27/1859 Died in Niles, Mich. Formerly of Ithaca
1859 Merchant Ann R. 7 7/18/1859 7/27/1859 Daughter of William & Bethiah Merchant; In
Enfield
1859 Doctor Hawley J.E. 57 8/01/1859 8/03/1859 Son of Stpehen Hawley. Born in Conneticut. See
lengthy obituary in 8/10/59 Ithaca Journal. Death
notices in 8/3/1859 and 8/10/1859.
1859 Cushing Cornelia Ferris 6 8/09/1859 8/17/1859 Daughter of Stephen B. & Mary Cushing; Died in
New York.
1859 Warring Mary Jane 50 8/10/1859 8/17/1859 Widow of Josiah Warring; daughter of James and
Nancy McEwan
1859 Whitney Jerusha 38 8/12/1859 8/24/1859 Died in Owego
1859 Stannard Emily C. 19 8/22/1859 8/24/1859 Daughter of A.A. Stannard
1859 Cutter David 9/07/1859 12/21/1859 Died in Hillsdale, Co, Michigan. Formerly from
Newfield, NY
1859 DeHart James R. 38 9/07/1859 9/11/1859 Died in Watkins; Formerly of Ithaca
1859 Bower Mary Allyn 18 10/06/1859 10/12/1859 Died in Brooklyn; wife of William J Bower
1859 Krnnedy Jane 64 10/07/1859 10/19/1859 Died in Newfield
1859 McCormick Horaca 33 10/12/1859 10/19/1859
1859 Seabring Susan Jane 10/15/1859 10/19/1859 Died in Newfield; wifre of C.H.Seabring
1859 Jarvis Tully C. 76 10/18/1859 10/26/1859
1859 Middaugh Martha 62 10/20/1859 10/26/1859 Died in Dryden; wife of Wessels S. Middaugh
1859 Case Lydia P. 38 10/23/1859 11/02/1859 Wife of Philip Case
1859 Slaughter Ella J. 9 10/27/1859 11/09/1859 Daughter of Henry and Jane Slaughter
1859 Partenheimer Elizabeth 72 10/28/1859 11/02/1859 Wife of Adam Partenheimer
1859 Mix Susan 11/17/1859 11/23/1859 Wife of Edwin Mix
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1859 Pellam Adelbert 9 11/22/1859 11/30/1859 Son of Abram & Phirinda Pellam
1859 Hayes Harriet N. 6 11/23/1859 11/30/1859 Scarlet Fever Daughter of Mrs. J.C.Hayes.
1859 Hayes Catherine C. 4 11/24/1859 11/30/1859 Scarlet Fever Daughter of Mrs. J.C.Hayes.
1859 Hill Deacon Seth 77 11/24/1859 12/14/1859 Formerly of Danby; Died in Richmond, Wis.
1859 Gress Peter R. 13 11/27/1859 12/14/1859 Died in Newfied; Son of sarah Gress
1859 Russell Thomas Henry 1 12/02/1859 12/14/1859 Scarlet Fever Died in New York City. Child of Henry A. & Julie
M. Russell
1859 Mabee Rachel 44 12/04/1859 12/14/1859 Wife of A.D. Mabee; Daughter of Jacob Shephard
1859 Russell Rose Margaret 6 12/06/1859 12/14/1859 Scarlet Fever Died in New York City. Child of Henry A. & Julie
M. Russell
1859 Cook Cemantha 27 12/06/1859 12/21/1859 Wife of James C. Cook; daughter of Asabel Buck
of Lansing
1859 Taylor Thomas Scott 12/07/1859 2/01/1860 In New Orleans. Youngest son of Henry Taylor,
Esq.
1859 Aldridge Freddy D. 2 12/28/1859 1/11/1860 Died in West Warren, PA. Son of Charles &
Cordelia D. Aldridge
1859 Eaton Apollos 57 12/29/1859 1/11/1860 Died in Dryden
1860 Coon Levi 67 1/03/1860 1/11/1860
1860 Riggs Sarah 35 1/20/1860 1/25/1860 Died in Brooklyn; wife of M.C. Riggs, Esq.
Formerly of Ithaca or Trumansburg
1860 Lucas Edwin A. 23 2/05/1860 2/08/1860
1860 Mrs. Hinckley Rachel 60 2/07/1860 2/15/1860 Wife of Henry W. Hinckley
1860 Howland Freddy Newel 3 2/07/1860 3/21/1860 Died in South Danby. Only child of William &
Louisa M. Howland
1860 Aldrich James 44 2/11/1860 2/29/1860 Died in Caroline.
1860 Bull Leonard 2 2/11/1860 2/29/1860 Scarlet Fever Died in Slaterville. Son of John & Deborah Bull
1860 Tucker Thomas J. 28 2/14/1860 2/29/1860 Died in Groton
1860 Gere Isaac Bradford 54 2/16/1860 2/22/1860 Died in Owego
1860 Major Darding G.W.K. 45 2/17/1860 2/29/1860 Died in Ulysses
1860 Mrs. Frost George P. 56 2/22/1860 3/14/1860 Formerly of Ithaca; Died in Mednon, Ill.
1860 Tompkins Mary E. 45 3/06/1860 3/14/1860 Wife of Edward Tompkins, Esq. Died in
Binghamton
1860 Huntington Sophronia 52 3/13/1860 3/14/1860 Wife of W.T. Huntington
1860 Masters Eleanor 62 3/14/1860 3/21/1860 Wife of William Masters
1860 Fitch DeWitt 41 3/14/1860 3/28/1860 From Lansing. Died in Monticello, Minnesota
1860 Angle William 40 3/17/1860 3/21/1860
1860 Holt Thankful P. 44 3/17/1860 3/28/1860 Died in New Bedford, Mass. Wife of Capt. John
R. Holt
1860 Ward Mary 75 3/23/1860 3/28/1860 Relict of the late Frederick Pell, Esq.
1860 Patchin Laura A. 25 3/23/1860 4/11/1860 Died in Clinton, Wis. Wife of John Patchin
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1860 Tompkins Freddy Richard 2 4/15/1860 4/18/1860 Died in Trumansburg. Only sonof Richard C. &
Mary M. Tompkins
1860 Monell James 62 4/16/1860 4/18/1860
1860 Lewis Luther 75 4/18/1860 4/25/1860 Died in Ulysses
1860 Cain Gabriel 89 4/23/1860 5/02/1860
1860 Hart R.B. 48 4/23/1860 5/02/1860 Died in Dryden
1860 Montgomery John 48 4/23/1860 5/02/1860 Died in Dryden
1860 Jennings Jane 70 4/23/1860 5/23/1860 Died in Lansing. Relict of Joshua Jennings
1860 Reynolds Mary Elizabeth 20 4/27/1860 5/30/1860 Died in Philadelphia. Daughter of Spencer &
Phoebe Reynolds of Ithaca
1860 Mrs. Green 39 4/29/1860 5/09/1860 Died in Groton. Wife of John Green; dauther of
Esq. Benson
1860 Pierce Ellen 7 4/30/1860 5/02/1860 Daughter of H.F. & Eliza Pierce of Dryden
1860 Mrs. Hawley Harriet 45 4/30/1860 5/09/1860
1860 Hoyt Henry W. 42 5/01/1860 5/02/1860
1860 Crowell Nehemiah 53 5/04/1860 5/16/1860 Died in Newfield
1860 Kellogg Noar J. 5/05/1860 5/09/1860
1860 Hunt J. Junior 5/09/1860 5/30/1860 Died in Chilo, Ohio
1860 Barnes Thomas 74 5/16/1860 6/06/1860 Died in Pittstown; formerly of Ithaca
1860 Winchester Anna Maria 39 5/17/1860 5/30/1860 Died in Oswego. Wife of L.A.Winchester
1860 Seymour Calvin 5 5/19/1860 5/30/1860 Died in Auburn. Son of A.M. Seymour of Ithaca
1860 Briggs Frank 9 5/30/1860 6/13/1860 Died in West Danby. Son of James J. & Adelia
Briggs
1860 Gillet Havillah D. 14 6/01/1860 6/13/1860 Son of C.J. & Sarah Gillet
1860 Tibbetts John 8 6/05/1860 6/13/1860 Died in West Danby; son of Dr. A. Tibbetts
1860 Keeler Lewis E. 3 6/10/1860 6/13/1860 Died in Danby. Son of Charles B. & Harriet
Keeler
1860 Veldran Ramer S. 65 6/10/1860 6/20/1860
1860 Conway Catherine 2 6/11/1860 6/20/1860 Daughter of Patrick Conway
1860 Taber Lucretia 47 6/12/1860 6/20/1860 Wife of William Taber
1860 Bishop Isaac 6/18/1860 6/27/1860
1860 Burdick J. Stark 31 6/20/1860 6/27/1860 Died in Danby.
1860 Cutter Sarah Van Buskink 39 6/20/1860 6/27/1860 Died in Newfield. Wife of Nirum Cutter
1860 Jackson Frances 10 6/20/1860 6/27/1860 Died in Ulysses
1860 Parr Thomas B. 18 6/21/1860 7/04/1860 Son of Thomas and Lydia Parr
1860 Thomas Josephine 6/25/1860 6/27/1860 Daughter of S.A. Thomas
1860 Fox George 72 6/28/1860 7/11/1860 Died in Dryden
1860 Lacy John A. 19 7/01/1860 3/13/1861 Son of John R. and Lucin Lacy of Dryden. John
died on board the ship "John Stewart," bound
from San Francisco to New York
1860 Hillick Sarah 7/18/1860 notice 7/18/1860 Daughter of James Hillick
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1860 Hall Henry 5 7/21/1860 8/08/1860 Died in Groton. Son of E.R. and Clarinda Hall.
1860 Speed John James 83 7/23/1860 8/08/1860 Died in Gorham, Maine at the home of his son,
Col. J.J. Speed. Formerly of Caroline.
1860 Grant Roxanna 82 7/28/1860 8/01/1860 Died at residence of A.S. Johnson, Esq.
1860 Collier Celia Ensign 7/28/1860 8/08/1860 Died in Oberlin, Ohio. Wife of Hamilton Collier,
Esq. Formerly of Binghamton
1860 Esty Emma Infant 8/05/1860 8/08/1860 Daughter of Esther & Joseph Esty, Jr.
1860 Cutter Susan 35 8/11/1860 8/22/1860 Died in West Groton
1860 McGraw Jane 83 8/11/1860 8/22/1860 Died in Dryden. Wife of Joseph McGraw.
1860 Brown Elizabeth 60 8/19/1860 8/29/1860 Wife of Samuel Brown.
1860 Brink Eilzabeth R. 25 8/20/1860 8/29/1860 Died in Elmira
1860 Norton James George 3 mo 8/30/1860 9/05/1860 Died in Olean. Son of George & Sarah Norton
1860 Welch Jeremiah 32 9/02/1860 9/12/1860
1860 Jackson Charles M. 26 9/06/1860 9/12/1860
1860 Johnson George H. 19 9/06/1860 9/12/1860 Died in Jersey City. Son of Arthur. S. Johnson
1860 Jerome Frank 10 9/10/1860 10/03/1860 Scarlet Fever Died in Trumansburg. Son of J.H. & Lisette
Jerome.
1860 Mrs. Wookcock Mary I. 69 9/27/1860 10/03/1860
1860 Prof. Thomas J.H. 28 9/28/1860 10/03/1860
1860 Rogers Henry 44 9/29/1860 10/03/1860
1860 Barnard Fred 5 10/03/1860 10/10/1860 Son of M.R. Barnard
1860 Fausett Sarah A. 17 10/11/1860 10/26/1860 Died in Danby
1860 More Margaret Ann 6 10/16/1860 10/24/1860 Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth More
1860 Day Charlie 4 10/23/1860 10/31/1860 Son of Lorin and Mary A. Day
1860 Williams Zina H. 65 10/26/1860 11/07/1860 Died in Lansing; Father of John A. Williams, Esq.
1860 Day Joseph Selden 21 mo 10/30/1860 11/07/1860 Son of Lorin and Mary A. Day
1860 Weller Jacob F. 65 10/30/1860 12/19/1860 Formerly of Montgomery, Orange County
1860 Doctor Sherwood A.A. 45 11/05/1860 11/07/1860 Died in Newfield
1860 Vickery Eliza 11/06/1860 11/07/1860 Wife of Ebenezer Vickery
1860 Smith Solan 21 11/12/1860 11/14/1860
1860 Brewer William E. 8 11/12/1860 11/21/1860 Died in Cortlandville; son of Stephen and Mary
Brewer
1860 Rose Lois H. 7 11/13/1860 11/21/1860 Daughter of William and Deborah Rose
1860 Nelson Ann 33 11/14/1860 11/28/1860
1860 Whitney Hattie 26 11/14/1860 12/05/1860 Died in Catherine, Schuyler County.; wife of Dr.
William W. Whitney, daughter of S.S. Booth
1860 Carney Thomas 85 11/15/1860 11/21/1860
1860 Wilson Margaret H. 28 11/15/1860 11/21/1860 Wife of Hudson J. Wilson; daughter of Gilbert
Saxton
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1860 Newman Permalia E. 32 11/20/1860 12/12/1860 Died in Fairport, Monroe County. Wife of William
M. Newman; formerly of Enfield
1860 Curran O. Bowne 5 11/21/1860 11/28/1860 Son of O.B. and Mary Curran
1860 Keeler Betty 69 12/01/1860 12/05/1860 Died in Danby; widow of Eliba Keeler
1860 Harding Theron 14 12/05/1860 1/02/1861 Died in Slaterville. Son of Abram and Almira
Harding
1860 Hern Minnie Ella 2 12/05/1860 12/12/1860 Daughter of Mose and Maria Hern
1861 Hare Joseph 79 1/04/1861 1/16/1861 Died in Dryden
1861 Galezio Ann F. 26 1/04/1861 1/30/1861 Daughter of Ashbel Treman, deceased
1861 Omond Albert 51 1/05/1861 1/16/1861 Died in Groton
1861 Bailey Morris 83 1/09/1861 1/16/1861 Died in Dryden
1861 Kenedy Betsey 83 1/11/1861 1/23/1861 Died in Dryden; widow of Dr. Kenedy
1861 McArthur Peter 40 1/13/1861 1/23/1861 Died in Dryden
1861 Abar George I. 1/16/1861 1/23/1861 Died in Enfield
1861 Day Isaac 80 1/16/1861 1/23/1861 Father of Charles G. Day
1861 Maloney Timothy 30 1/16/1861 1/23/1861 For 4.5 years he was the Editor and proprietor of
The Democrat.
1861 Sweazey John C. 24 1/18/1861 1/30/1861 Died in Groton
1861 Hixson Jonnie J. 4 1/24/1861 2/06/1861 Son of I.F. and Mary Hixson
1861 Valdram Mary 62 1/28/1861 1/30/1861
1861 Ballard Abigail 93 1/28/1861 2/06/1861 Died in Dryden
1861 Beebe Jeremiah 71 2/01/1861 2/06/1861
1861 Avery Francis A. 16 2/01/1861 2/14/1861 Died in Farmerville, Seneca County. Daughter of
John B. Avery
1861 Benjamin Nellie Louisa 3 2/08/1861 2/20/1861 Died in Lock Haven, PA. Daughter of George J.
and Sarah L. Benjamin, formerly of Ithaca.
1861 Allen Alzina 44 2/08/1861 3/13/1861 Died in Groton; wife of Dexter Allen
1861 Atwater Franklin 42 2/10/1861 2/14/1861
1861 Dedrich* Eliza 8 2/10/1861 2/27/1861 Died in Dryden; daughter of Milo Dedrich
1861 Dupere Hannah 71 2/11/1861 2/27/1861
1861 Brown Louisa A. 4 2/12/1861 2/20/1861 Daughter of William V. and Emily S. Brown
1861 Woodworth David 60 2/14/1861 2/27/1861 Died in Ulysses
1861 Swartwout Charles P. 29 mo 2/15/1861 3/13/1861 Diptheria Died in Ulysses. Son of E.S. and Mary A.
Swartwout
1861 Godard Diantha 73 2/17/1861 2/20/1861
1861 Stoddard Phebe 68 2/18/1861 2/20/1861
1861 Grant A.J. 41 2/18/1861 3/06/1861 Died in Trumansburg
1861 Heffron 2/19/1861 2/27/1861 Died in Dryden; son of L.R. Heffron
1861 Dixon Sarah Jane 16 2/20/1861 2/27/1861 Daughter of George and Helen Dixon
1861 Farmer Kittie 9 mo 2/20/1861 3/06/1861 Died in Newfield; daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Farmer
1861 Benington* Abram 73 2/22/1861 2/27/1861 Died in Dundee, formerly of Ithaca.
1861 Root Horace 39 2/24/1861 3/06/1861
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1861 Wheeler Sarah J. 4 mo 2/26/1861 3/06/1861 Died in Dryden. Daughter of Orrin W. and Mary
Wheeler
1861 Kingman Le Roy W. 53 3/02/1861 3/13/1861 Died in Owego
1861 Sperry Elizabeth 31 3/02/1861 5/29/1861 Died in Ludlowville; wife of F.C. Sperry
1861 Gauntlett Emma Caroline 13 mo 3/03/1861 3/06/1861 Daughter of John Gauntlett
1861 Swartwout Elly J. 4 3/04/1861 3/13/1861 Diptheria Died in Ulysses. Son of E.S. and Mary A.
Swartwout
1861 Dr. Mead James H. 30 3/05/1861 3/20/1861 Died in Lansing. Formerly of Odessa.
1861 Mrs. Sobers Isaac 50 3/06/1861 notice 3/06/1861 Died in Groton
1861 Kirtland John 56 3/06/1861 3/13/1861 Died in Watkins
1861 Conant George 6 3/06/1861 3/20/1861 Died in Groton; son of Daniel Conant
1861 Robinson Eunice 43 3/12/1861 3/20/1861 Died in Albany; wife of Hon. Lucius Robinson, of
Chemung.
1861 Esquire Gould Edwin 26 3/13/1861 3/20/1861 Died in Cortland
1861 Howell Delilah 45 3/18/1861 3/27/1861 Died in Enfield; wife of Samuel H. Howell
1861 Howland John J. 21 3/19/1861 4/10/1861 Died in South Danby
1861 Jones George 74 3/20/1861 notice 3/20/1861 Died in Catherine. Formerly of Newfield.
1861 Captain Brown John 69 3/21/1861 4/03/1861 Died in Varna
1861 Loomis Eliza Bell 3/23/1861 4/03/1861 Died in West Dryden. Daughter of D.F. and Mary
J. Loomis
1861 Sweazey John C. 7 mo 3/27/1861 4/03/1861 Son of Charles and A.J. Sweazey
1861 Hill Ambrose 49 3/27/1861 4/10/1861 Died in Dryden
1861 B***by Maria Sutherland 24 4/01/1861 4/03/1861 Daughter of A.E. and Fanny B***by
1861 Lampman Margaret 29 4/02/1861 4/10/1861 Died in Dryden. Wife of William Lampman,
daughter of Thomas Mineah
1861 Whittaker Maria J. 22 4/07/1861 4/10/1861 Wife of George W. Whittaker
1861 Jones Lizzie A. 8 4/10/1861 4/17/1861 Died in Trumansburg; daughter of Peter and
Sarah A. Jones
1861 Ashton John 63 4/10/1861 4/24/1861 Died in Groton
1861 Gardner Abram 77 4/10/1861 4/24/1861 Died in Danby
1861 Mrs. Woodruff Martha 30 4/11/1861 4/24/1861 Died in Groton
1861 Cox Eliza Abby 4/13/1861 4/24/1861
1861 Miller John D. 78 4/14/1861 5/08/1861 Died in Danby
1861 Slater Willie 3 4/15/1861 4/24/1861 Died in Dryden. Son of Mr. S. Slater
1861 Eaton Cora I. 2 4/16/1861 11/27/1861 Typhus Died in Dryden. Daughter of William and Amelia
Eaton.
1861 Beers Mary M. 12 4/24/1861 5/01/1861 Daughter of William P. Beers
1861 Hill Franklin 27 4/25/1861 5/01/1861
1861 Dickerman Merritt 61 4/27/1861 5/01/1861 Died in Trumansburg
1861 Cowdrey Emeline C. 50 4/27/1861 5/08/1861 Died in Salisbury, Conn. Buried in Ithaca. Wife
of Chauncey Cowdrey
1861 Potter Charles W. 41 4/29/1861 5/01/1861
1861 Cook Rachel 64 5/02/1861 5/15/1861 Died in Dryden. Widow of Nathan Cook, Jr.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1861 De Lano Franklin 6 5/02/1861 5/15/1861 Died in Groton. Son of Martin S. De Lano
1861 Bull Kate Louise 9 5/04/1861 5/15/1861 Died in Slaterville. Daughter of John and
Deborah Bull.
1861 Goodrice Philander 86 5/05/1861 5/15/1861 Died in Dryden.
1861 Hopkins Charley 11 5/06/1861 5/15/1861 Died in Groton. Son of Volney Hopkins
1861 Bradbury Phebe 41 5/06/1861 5/22/1861 Died in Ulysses. Wife of Cornelius Bradbury
1861 Conant 1 5/07/1861 5/22/1861 Died in Groton. Son of D.R. Conant
1861 McElheney Jennie 5 5/10/1861 5/22/1861 Died in Dryden. Daughter of Thomas J. and Ada
McElheney
1861 Brock George Thomas 15 mo 5/11/1861 5/15/1861 Died in Danby. Son of John J. and Martha T.
Brock. Grandson of Dr. G.W. Saxton
1861 Lowry Maria Jane 26 5/14/1861 5/22/1861 Died in Springport, Cayuga County
1861 Sharp Godfrey 43 5/24/1861 6/05/1861 Died in Dryden.
1861 Stoddard Leon 4 5/29/1861 6/19/1861 Died in Groton. Son of L. and M. Stoddard
1861 Brown Eliza 56 5/30/1861 6/12/1861 Died in Groton.
1861 Truesdell John 64 6/04/1861 6/19/1861
1861 Robinson Minnie 4 6/04/1861 6/26/1861 Died in Dryden. Daughter of Capt. Daniel
Robinson
1861 Clark Alonzo 6/12/1861 6/19/1861 Died in New York. Member of Capt. Rowes
Company
1861 Mrs. House 89 6/13/1861 6/19/1861 Died in Dryden.
1861 Barnard Charlie 9 mo 6/15/1861 6/19/1861 Son of M.R. Barnard
1861 Thomas William 78 6/24/1861 7/10/1861 Died in Dryden at the home of Peter Mulks
1861 Finch Alvah 61 6/29/1861 7/03/1861
1861 Swan Rufus W. 55 7/10/1861 7/17/1861 Died in Catherine, Schuyler County
1861 Clark Littleton 35 7/18/1861 7/24/1861 Died in Danby
1861 Gay Jane 40 7/20/1861 7/31/1861 Wife of Freeman K. Gay
1861 Van Valkenburg Kitty 6 7/21/1861 10/23/1861 Died at Free Hollow. daughter of Willima and
Harriet Van Valkenburg
1861 Clapp Harriet A. 31 7/24/1861 7/31/1861 Died in Dryden.
1861 Dunning Lizzie 12 7/24/1861 7/31/1861 Daughter of E.J. and Lucy Dunning
1861 Dunning May 14 8/04/1861 8/07/1861 Daughter of E.J. and Lucy Dunning
1861 Dunning Virginia 10 8/04/1861 8/07/1861 Daughter of E.J. and Lucy Dunning
1861 Fox Jane 61 8/12/1861 9/04/1861 Died in Highland, Kansas. Wife of Rev. Dana
Fox. Formerly of Elmira, NY
1861 Loomis Jennie 6 8/17/1861 8/21/1861 Died in Jacksonville. Daughter of George W. and
Sarah Loomis.
1861 Smith Lydia 81 8/29/1861 10/02/1861 Died in Etna at son's residence (Lester Smith)
1861 Atwater Julia 7 wks 9/01/1861 9/04/1861 Daughter of S.D. and Julia A. Atwater
1861 Smith Temperance M. 65 9/06/1861 10/09/1861 Died in Newfield; wife of Samuel Smith, Esq.
Daughter of Capt. James Young of the
Revolutionary Army
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1861 Drake Caleb B. 75 9/09/1861 9/11/1861
1861 Partenheimer Adam 80 9/10/1861 9/18/1861
1861 Bartholomew Emeline S. 31 9/12/1861 10/02/1861 Wife of Jesse Bartholomewl daughter of Lester
Smith
1861 McKinney Alfred Mills 8 9/12/1861 10/23/1861 Diptheria Died at Free Hollow. Son of Mills and Sarah A.
McKinney.
1861 Konkle Judge 75 9/13/1861 10/23/1861 Died in Elmira
1861 Niles Lucy Dunning 5 9/15/1861 10/02/1861 Died in Corning. Daughter of Rev. W.A. and Mary
E. Niles
1861 McKinney Margaret Ann 15 9/20/1861 10/23/1861 Diptheria Daughter of Mills and Sarah McKinney.
1861 Teers Hattie 14 9/21/1861 10/02/1861 Died in Slaterville. Daughter of William Teers
1861 Whittaker George W. 9/26/1861 10/02/1861
1861 Mood Francis Mills 5 9/27/1861 10/23/1861 Diptheria Died in Free Hollow. Son of Alabias and Ruth A.
Mood.
1861 McKinney David LeGran 12 9/29/1861 10/23/1861 Diptheria Son of Mills and Sarah McKinney.
1861 Williams Margaret 24 9/31/1861 9/25/1861 Daughter of the late N.T. and Margaret I. Williams
1861 Clark Charles G. 25 10/06/1861 11/06/1861 Died in Leon, Iowa. Formerly of Ithaca
1861 Hayt Debra 68 10/08/1861 10/16/1861 Wife of Charles Hayt
1861 Drake Julia E. 10/10/1861 10/16/1861 Daughter of the late Caleb Drake, Esq.
1861 Freeman Eva E. 6 10/11/1861 10/23/1861 Diptheria Died in Free Hollow. Daughter of Robert and
Lucy Freeman.
1861 Hunt Mary H 40 10/11/1861 10/23/1861 Died in Waterville. Wife of Rev. T. Dwight Hunt,
Presbyterian Church
1861 Plummer William H. 11 10/12/1861 10/23/1861 Diptheria Son of William H. and Elizabeth Plummer,
formerly of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1861 Freeman Georgianne 14 10/14/1861 10/23/1861 Daughter of Robert and Lucy Freeman
1861 McKinney (3 children) 10/16/1861
notice
10/16/1861 Diptheria Children of Mills McKinney died recently. Names
and ages were submitted, however, information
was mislaid and not yet found.
1861 Lane Charles W. 20 10/16/1861 10/30/1861 Died in Caroline. Son of Abram W. Lane
1861 Preston William 10 10/18/1861 10/23/1861 Son of E.P. and Catherine Preston
1861 James Rosalia 17 10/20/1861 11/13/1861 Diptheria Died in Slaterville. Child of Armond and M.
James
1861 Martin Immogene 16 10/22/1861 10/30/1861 Died in Enfield.
1861 Van Buskirk Arthur 9 10/22/1861 11/13/1861 Died in North Lansing. Son of Calvin and Susan
T. Van Buskirk
1861 James Helen J. 19 10/24/1861 11/13/1861 Diptheria Died in Slaterville of diptheria. Child of Armond
and M. James
1861 James A. Davis 11 10/29/1861 11/13/1861 Diptheria Died in Slaterville. Child of Armond and M.
James
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1861 James Susan M. 9 10/31/1861 11/13/1861 Died in Slaterville. Child of Armond and M.
James
1861 Grant Robert 80 11/04/1861 12/04/1861 Died in Danby. 54 years earlier, cut a road
through the then-wilderness, known as Adams
settlement. Born in Delaware County.
1861 Drake Ogden 73 11/05/1861 11/20/1861 Died in Lansing. Born in Luzerne Co., PA in
1789; moved to Lansing in 1800 with parents.
1861 Turner Willie 23 mo 11/14/1861 11/27/1861 Son of E.T. and Elizabeth Turner
1861 Slocum Abigail 74 11/16/1861 12/04/1861 Died in Union Springs. Wife of William Slocum;
mohter of William J. Slocum
1861 Leonard Marion 3 mo 11/18/1861 11/27/1861 Died in Jersey City, N.J. of lung congestion. Son
of William H. and Agusta Leonard
1861 Horton Grace 10 11/20/1861 11/27/1861 Daughter of H.B. and Ann E. Horton
1861 Eaton Fred L. 4 11/23/1861 11/27/1861 Diptheria Died in Dryden. Son of William and Amelia
Eaton.
1861 Earl Deacon Isaac 56 11/26/1861 12/11/1861 Died in North Eaton, Ohio. Formerly of Ithaca.
1861 Parker Charles Willie 7 12/03/1861 12/11/1861
1861 Wager Helen Amelia 15 12/05/1861 2/05/1862 Died at Hilldale Farms, Lansing. Daughter of
Benjamin Wager.
1861 Larcom Levi 26 12/14/1861 12/18/1861
1861 Burlingame Lucinda R. 45 12/19/1861 1/01/1862 Died in Dryden. Wife of Alanson Burlingame.
1861 Evatt Elizabeth 25 12/31/1861 1/08/1862 Wife of E.J. Evatt, daughter of J.F. Burdick
1861 Squires DeWitt 24 12/31/1861 1/08/1862 Died at Camp Fenton, Washington. Son of B.W.
and Cecelia Squires
1861 Putney Laura Jane 32 12/31/1861 1/22/1862 Died in Varna. Wife of James D. Putney;
daughter of Willam and Catherine Sherwood.
1862 Sherwood Emma Ophelia 4 1/01/1862 1/15/1862 Diptheria Died in Etna. Child of Daniel and Elizabeth
Sherwood.
1862 Stowell Harley Lord 11 1/02/1862 1/08/1862 Son of J.D. Stowell. Died of diptheria.
1862 Sherwood Prudence Elizabeth 10 1/02/1862 1/15/1862 Diptheria Died in Etna. Child of Daniel and Elizabeth
Sherwood.
1862 Sherwood Hiram 12 1/04/1862 1/15/1862 Diptheria Died in Etna. Child of Daniel and Elizabeth
Sherwood.
1862 Sherwood Allen Benjamin 7 1/05/1862 1/15/1862 Diptheria Died in Etna. Child of Daniel and Elizabeth
Sherwood.
1862 Sherwood Paulina R. 20 1/06/1862 1/15/1862 Diptheria Died in Etna. Child of Daniel and Elizabeth
Sherwood.
1862 Sherwood Polly Elizabeth 18 1/08/1862 1/15/1862 Diptheria Died in Etna. Child of Daniel and Elizabeth
Sherwood.
1862 Fields Selden 89 1/10/1862 1/15/1862 Died in Lansing.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1862 Ryder Lathan 1/12/1862 4/02/1862 Heart Disease Died at Sandwhich Island, Honolulu, Hawaii,
where he was 1st Officer on the ship "Thomas
Dickinson"
1862 Mrs. Valentine Lois 70 1/19/1862 1/29/1862 Died in Caroline. Wife of Eleazer Valentine.
1862 Sweazey Isabella F. 8 1/29/1862 2/05/1862 Diptheria Daughter of Charles H. and Almira Sweazey.
1862 Burr Timothy 62 2/01/1862 2/12/1862 Died in Binghamton. Formerly a merchant in
Trumansburg
1862 Cornelius Hiram R. 30 2/01/1862 2/12/1862 Diptheria Died in Dryden. Son of David Cornelius
1862 Eaton Amelia Mosher 2/01/1862 2/12/1862 Wife of William Eaton
1862 Manning Charlie F. 2/12/1862 2/19/1862 Son of Jesse Manning
1862 Mrs. Furniss Amy 84 2/24/1862 2/26/1862 Died in Danby
1862 Whitlock Reuben 63 3/04/1862 3/19/1862
1862 Gunn George W. 48 3/05/1862 3/12/1862 Mr. Gunn, for over 20 years, had been a skillfull
engineer on Cayuga Lake.
1862 Foote Maria 77 3/08/1862 3/12/1862
1862 Root Hattie M. 13 3/16/1862 4/02/1862 Diptheria Died in Etna. Daughter of Riam and Rhoda Root.
Buried in one grave with sister, Mary E. Root
1862 Root Mary E. 19 3/16/1862 4/02/1862 Diptheria Died in Etna. Daughter of Riam and Rhoda Root.
Buried in one grave with sister, Hattie M. Root
1862 Conover Abby Tompkins 3/18/1862 3/26/1862 Wife of Tobias P. Conover
1862 Clark Dwight Patterson 15 mo 3/19/1862 3/26/1862 Son of Uri and Nattie E. Clark
1862 Middaugh Wessells 70 3/20/1862 4/02/1862 Died in Dryden in home he lived in for 55 years.
One of the earliest settlers of Dryden, and a proud
soldier of the war of 1812.
1862 King Catherine J. 45 3/21/1862 3/26/1862 Wife of R.W. King
1862 Snyder Permelia P. 21 3/22/1862 3/26/1862 Died in Dryden. Wife of Alviras Snyder; daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Primrose
1862 Reins David H. 80 3/23/1862 4/02/1862 Formerly of Ithaca. Died in Morrisania*. Mr.
Reins was the oldest printer in New York and one
of the Founders of the Typographical Scoiety. His
name is recorded as Secretary on the minutes of
their first meeeting on July 4, 1809. He was a
veteran of the war of 1812.
1862 Root Elizabeth 19 3/25/1862 4/02/1862 Consumption Died in Ithaca. Wife of P.Root
1862 English Angeline E. 8 3/25/1862 4/16/1862 Diptheria Died in Dryden. Daughter of Jesse English.
1862 Smith Carey 6 3/25/1862 4/16/1862 Diptheria Died in Dryden. Daughter of John Smith.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1862 Cornell Elijah 90 3/27/1862 4/09/1862 Died in Albion, Michigan. Father of Hon. Ezra
Cornell and Elijah Cornell of Ithaca (two eldest).
He was born 5 years before the Declaration of
Independence, and was witness to many of the
stirring scenes of the Revolutionary War.
1862 English Caroline F. 10 3/28/1862 4/16/1862 Diptheria Died in Dryden. Daughter of Jesse English.
1862 Harris Lavina 25 4/02/1862 4/16/1862 Diptheria Died in Dryden.
1862 Landon Electa 39 4/03/1862 5/07/1862 Heart Disease Died in Caroline. Daughter of H. Landon
1862 Prosser Phebe 20 4/04/1862 4/16/1862 Diptheria Died in Dryden.
1862 Mrs. Seamon Cornelius 77 4/11/1862 4/16/1862 Died in Varna.
1862 Jefferson William 26 4/11/1862 6/04/1862 Died in New Madrid, Mo. Member of 26th Illinois
Volunteers
1862 Taylor Harry 110 4/12/1862 4/16/1862 Died in Ulysses at the County House. Mr. Taylor,
a colored man, was formerly a servant to General
Washinton.
1862 Palmer Archer 21 mo 4/26/1862 4/30/1862 Died in Caroline. Son of George and Mary
Palmer of Weltonville, Tioga County.
1862 Maybee Emeline 27 4/28/1862 4/30/1862 Wife of Abner C. Maybee
1862 Giles Sarah 91 5/03/1862 5/07/1862 Widow of Isaiah Giles. They were two of the
earliest settlers of the county. Settled in Dryden.
She died in Ithaca, at the home of her son.
1862 Theal Ebenezer 5/04/1862 5/07/1862 Died in Enfield
1862 Carmer John 4 5/04/1862 6/04/1862 Scarlet Rash Son of George and Lorinda Carmer
1862 Wilcox Maria Day Faxon 26 5/12/1862 5/14/1862 Wife of Samuel Wilcox
1862 Drake Maria 63 5/16/1862 5/21/1862 Wife of Benjamin Drake
1862 Osborn Isaac 59 5/21/1862 6/04/1862 Died in Danby
1862 Seely Sarah Ann 24 5/31/1862 6/18/1862 Typhoid Fever Died in Newfield. Wife of Zadok Seely
1862 Holman Charles K. 22 6/02/1862 6/04/1862 Son of Jonas and Harriet Holman
1862 Howland Hilliard 56 6/02/1862 6/04/1862
1862 Norton Eddy C. 26 mo 6/05/1862 6/11/1862 Son of Edward D. and Aramintha Norton
1862 Lee Charles 35 6/08/1862 6/18/1862 Heart Disease Died in Washington. Formerly of Ithaca. At time
of his death, he was Chief Clerk at the Adjutant-
Generals' office
1862 Hurlburt Emma L. 12 6/10/1862 7/16/1862 Daughter of John G. and Eliza J. Hurlburt
1862 Lord Harley 70 6/11/1862
notice
6/11/1862 Died at Maquokata, Jackson County, Iowa.
Formerly of Ithaca
1862 Hart Mary 54 6/17/1862 6/25/1862 Died in Varna. Wife of W.M. Hart
1862 Renny Charlotte 74 6/18/1862 6/25/1862 Wife of Robert Remy
1862 Finch Augustine Weed 27 6/19/1862 6/25/1862
1862 Onan Sarah Jane 17 6/19/1862 6/25/1862 Daughter of James and Sarah Onan
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1862 Overocker Elizabeth Jane 6/22/1862 11/19/1862 Diptheria Died in Dryden. Child of John and Elizabeth
Overocker.
1862 Overocker Sarah Ann 6/25/1862 11/19/1862 Diptheria Died in Dryden. Child of John and Elizabeth
Overocker.
1862 Overocker Eliza 7/02/1862 11/19/1862 Diptheria Died in Dryden. Child of John and Elizabeth
Overocker.
1862 Robinson Helen 7/02/1862 7/23/1862 Wife of George Robinson, of Baltimore. Died at
Columbia, South Carolina. Duaghter of Dr. G.W.
Phillips. Formerly of Ithaca
1862 Overocker Burton 7/06/1862 11/19/1862 Diptheria Died in Dryden. Child of John and Elizabeth
Overocker.
1862 Thorp Justice 62 7/11/1862 7/23/1862 Died at Lake Ridge. Lived in Jacksonville
1862 Leonard Levi 72 7/15/1862 7/23/1862 Died at the residence of his brother, Henry
Leonard. Levi was from Jersey City, NJ, but a
former resident of Ithaca.
1862 Overocker Mary Ann 7/16/1862 11/19/1862 Diptheria Died in Dryden. Child of John and Elizabeth
Overocker.
1862 Myers Franky 8 8/19/1862 10/01/1862 Died in Ludloville. Daughter of Alonzo Myers
1862 Booth Minerva 58 8/23/1862 8/27/1862 Died in Spencer. Wife of Horace Booth
1862 Peters Richard Speed 6 8/25/1862 9/03/1862 Inflammation of the
bowels
Died in Caroline. Son of John J. and Mary Peters
1862 Wesley Ida Lovesa 7 8/27/1862 9/03/1862 Dropsy on the
Brain
1862 Clark Willis Gaylord 9 mo 8/27/1862 9/10/1862 Died in Waterford. Son of E.L. and H.E. Clark
1862 Overocker Albert 9/03/1862 11/19/1862 Diptheria Died in Dryden. Child of John and Elizabeth
Overocker.
1862 Colonel McKinney Jessee 73 9/13/1862 9/17/1862 Died in Lansing.
1862 Hill Mary 82 9/20/1862 10/01/1862 Widow of Dea. Seth Hill, formerly of Danby. Died
in Richmond, Walworth County, Wisconsin.
1862 Personius Fred 23 mo 9/20/1862 10/01/1862 Cholera Died in Caroline Center. Son of Eugenia and Joel
Personius
1862 Kenyon Elmer Ellsworth 15 mo 9/20/1862 9/24/1862 Scarlet Fever Son of Nathaniel and Nancy Kenyon
1862 Shurter Mary Louisa 17 mo 9/20/1862 9/24/1862 Cholera Died at Motts Corners. Daughter of Josiah and
Jane Shurter
1862 Kenyon Charles Herbert 5 9/29/1862 10/01/1862 Scarlet Fever Son of Nathaniel and Nancy Kenyon
1862 Kenyon Helen 7 10/02/1862 10/15/1862 Scarlet Fever Daughter of Nathaniel and Nancy Kenyon
1862 Cooper Abigail 47 10/03/1862 10/15/1862 Died in Caroline. Wife of William Cooper
1862 Bierce Charley 28 mo 10/04/1862 10/22/1862 Died in Danby. Son of Julius and Margaret Bierce
1862 Roper Sylvester 73 10/29/1862 11/12/1862 Died in Danby.
1862 Yaple Peter 11/03/1862 11/05/1862 Died in Danby.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1862 Yaple Peter 73 11/03/1862 11/26/1862 Died in Dryden. Son of late Jacob Yaple, early
settler of Ithaca.
1862 Mrs. Thompson Hester 83 11/04/1862 11/26/1862 Died at residence of T.C. Thompson
1862 Mosher Hugh 99 11/08/1862 11/26/1862 Died in Dryden.
1862 Granger Abigail 68 11/14/1862 11/26/1862 Died in Newark Valley; buried in Ithaca Cemetery.
Widow of Henry S. Granger
1862 Smith William M. 12 11/14/1862 11/26/1862 Son of Alexander and Mary Smith
1862 Hance William 81 11/22/1862 12/03/1862
1862 Lindsay Hannah Ann 17 11/23/1862 12/03/1862 Daughter of Allen Lindsay of Corning. Died in
Ithaca.
1862 Hollister Olive 74 11/27/1862 12/17/1862 Died in Danby. Wife of Noah Hollister.
1862 Johnson Mary Jane 12/10/1862 12/24/1862 Died in Jersey City. Daughter of Arthur S.
Johnson, of Ithaca.
1862 Seely Walter W. 10 12/10/1862 12/24/1862 Son of Thaddeus W. and Phedilia Seely
1862 McFall Henry H. 22 12/13/1862 3/04/1863 Killed at the battle of Fredricksburg.
1862 Quigg David 81 12/17/1862 12/24/1862
1862 Jennings Fred 10 12/20/1862 12/31/1862 Diedi n Danby. Son of Oscar and Adelia
Jennings
1862 Edsall Elmore 18 12/21/1862 12/31/1862 Died at Harpers Ferry. Member of Company 1,
Capt. Joseph Gregg, 137th Regiment, NYS
Volunteers
1862 Orderly-
Sergent
Clough Homer E. 18 12/24/1862 2/04/1863 Fever Died near Memphis. Son of L.N. Clough of
Danby
1862 Masters Addison 32 12/27/1862 12/31/1862
1862 Hungerford Herbert 13 12/28/1862 1/14/1863 Heart Disease Died in Caroline. Son of Edward and Hannah
Hungerford
1862 Marshall D.L. 24 12/29/1862 1/14/1863 Diptheria and
Scarlet Fever
Died in Newfield. Wife of Zadok Seely
1862 Colgrove Fanny K. 29 12/31/1862 1/07/1863 Died in Dryden. Wife of L.H.Colgrove
1863 Wilmot George W. 67 1/09/1863 1/14/1863 Died in Enfield Center
1863 Cosgriff Charly E. 6 mo 1/15/1863 1/21/1863 Son of James and Mary Cosgriff
1863 Hawkins Levi H. 7 1/19/1863 1/21/1863 Died in Caroline. Son of Levi and Ruby B.
Hawkins
1863 Marshall Minnie L. 1 1/19/1863 1/28/1863 Died in Enfield. Daughter of James H. and Mary
A. Marshall
1863 Snowhill William O. 45 1/20/1863 1/21/1863
1863 Tallmadge Henry 75 1/25/1863 2/04/1863 Died in Enfield
1863 Culver Mary A. 30 1/26/1863 3/11/1863 Pleurisy Died at the Metropolitan Hotel in San Francisco.
Wife of S. Mead Culver. Daughter of Cyrus Dana,
Esq. Formerly of Owego.
1863 Ludlum Jacob 93 1/28/1863 2/04/1863 Died in Ulysses at the home of C.L. Carman
1863 Hopkins Don Alonzo 26 1/30/1863 2/11/1863 Died in Enfield at the home of his father, Thomas
Hopkins
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1863 Todd William Starr 27 2/02/1863 2/25/1863 Brain Disease Died in Newfield. Son of G.A. Todd
1863 Nichols Priscilla Sydney 70 2/04/1863 2/25/1863 Died in Albany. Wife of James Nichols.
1863 Mrs. Haven Maria S. 28 2/08/1863 2/11/1863 Wife of John Haven; daughter of Dr. G.W. Saxton
1863 Van Orman Sara H. 21 2/25/1863 notice 2/25/1863 Daughter of Isaac Van Orman
1863 Pierson Byron 12 2/27/1863 3/04/1863 Scarlet Fever Died in Danby. Son of Capt. Silas Pierson.
1863 Pierson Netti 2 3/01/1863 3/04/1863 Scarlet Fever Died in Danby. Daughter of Capt. Silas Pierson.
1863 Pew Andrew J. 35 3/02/1863 3/25/1863 Typhoid Fever Died at Caton, Steuben County. Formerly of
Ithaca. See newspaper for lengthy obituary
notice.
1863 Hargin Mark 25 3/03/1863 8/12/1863 Typhoid Fever Died in hospital in Washington, DC.
1863 U.S.N. Davis N.C. 56 3/06/1863 3/11/1863 Injuries received
on the U.S. Monitor
Weehawken
Late of the U.S. Coast Surveys. Died at Jersey
City.
1863 Huntoon Flora Belle 1 3/10/1863 3/18/1863 Scarlet Fever Daughter of Andrew J. and Isabella Huntoon
1863 Phillips Herbert C. 8 3/16/1863 3/25/1863 Diptheria Died in Danby. Son of Thomas J. and Augusta
Phillips.
1863 Colonel Jackson Eldad 74 3/17/1863 3/25/1863
1863 Haven John N. 43 3/20/1863 3/25/1863 Widower of Maria Haven. Was with the firm
Saxton and Haven.
1863 Baker Sally 77 3/22/1863 3/25/1863 Died in Dryden. Wife of Levi Baker.
1863 Hibbard Henry 73 3/23/1863 3/25/1863
1863 Bloom Elizabeth Sydney 79 3/30/1863 4/01/1863
1863 Holden Patience 78 4/01/1863 4/15/1863 Died in Lansingville. Widow of John S. Holden.
1863 Crittendon Maria Prosser 53 4/03/1863 4/08/1863 Wife of Norman Crittendon. See newspaper for
lengthy obituary.
1863 Townley William 4/05/1863 6/03/1863 Died at Galena, Nevada Territory. Formerly of
Ithaca.
1863 Preswick Priscilla 4/12/1863 4/15/1863 Died in Elmira.
1863 Buckland William 32 4/17/1863 5/06/1863 Died in Danby.
1863 Krum Matthew 86 4/19/1863 4/29/1863 Died in Dryden.
1863 Patterson Charlie E. 3 4/25/1863 4/29/1863 Scarlet Fever Son of J.W. and Betsey S. Patterson
1863 Lyon Annie 4/25/1863 5/13/1863 Died in Harrisburg. Wife of A.M. Lyon; daughter
of the Hon. L.B. Lowry of Eire, Pennsylvania.
1863 Brewer Charlie F. 3 4/28/1863 5/06/1863 Scarlet Fever Died in Enfield. Son of Edgar and Josephine
Brewer.
1863 Hubbell Mary 5/01/1863 5/06/1863 Died at Hudson. Wife of Charles C. Hubbell.
Daughter of H.W. Jackson, Esq. of Havana.
1863 Smith Catharine Ann 57 5/08/1863 5/27/1863 Died in Free Hollow. Wife of George Smith.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1863 Quigg Harriet Pumpelly 5/08/1863 9/02/1863 Widow of David Quigg. See 09/02/63 Ithaca
Journal for extensive obituary.
1863 Hargin William S. 5/08/1863 9/09/1863 Chronic Diarrhea Died in St. Louis. Formerly of Lansing.
1863 Snyder Emma E. 5/15/1863 6/17/1863 Died in Genoa. Wife of William K. Snyder
1863 Betts K.D. 55 5/18/1863 5/20/1863 Died at the Utica Asylum.
1863 Brakey Jane 5/19/1863 5/27/1863
1863 Rhoades Electa Cleaveland 81 5/22/1863 5/27/1863 Died in Skaneatles. Widow of Samuel Rhoades;
mother of Dr. Samner Rhoades of Ithaca.
1863 McKinney Joanna 55 5/23/1863 5/27/1863 Wife of David McKinney.
1863 Mitchell Abigail 57 5/23/1863 6/03/1863 Died in Lansing.
1863 Sloughter Lucy 68 6/07/1863 6/10/1863
1863 Stewart Wilbur Livingston 1 6/07/1863 6/10/1863 Dropsy on the
Brain
Died in Newfield. Son of David B. and A. Louisa
Stewart.
1863 Bennett Henry F. 6/08/1863 7/08/1863 Typhoid Fever Died at Aquia Creek, Virginia. A soldier in
Company D., 137th Regiment, NY Vols.
1863 Onan James 23 6/10/1863 7/01/1863
1863 Holman Oliver B. 36 6/18/1863 7/01/1863 Died at St. Louis, Missouri. Son of Jonas and
Hariet Homan of Ithaca.
1863 Owen William E. 19 7/02/1863 11/04/1863 Died in battle at Gettysburg. A member of
Company E, 64th Regiment, NY Vols. Son of
Elizabeth and Joseph E. Owen. See 11/04/63
Ithaca Journal for lengthy obituary.
1863 Cole William Clayton 17 7/03/1863 7/29/1863 Killed at Battle of Gettysburg. Soldier of 137th
Regiment in New York. Son of William D. and
Sarah E. Cole of Caroline Center, NY.
1863 Clarke Rhode Louzeta 22mo 7/13/1863 7/22/1863 Died at Lockport. Daughter of Gaylord J. and
Helen F. Clarke
1863 Watkins Robert H. 7/15/1863 8/12/1863 Died in Middleton, Delaware. Formerly of
Caroline Center, NY.
1863 Sackett Nellie 5 7/16/1863 7/22/1863 Malignant
Scarletina
Daughter of Dr. S.P. Sackett
1863 Sackett Carrie 2 7/20/1863 7/29/1863 Malignant Scarlet
Fever
Daughter of Solon P. and Lovedy R. Sackett
1863 Dudley Wentworth 7/23/1863 8/19/1863 Wounds received
at Battle of
Gettysburg and
from amputation of
right leg.
Was a member of Co. E, under Captain Glenny,
the 64th Regiment of NY Vols.
1863 Private Hargin Jefferson 7/27/1863 8/12/1863 Remittent Fever Died at Nelson Hospital, Yorktown, Virginia. Was
a soldier with Co D., 143rd NY Vols. Formerly of
Lansing.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1863 Wood Caroline 36 8/08/1863 12/16/1863 Died in Dryden at the home of her father,
Benjamin Wood, Esq.
1863 Wilcox Derward 18mo 8/10/1863 8/12/1863 Scarlet Fever Son of Isaac and Hester A. Wilcox
1863 Haskin Julia Estella 2 8/15/1863 10/07/1863 Daughter of William and Mary Haskin.
1863 Gilbert Mary Ina Eloise 2 8/19/1863 8/26/1863 Daughter of John T. and Mary E. Gilbert
1863 Miller Flora E. 6 8/19/1863 8/26/1863 Diptheria Died in Dryden. Daughter of Isaac N. and
Sephronia Miller.
1863 Murdock John P. 4 mo 8/19/1863 8/26/1863 Died in Elmira. Only son of John and Eliza P.
Murdock
1863 Phillips Mary Theresa 4 8/20/1863 9/23/1863 Diptheria Died in Danby. Eldest daughter of Thomas J. and
Augusta Phillips.
1863 Jackson Almira Gregory 41 8/21/1863 9/02/1863 Wife of Hon. Albert Jackson. Died at Chester,
Illinois. Sister of Mr. William Gregory of Ithaca.
See 09/02/63 Ithaca Journal for extensive
obituary.
1863 Yaple Henry 72 8/21/1863 9/02/1863 Apoplexy Died in Danby. See lengthy obituary in Ithaca
Journal of 9/2/63
1863 Best Vincent D. 2 8/28/1863 9/30/1863 Dystentary Died in Jamestown, Indiana. Child of Peter and
Catharine Best.
1863 Tyler Julia 42 9/03/1863 9/09/1863 Dropsy on the
heart
Died in Danby. Daughter of the late Lois and
Moses Tyler
1863 Holmes Ada Lenore 1 9/11/1863 9/16/1863 Diptheria Daughter of Charles J. and Caroline Holmes.
1863 Hancock Emma 19 9/11/1863 9/30/1863 Died in Waupun, Wisconsin. Daughter of John
and Mary Hancock.
1863 Chamberlain Harriet 40 9/12/1863 12/02/1863 Died at Denton Station, Michigan. Wife of M.H.
Chamberlain, daughter of Aaron and Clarissa
McIntyre.
1863 Best Senora G. 4 9/14/1863 9/30/1863 Child of Peter and Catharine Best.
1863 Fauver Elizabeth 79 9/14/1863 9/30/1863 Died in Eaton, Ohio. Widow of Joseph Fauver.
1863 Stansbury George A. 58 9/17/1863 10/07/1863 ` Died at Baldwinsville
1863 Hudson Joseph 81 10/05/1863 10/14/1863 Died in Watkins. Was a native of Upwell,
Cambridgshire, England. See 10/14/63 Ithaca
Journal for lengthy obituary.
1863 Hunt Mary Elizabeth 32 10/06/1863 10/14/1863 Diptheria Died in Waterville. Wife of Rev. T. Dwight Hunt.
1863 Mix Eugenia 24 10/06/1863 10/14/1863 Daughter of Amzl M. and Sarah A. Mix
1863 Sackett Philo 76 10/12/1863 10/21/1863 Died in Hector. Father of Dr. S.P. Sackett of
Ithaca.
1863 Townley Mary 22 10/14/1863
notice
10/14/1863 Inflammation of the
brain
Died in Dryden. Daughter of Richard and rolley
Townley.
1863 Mills Anna H. 50 10/20/1863 10/28/1863
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1863 Ackley Julia M. 10/22/1863 10/28/1863 Died in New York. Formerly of Ithaca.
1863 Ellis George L. 4 10/24/1863 11/25/1863 Diptheria Died in Varna. Son of Orren T. and Lucilla M.
Ellis
1863 Halsey Benjamin 2 10/25/1863 11/11/1863 Dysentry Died in Chicago. Son of Clinton S. and Eliza
Halsey of Chicago.
1863 Bishop Newton 35 10/26/1863 10/28/1863 Died in Lansing.
1863 Dr. Saxton George W. 50 11/09/1863 11/11/1863 Typhoid Fever
1863 Major Townsley Henry 38 11/10/1863 11/25/1863 Died in St. Louis; member of 1st Missouri Cavalry.
1863 Hegge Mary E. 18 11/11/1863 11/18/1863 Daughter of J.M. and Elizabeth Hegge.
1863 Noble Charles E. 10 11/14/1863 11/25/1863 Son of Garret H. and Selina M. Noble
1863 DeLano Daniel S. 63 11/15/1863 11/18/1863 Died in Groton.
1863 Smith Reuben D.W. 22 11/15/1863 11/25/1863 Member of 103rd Regiment, NYS Vols. Died in
Caroline. See 11/25/63 Ithaca Journal for
extensive obituary.
1863 Haskin Fred Raymer 4 11/17/1863 11/25/1863 Diptheria Died in Lansing. Son of William S. and Mary
Haskin.
1863 Brooks Helen 23 11/20/1863 11/25/1863 Daughter of Frederick Brooks.
1863 Leonard Walter Howard 2 mo 11/20/1863 11/25/1863 Son of William and Augusta Leonard.
1863 Wilgus Frederick Eugene 18mo 11/20/1863 11/25/1863 Son of John B. and Maggie N. Wilgus
1863 Strang Malvina 43 11/27/1863 12/02/1863 Died in Elmira. Wife of Samuel B. Strang
1863 Kellogg Oscar F. 30 11/28/1863 12/02/1863
1863 Hanmer Eliza 25 12/02/1863
notice
12/02/1863 Died in Nashville, Tennessee. Wife of Horace H.
Hanmer. Formerly of Ithaca.
1863 Davis Charles F. 26 12/06/1863 12/30/1863 Drowned In the U.S. Monitor, Weehawken, off Charleston.
Son of the late N.C. and Emily Davis.
1863 Curtis Lucy 78 12/27/1863 12/30/1863 Wife of Aaron Curtis.
1864 McKinney Elizabeth 68 01/01/1864 3/9/1864 Died at Lansing. Widow of Jesse M. McKinney.
1864 Seaman Nellia Amelia 2 01/06/1864 1/13/1864 Died following a lingering illness. Daughter of
Seth J. and Mary Jane Seaman.
1864 Reynolds John D. 20 01/08/1864 1/27/1864 Typhoid Fever Died at Camp Stoneman, D.C. Had lived at
Dryden. Was member of Co. G, 15th NY Calvary.
1864 Hazen Celina 64 01/09/1864 1/13/1864 Wife of D.C. Hazen
1864 Mooney William 24 01/14/1864 1/20/1864 Son of Peter Mooney.
1864 Wyckoff Anna 82 01/15/1864 1/27/1864
1864 Barton Sarah Louise 59 01/21/1864 1/27/1864 Died at Dryden. Wife of Warren Barton.
1864 Frees George Donly 1 01/21/1864 2/3/1864 Croup Son of Andrew J. and Catherine M. Frees.
1864 Kendall Elizabeth 82 01/23/1864 2/10/1864
1864 Westcott Thomas 22 01/24/1864 3/16/1864 Died at Newfield. Son of J. and N. Westcott.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1864 Hammond Lida 4 01/26/1864 2/3/1864 Youngest child of William and Sarah Hammond.
1864 Howell Kitty 3 02/03/1864 2/10/1864 Dropsy on the
Brain
Only child of Thomas H. and Harriet E. Howell of
Danby.
1864 Cooly Mary E. 32 02/06/1864 3/2/1864 Lived at New Hudson, Alleghany County. Came to
Ithaca to care for her sick sister and was taken ill.
1864 Todd Louisa 24 02/08/1864 3/2/1864 Died at Spencer. Wife of Byron A. Todd.
Daughter of T.J. and Sarah J. Stevens.
1864 Heggie Archibald 59 02/17/1864 2/24/1864
1864 Myers Hattie 8 02/19/1864 3/2/1864 Died at Ludlowville. Daughter of Lorenzo and
C.H. Myers.
1864 Davis Catherine 91 02/21/1864 3/2/1864 Wife of Caleb Davis, Sr.
1864 Raymond Francis J. 26 02/24/1864 3/2/1864 Wife of John J. Raymond.
1864 Mr. Emmons I.N. 68 02/29/1864 3/16/1864 Died at Lansing.
1864 Nourse Sarah F. 68 02/29/1864 3/16/1864 Wife of Francis Nourse of Danby.
1864 Culver Eliza 42 03/02/1864 3/09/1864 Wife of Minor Culver.
1864 Whiton Albert G. 35 03/02/1864 3/09/1864 Lung Congestion Died at Georgetown, D.C. Formerly of Ithaca.
1864 McFall Elmer E. 1 03/02/1864 3/23/1864 Scarlet Fever Died at Danby. Son of Charles and Maria McFall.
1864 Whiton Albert G. 35 03/02/1864 3/9/1864 Lung Congestion Died at Georgetown, D.C. Formerly of Ithaca.
1864 Culver Eliza 42 03/02/1864 3/9/1864 Wife of Minor Culver.
1864 Bryan Cornelia A. 25 03/04/1864 3/16/1864 Consumption Daughter of William and Calista Bryan.
1864 Bower Wilhemina Weymouth 5 03/07/1864 3/16/1864 Scarlet Fever Died at Brooklyn. Only child of William J. and the
late Mary A. Bower.
1864 Hunter Stephen 21 03/07/1864 4/20/1864 Smallpox Died at Springfield, IL. Son of Henry and
Henrietta Hunter, formerly of West Dryden.
Member of Co. C, 113th Reg., Illinois Volunteers.
1864 McClement Allen F. 24 03/07/1864 3/30/1864 Lung Inflammation Died at Newton's University Hospital at Baltimore.
Member of 16th NY Heavy Artillery. Lived at West
Groton.
1864 Hunter Stephen 21 03/07/1864 4/20/1864 Smallpox Died at Springfield, IL. Son of Henry and
Henrietta Hunter, formerly of West Dryden.
Member of Co. C, 113th Reg., Illinois Volunteers.
1864 Leonard Henry 66 03/08/1864 3/16/1864 Well-known and well-loved. Member of
Predbyterian Church.
1864 Bostwick Irena 84 03/08/1864 3/23/1864 Died at Enfield; widow of Andrew Bostwick.
1864 Dr. Hillery Jacob 76 03/18/1864 3/30/1864
1864 Harrington Stephen R. 30 03/19/1864 3/23/1864 Died following a long illness; had been a U.S.
Army volunteer.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1864 Hancock Henrietta 5 03/19/1864 3/30/1864 Scarlet Fever Daughter of H.C. and E.M. Hancock of Danby.
Grandchild of C.C. Howell,Esq.
1864 Wilmot Benjamin 17 03/22/1864 3/30/1864 Died at Elmira; brother of W.A. Wilmot of Ithaca.
1864 Marsh Woodward 66 04/01/1864 5/18/1864 Died at Newfield.
1864 Henning George 72 04/06/1864
notice
4/06/1864 Died at Fon-du-lac, WI; former Ithaca resident.
1864 Manning Eliza 51 04/08/1864 4/20/1864 Wife of Jesse Manning.
1864 Webb Aaron 04/09/1864 4/20/1864 Spotted Fever Died at Melmore, OH.
1864 LaBar Abraham 78 04/16/1864 4/20/1864 Father of Eliza Manning and one of the earliest
settlers in the northeast part of Ithaca.
1864 Dr. Sibley Samuel L. 44 04/25/1864 5/04/1864
1864 Gould John 28 05/01/1864 5/11/1864 Inflammation of the
Bowels
Died at Enfield.
1864 Kellogg Dimmy Ann 49 05/01/1864 5/11/1864 Died at Newfield; wife of Samuel A. Kellogg.
1864 Gould John 28 05/01/1864 5/11/1864 Inflammation of the
Bowels
Died at Enfield.
1864 Hallett George 56 05/03/1864 5/11/1864 Died following a lingering illness at home in
Watkins.
1864 Philips Huldah 81 05/06/1864 5/25/1864 Died at Dryden. Daughter of Edmund and
Mehitable Bramhall; granddaughter of Deacon
Moses and Sally Barlow. Born in Canaan,
Columbia County, NY. Had 12 sons. Member of
Presbyterian Church in Dryden.
1864 Tichenor Joseph S. 63 05/08/1864 5/11/1864
1864 Carpenter Valentine R. 52 06/01/1864 notice 6/1/1864 Smallpox Died at Kalorama Hospital, Washington, D.C.
1864 Dr. Hasbrook Abram I. 75 06/13/1864 6/22/1864 Died at the home of Dr. E.P. Luce in Danby.
1864 McCormick Della E. 20 06/16/1864 7/6/1864 Daughter of late Jacob McCormick of Ithaca.
Reprinted notice from Tri-States Union paper,
Port Jervis.
1864 Everest Polly E. 77 06/7/1864 6/22/1864 Died in Danby; resident for 52 years. Widow of
James Everest.
1864 Bennett Cora Bell 16 mos. 07/14/1864 7/20/1864 Died at South Danby. Daughter of Aaron and
Helen Bennett.
1864 Wyckoff Peter 79 07/28/1864 8/24/1864 Died at Elmira; resident of Ulysses.
1864 Smith Lawrence D. 07/30/1864 10/19/1864 Killed in war near Atlanta, GA. Son of William B.
and Lydia Smith of Varna.
1864 Prame Addie and Hattie 7 mos. 08/01/1864 8/10/1864 Twin daughters of Albert S. and Mary E. Prame.
1864 Purdy David 78 08/05/1864 8/17/1864
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1864 Nourse Martin L. 2 08/20/1864 8/31/1864 Acute Dysentery Son of George and Joan Nourse of Danby.
1864 Nourse Louis A. 4 08/21/1864 8/31/1864 Acute Dysentery Son of George and Joan Nourse of Danby.
1864 Terry Jerome B. 39 08/26/1864 9/07/1864 Son of Jacob Terry.
1864 Taber Addie Belle 9 08/26/1864 9/28/1864 Diptheria Daughter of B.F. and Rebecca A. Taber.
1864 Darling Bower 3 08/28/1864 8/31/1864 Died near Mecklenburg. Only child of Rachel and
James Darling, Jr.
1864 Taber Mary 87 08/29/1864 8/31/1864
1864 Campbell M. Elizabeth 4 mos. 08/29/1864 9/07/1864 Daughter of James and Sarah Campbell.
1864 Mrs. Humphrey Charles 67 09/03/1864 9/7/1864
1864 Dr. Williams J.P. A. 67 09/08/1864 10/05/1864 Died at Town of Enfield. Was a medical
practioner for over 40 years.
1864 Carpenter Sarah B. 64 09/10/1864 10/12/1864 Did in Danby; wife of William Carpenter.
1864 Douglass Chauncey 49 09/22/1864 2/08/1865 Died at East Lansing.
1864 Terry A. Jackson 37 09/23/1864 9/28/1864 Son of Jacob Terry.
1864 Larcom Helen Amanda 5 09/26/1864 10/05/1864 Diptheria Died at West Novi, MI. Daughter of Henry and
Emeline Narcom, formerly of Ithaca.
1864 Cooper Elizabeth 80 09/28/1864 11/9/1864 Had lived at Caroline. Wife of Charles Cooper.
1864 Capt. Carpenter Charles J. 10/03/1864 10/12/1864 Died of disease contracted while in army. Son of
William and Sarah Carpenter. Died at Dryden;
had lived at Fon du Lac, WI.
1864 Brown Mary Ettie 4 10/07/1864 10/19/1864 Died at Lansing. Daughter of Isaiah and Almira L.
Brown.
1864 Davis Caleb 91 10/21/1864 10/26/1864
1864 Slocum William H. 26 10/27/1864 11/9/1864
1864 Sydney Joseph W. 24 10/31/1864 12/7/1864 Died aboard the U.S. steamer, Pembina, off
Brazos Island, Texas. Was Assistant Engineer,
U.S.N. Son of Edwin Sydney, Esq. See lengthy
obituary.
1864 Dudley Catherine Jane 11/02/1864 11/9/1864 Diptheria Wife of Percival S. Dudley; had lived at Newfield.
1864 Newman William Ellery 6 11/02/1864 11/9/1864 Diptheria Eldest son of Levi L. and Deborah F. Newman.
1864 Price Charles H. 21 11/03/1864 11/30/1864 Died at St. Louis, MO. Son of Jacob and Mary
Price.
1864 Losey Emma J. 18 11/08/1864 12/14/1864 Heart Disease Died at Troy. Daughter of Benjamin and Hellen
Losey of Motts Corners, Tompkins County.
1864 Bradley Oliver 40 11/11/1864 12/14/1864 Typhoid Fever Died on his birthday at Sickles Hospital,
Alexandria, VA. Illness contracted while in the
service. Son of H.H. Bradley of Ithaca.
1864 Platt Christopher P. 29 11/24/1864 1/11/1865 Congestive Fever Died at 2nd Division Hospital, VA. Son of
Chrisopher P. and Rebecca Platt.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1864 Ackley Julius, Esq. 77 11/30/1864 11/30/1864
1864 Kellogg Samuel A. 50 12/1/1864 12/14/1864 Lung Congestion Died at Newfield, seven months after wife died.
1864 Phillips Augustus 69 12/14/1864 notice 12/14/1864 Had lived on West Hill, Ithaca.
1864 Freer Peter O. 12/22/1864 1/11/1865 Typhoid Fever Contracted illness after participating in battle of
Pogram Farm, VA, on Sept. 30. Was a member of
Co. B, 159th Reg., N.Y. Volunteers. Had lived at
Caroline.
1864 Phillips Minor G. 29 12/25/1864 1/25/1865 Consumption Died at South Lansing. Son of Jacob H.
(deceased) and Laura Phillips.
1865 Jerome James H. 17 1/03/1865 1/18/1865 Died at Trumansburg. Son of Dr. J.H. Jerome.
1865 Pugsley Cornelius A. 59 1/07/1865 2/01/1865 Consumption Died at Danby. Was a lawyer in partnership with
John VanBuren, later became engaged in
agriculture. See lengthy obituary.
1865 Wood Isabell H. 1/08/1865 1/11/1865 Died at Ludlowville. Wife of A. Wood and
daughter of late Daniel Clark.
1865 Howland John H. 27 1/09/1865 1/25/1865 Consumption Died at Washington, D.C. Son of S.B. and S.A.
Howland.
1865 Head George W. 30 1/09/1865 3/01/1865 Smallpox Died at Little York, PA. Son of P.B. Head of
Ithaca.
1865 Smith Philip 73 1/11/1865 1/18/1865 Had lived in Ithaca 45 years.
1865 Bartle Peter 1/14/1865 1/18/1865 Consumption
1865 Haskin Mary 35 1/21/1865 2/22/1865 Died in Lansing after illness of 6 weeks. Wife of
W.S. Haskins.
1865 Norton Betsey 80 1/23/1865 1/25/1865 Widow of Solyman Norton of Ulysses.
1865 Douglass Margaret 46 1/29/1865 2/08/1865 Died at East Lansing; widow of Chauncey.
1865 Fish Simeon B. 78 1/31/1865 2/22/1865 One of Newfield's oldest pioneers. Came from
state of Massachusetts in 1817.
1865 Haskin H.P. 12/1865 1/03/1866 Typhoid Fever Had lived in Millport. Announcement reprinted
from the Elmira Daily Advertiser, 12/19/1865. See
lengthy obituary.
1865 Dryer Daniel 74 12/22/1865 12/27/1865 Father of Chester Dryer.
1865 Whiton Louisa B. 19 2/03/1865 2/08/1865 Daughter of John L. and Kezia Whiton.
1865 Beers Phebe 75 2/05/1865 2/08/1865 Widow of Hon. Cyrus Beers; mother of George D.
Beers.
1865 Col. Deming Justus 50 2/13/1865 2/15/1865
1865 Col. Pratt Chauncey 77 3/03/1865 3/15/1865 Died at Covert.
1865 Gay Mary 72 3/03/1865 4/19/1865 Consumption Died at Waterburg; wife of William Gay.
1865 Perry Elezur 20 3/04/1865 3/29/1865 Died at U.S. Hospital at Point of Rocks, VA.
Member of Co. D, NY Heavy Artillery.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1865 Halsey Nicoll 83 3/15/1865
notice
3/15/1865 Died in Marshall, MI at the home of his son-in-law,
Dr. O.C.Comstock. Buried in Trumansburg where
he lived for over 60 years.
1865 Ellick Mary 28 3/18/1865 3/29/1865 Consumption Died at Trumansburg. Daughter of Isaac and
Rozena Ellick.
1865 Wick Bell 6 3/20/1865 3/29/1865 Daughter of Conrad Wick.
1865 Bloodgood Francis, Esq. 3/21/1865 4/05/1865 Died at Willard's Hotel in Washington. Son of late
Francis A. Bloodgood of Ithaca.
1865 Miller Sherman 68 3/26/1865 4/05/1865 Bright's Disease of
the Kidneys
1865 Raymond Edward J. 13 mos. 3/26/1865 4/05/1865 Son of John J. and Francis J. Raymond.
1865 Lane Abram 40 4/04/1865 4/12/1865 In Sept. 1864, he enlisted in Co. H, 179th Reg.,
NY Volunteers. Captured by the enemy on Oct. 1,
1864 at the battle at Pagram Farm, VA. On March
9, he was paroled at Annapolis, M.D. and brought
home.
1865 Bower Rebecca 55 4/04/1865 4/26/1865 Died after a short illness at Ludlowville. See
lengthy obituary.
1865 Bower Ira 65 4/09/1865 4/19/1865 Died at South Brooklyn, NY; formerly of Ithaca.
1865 Ormsby Florian 22 mos. 4/11/1865 4/19/1865 Died at Ludlowville. Only child of Florian D. and
Maggie Ormsby. Grandson of Joshua Brown.
1865 Baldwin Heman 56 4/12/1865 4/26/1865 Died at Groton.
1865 Roper Olive 74 4/13/1865 4/26/1865 Apoplexy Died at Danby; widow of Sylvester Roper.
1865 Loomis Sarah E. 31 4/18/1865 4/26/1865 Heart Disease Died at Jacksonville. Wife of George W. Loomis.
1865 Hunt Sylvester 62 4/22/1865 5/03/1865 Died at Boston; formerly of Ithaca.
1865 Jennings Ruby A. 59 4/28/1865 5/03/1865 Paralysis Died at Danby. Wife of Homer Jennings, former
Tompkins Co. Sheriff.
1865 Squire Orrin 80 4/30/1865 5/03/1865
1865 Woodman Frederick 42 5/02/1865 5/10/1865 Died at Lansing.
1865 Goodwin Frederick 52 5/02/1865 5/17/1865 Died at Lansing.
1865 Bull James C. 26 5/03/1865
notice
5/03/1865 Pneumonia Died at Lincoln Hospital, VA, a good soldier and a
patriot.
1865 Thompson Hellen E. 18 5/07/1865 5/24/1865 Measles Died at Manchester, MI. Wife of Stephen H.
Thompson; daughter of S. Todd of Ludlowville.
1865 Van Dorn Caroline 60 5/10/1865 5/24/1865 Died at Enfield; wife of Peter Van Dorn, mother of
Hon. E.F. Burton.
1865 Holman Jonas 70 6/04/1865 6/14/1865
1865 Williams Charity 90 6/14/1865 6/21/1865 Widow of Josiah Williams of Middletown, CT.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1865 Criss Francis Ann 6/18/1865 6/21/1865 Cholera Morbus
Complications
1865 Hall Herman 38 6/29/1865 7/05/1865 Consumption Died at Danby.
1865 Mr. Curtis N.H. 40 7/08/1865 7/19/1865 Died at Oshkosh, WI. Formerly of Ithaca.
1865 Andrus Ichabod 58 7/09/1865 7/19/1865 Resident of Ithaca; died in New York City.
1865 Perrigo Caroline 37 7/22/1865 7/26/1865 Died at Groton; wife of Lyman Perrigo.
1865 Randolph H. Franklin 14 7/23/1865 8/02/1865 Grandson of H. F. Randolph.
1865 Wells Mary 73 7/31/1865 8/16/1865 Wife of Lucius Wells.
1865 Saxton Lydia 51 7/31/1865 8/30/1865 Widow of George W. Saxton.
1865 Brown Isaiah 55 8/02/1865 8/16/1865 Died at Lansing.
1865 Hanford Mary Caroline 35 8/04/1865 8/09/1865 Consumption Died at Caroline. Wife of Dan C. Hanford.
1865 Kellogg Joseph 54 8/20/1865 8/23/1865
1865 Hastings Mary E. 16 8/24/1865 9/06/1865 Daughter of Mr. Lyman Hastings of Rochester.
1865 Quigg Benjamin D. 53 8/28/1865 8/30/1865
1865 Finch Tryphena 66 9/02/1865 9/06/1865 Wife of Miles Finch, Esq.
1865 DeForest Annis 76 9/03/1865 9/13/1865 Died at Danby.
1865 Snook Mary 70 9/13/1865 10/11/1865
1865 Williams Alfred M. 35 9/17/1865 9/20/1865 Died at South Danby. Brother of S.G. and B.B.
Williams.
1865 Nicholson Joshua 81 9/26/1865 12/20/1865 Died at Newark, IL. Formerly of Enfield.
1865 Leslie Mary L. 21 9/28/1865 10/04/1865
1865 Nye Edwin D. 34 10/22/1865 10/25/1865 Died at Tompkins House.
1865 Seely Anson G. 29 10/22/1865 10/25/1865 Of the firm, Seely and Moore.
1865 Johnson Arthur A. 10/23/1865 10/25/1865
1865 Scribner Edward Allen 13 11/05/1865 11/08/1865 Son of the late Edward Scribner.
1865 Cornelius Elizabeth 54 11/11/1865 2/07/1866 Dropsy Dropsy a result of previous shock. Wife of David
Cornelius.
1865 Dr. Mead Daniel L. 78 11/20/1865 12/06/1865 Died at Caroline. See obituary in 12/6/1865 Ithaca
Journal.
1865 Quigg John William 46 11/25/1865 12/06/1865 Of the firm J.W. and J. Quigg. His late father,
David Quigg, was one of the original founders of
Ithaca. See lengthy obituary, Ithaca Journal,
12/6/1865.
1865 Brown Clarissa 56 11/27/1865 1/18/1865 Died at Ludlowville. Wife of Joshua Brown.
1865 Hayt Charles 72 11/29/1865 12/27/1865 Died following 4 day illness. Survived by 4
daughters and 1 sister.
1865 Wickham Robert U. 60 12/08/1865 1/10/1866 Died at Norwalk, CT. Had lived at Enfield where
he was buried. Suffered a severe injury which left
him mentally disabled. See lengthy obituary.
1866 Atwater James 81 1/06/1866 1/17/1866 Typhoid
Pneumonia
One of Ithaca's earliest residents.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1866 Brown Phinetta 1/15/1866 1/31/1866 Died at Lansing. Wife of Reuben Brown; daughter
of John Fish, Esq.
1866 Hawes Willie Burritt 1 1/15/1866 1/31/1866 Scarlet Fever Died in Washington, D.C. Son of J.H. and Ada B.
Hawes.
1866 Hawes Charlie E. 6 1/17/1866 1/31/1866 Scarlet Fever Died in Washington, D.C. Son of J.H. and Ada B.
Hawes.
1866 Banfield Margaret 65 1/23/1866 1/31/1866 Heart Disease Died at Dryden; wife of David Banfield.
1866 Speed Joseph J. 29 1/24/1866 2/07/1866 Died of protracted illness at Caroline. Eldest son
of William P. and Frances Speed. See lengthy
obituary.
1866 Hardy Louisa Walker 1/25/1866 1/31/1866 Youngest daughter of Charles Elias and Louisa
Hardy.
1866 Tolfree Helen M. 46 1/28/1866 2/07/1866
1866 Dr. Stevens John 72 2/10/1866 2/21/1866 Practiced medicine till 1860, when he was
disabled due to paralysis.
1866 Robertson Elsey 83 2/12/1866 4/25/1866 Died in Dryden at home of her son, Oakley
Robertson. Widow of Philip Robertson.
1866 Rowe Semanthe P.L. 2/20/1866 2/28/1866 Wife of Jerome Rowe, Esq.
1866 Fletcher Abram 63 2/20/1866 3/28/1866 Died at Lansingville.
1866 Conklin Charley Carroll 11 2/24/1866 2/28/1866 Died at Dryden.
1866 Oliver Henry 49 3/05/1866 3/07/1866
1866 Wright Amasa M. 34 3/13/1866 3/28/1866 Consumption Died at Enfield.
1866 Linderberry Electa A. 63 3/17/1866 3/28/1866 Wife of Casper Linderberry.
1866 Leach Helen 3/30/1866 4/18/1866 Died at Litchfield, MI. Wife of Ephram J. Leach;
daughter of Mr. Perry Cooper, formerly of Ithaca.
1866 Green Bartholomew 81 4/18/1866
notice
4/18/1866 Died at Slaterville home of his son, S.E. Green.
1866 Arnold Melissa B. 46 4/21/1866 5/21/1866
1866 Forsyth Mary 84 4/28/1866 5/09/1866
1866 Grant Wheeler 78 5/14/1866 5/21/1866
1866 Livermore Gavina 21 5/26/1866 6/27/1866 Died at San Francisco. Wife of O. Livermore.
1866 Hillick James 66 6/04/1866 613/1866
1866 Grant Willie Ashley 8 mos. 6/14/1866 6/27/1866 Son of George H. and Phoebe A. Grant.
1866 Mitchell John H. 47 6/14/1866 8/04/1866 Congestion of the
Lungs
Died at Lake Ridge, NY.
1866 Hon. Johnson Elisha 81 6/24/1866 7/04/1866 Died at Tellico Plains, Monroe County, TN.
1866 Fralick Mary A. 19 6/30/1866 7/04/1866 Wife of Clark Fralick; daughter of Mathew Berry.
1866 Mitchell Emily 18 7/12/1866 8/04/1866 Diptheria Daughter of John H. and Chloe Mitchell.
1866 Gregory Catherine E. 44 7/14/1866 7/18/1866 Died at Marshall, MI. Wife of William U. Gregory;
daughter of Isaac Beers.
1866 Mitchell Theodore 6 7/19/1866 8/04/1866 Diptheria Son of John H. and Chloe Mitchell.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1866 Stebbins Esther 80 8/04/1866 notice 8/04/1866
1866 Morse John 77 8/21/1866 8/29/1866 Died at Ulysses. See lengthy obituary.
1866 Mrs. Patterson Welthen 86 8/31/1866 9/05/1866 Mother of Dr. Patterson. Died at home of son-in-
law, Isaac Beers.
1866 Shepard Rachel 86 10/05/1866 10/17/1866 Heart Disease
1866 Bishop Thomas 76 10/16/1866 10/24/1866 Died at Lansing. Well-known financier; member of
State Legislature; member of the Board of
Tompkins County Bank. See obituary.
1866 Wells Hiram P. 40 10/16/1866 10/24/1866 Consumption
1866 Eighmey Dumont 32 10/25/1866 11/07/1866 Became a Christian before he died.
1866 Lathrop Walter 75 10/27/1866 11/07/1866
1866 Gardner Ira M. 11 10/29/1866 11/07/1866 Diptheria Youngest son of Mary Ann and Ira M. Gardner.
1866 Creque John 11/02/1866 11/14/1866 Died at Trumansburg where he was one of the
oldest and most respected residents.
1866 Dr. Curtis Elbert 70 11/03/1866 11/07/1866
1866 Gardner Ella Augusta 2 11/05/1866 11/07/1866 Diptheria Youngest daughter of Mary Ann and Ira M.
Gardner.
1866 Morehouse Mary M. 33 11/08/1866 11/14/1866 Died at Syracuse; wife of Hiram Morehouse.
1866 Giles Sarah 25 11/16/1866 11/21/1866 Only child of Samuel and Susan Giles.
1866 Randolph Mary Ella 11 11/17/1866 11/21/1866 Diptheria Only child of Frederick and Adelaide Randolph.
1866 Needham Mary Buckbee 28 11/23/1866 11/28/1866 Died at Syracuse; wife of John V. Needham.
Eldest daughter of Enos Buckbee.
1866 Smith Polly 72 11/30/1866 12/12/1866
1866 Grant Hosea 81 12/02/1866 12/19/1866 Died at Candor.
1866 Burr Charlotte 44 12/05/1866 12/19/1866 Died at Ludlowville; wife of James A. Burr;
member Freedman's Aid Society. Death notices
in 12/19/1866 and 12/26/1866.
1866 Bryan William 71 12/07/1866 12/19/1866
1866 Ostrander Hannah 89 12/09/1866 12/26/1866 Died at Danby.
1869 Hammond David 71 11/13/1869 4/12/1870 Died in Dryden.
1869 Niver L. 61 11/14/1869 1/18/1870 Died in Hart, Michigan; of McLean, NY
1869 Blair George 84 12/20/1869 1/04/1870 Died in Caroline.
1869 Warfield Catharine T. 76 12/21/1869 1/04/1870 Died in Groton. Wife of Joshua Warfield.
1869 Hance Thomas 55 12/22/1869 1/18/1870 Died in Danby.
1869 Swartwout Abraham 78 12/22/1869 1/18/1870 Died in Danby.
1869 Beddell Abijah 62 12/23/1869 1/11/1870 Died in Dryden.
1870 Goodhue Frances O. 20 1/01/1870 1/11/1870 Daughter of David and Pauline Goodhue.
1870 Ridgeway James 9 1/01/1870 1/18/1870 Died in Caroline. Son of Frederick and Mary
Ridgeway
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1870 Took Lansing 70 1/01/1870 3/15/1870 Died in Sacramento, California. Brother of Mrs.
Samuel Love of Ithaca.
1870 Logan David 19 1/04/1870 1/18/1870
1870 Fisher Eliza 25 1/06/1870 11/29/1870 Consumption Died in Dryden
1870 Wams Margaret 15 1/08/1870 1/18/1870 Daughter of John Wams.
1870 Van Valkenburg infant 1/14/1870 1/18/1870 Son of Judge Van Valkenburg.
1870 Skinner Samuel B. 64 1/16/1870 1/18/1870
1870 Higgins Eliza 45 1/16/1870 1/25/1870 Died in Caroline.
1870 Brokaw Garrett 82 1/19/1870 1/25/1870 Died in Groton.
1870 Hunt George 5 1/23/1870 2/08/1870 Died in Lansing. Son of Michael and Mary Hunt.
1870 Tichenor Phebe 75 1/24/1870 2/01/1870 Died in Lansing.
1870 Lewis Eleanor 75 1/25/1870 2/01/1870 Died in Dryden. Wife of Amos Lewis.
1870 Foot Carrie Holton 2 1/28/1870 2/08/1870 Died in Jersey City. Daughter of George W. and
Addie S. Foote.
1870 Warren E. 1/31/1870 2/08/1870 Died in New York. Formerly of Ithaca.
1870 Hanford William 84 2/01/1870 2/08/1870 Died in Etna at the home of his son, W. Hanford,
Jr.
1870 Martin Jane 71 2/03/1870 2/08/1870 Wife of Humphrey Martin.
1870 Alexander Loretta 65 2/05/1870 2/15/1870 Died in Breesport. Wife of Joseph Alexander.
1870 Godfrey Sally 63 2/06/1870 2/15/1870 Died in Dryden. Wife of Philo Godfrey
1870 Gay Warren B. 63 2/08/1870 notice 2/08/1870
1870 Conrad George V. 34 2/08/1870 2/22/1870 Died in Chicago, burial was in Ithaca. Son of
Vincent Conrad.
1870 Sheldon Anna 4 wks 2/09/1870 2/22/1870 Infant daughter of Jones P. and Ellen Sheldon.
1870 McKila Mary 2/10/1870 2/21/1871 Daughter of Mary and Patrick McKila.
1870 Payne Elizabeth Wilmering 30 2/11/1870 2/15/1870 Wife of Rev. John W. Payne; Rector of St. John's
Church.
1870 Mott William 87 2/11/1870 2/22/1870 Died in Ulysses
1870 Pease Flora Louise 19 mo 2/13/1870 2/22/1870 Died in Trumansburg. Daughter of B.F. and A.
Pease.
1870 Van Vleek Elizabeth 16 2/13/1870 2/22/1870 Daughter of William and Susan Van Kleek.
1870 Devoy Thomas 9 2/13/1870 3/22/1870 Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Devoy.
1870 Beers S.D. 63 2/14/1870 2/22/1870 Died in Galesburgh, Illinois. Formerly of Danby.
1870 McKinney Thomas 12 2/14/1870 2/22/1870 Son of James and Mary McKinney
1870 Burchard Elizabeth 85 2/18/1870 2/22/1870 Wife of Daniel Burchard
1870 Clark Betsey Elizabeth 93 2/19/1870 3/01/1870 Died in Groton. Mother of H.B. Clark
1870 Freese Jane 21 2/19/1870 3/01/1870 Died in Dryden. Daughter of John and Harriet
Freese.
1870 Wadhams Birdsey 69 2/19/1870 3/01/1870 Died in Danby.
1870 Baker Theodore 2/20/1870 2/22/1870
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1870 Conklin Betsey 2/21/1870 1/03/1870 Died in North Lansing. Wife of John Conklin.
1870 Downing Sarah 76 2/21/1870 2/22/1870
1870 Dauncey Matilda 5 2/22/1870 3/01/1870 Daughter of George and Mary Dauncey.
1870 Preston Joanna 52 2/23/1870 3/01/1870 Wife of Archer Preston
1870 Goodrich Elizur 81 2/26/1870 3/22/1870 Died in Caroline.
1870 Follett John C 48 2/28/1870 3/15/1870 Died in Ulysses
1870 McWhorter Harriet 25 3/01/1870 3/15/1870 Died in Cuba, Alleghany County. Daughter of
J.N. McWhorter, formerly of Ithaca.
1870 Wilder Ruth 10mo 3/02/1870 3/08/1870 Pneumonia Daughter of Burt G. and Sarah C. Wilder
1870 Moore Schuyler 15mo 3/03/1870 4/12/1870 Died in Dryden. Son of William H. and Maria E.
Moore
1870 Manning Calista B. 29 3/05/1870 3/15/1870 Wife of Phillip Manning
1870 Terry George W. 31 3/05/1870 3/15/1870 Son of John C. and Almira Terry
1870 Ives Nancy 62 3/06/1870 3/08/1870 Wife of Richard J. Ives
1870 Thompson Edward Everett 4 3/06/1870 3/08/1870 Son of Mr. and Mrs. S.D. Thompson
1870 Andrews Mary 90 3/08/1870 3/22/1870 Died in Auburn. Widow of Rev. Benjamin
Andrews, formerly of Groton.
1870 Baker Peter 33 3/10/1870 3/22/1870 Died in Dryden.
1870 Cratsley Polly 79 3/12/1870 3/22/1870
1870 Lang Belle 6 3/13/1870 3/22/1870 Daughter of John B. and Frances Lang.
1870 Nelligan Elizabeth 21 3/14/1870 3/22/1870 Daughter of John and Mary Nelligan.
1870 Banfield Betsey 80 3/22/1870 4/05/1870 Wife of James Banfield.
1870 Thatcher Daniel 73 3/23/1870 4/05/1870 Died in Canada. Was a resident of Enfield for
sixty years.
1870 Brown Mariah 45 3/24/1870 4/05/1870 Wife of Julius Brown
1870 McGrade Catharine 69 3/24/1870 4/05/1870
1870 Randolph A. 61 3/24/1870 4/05/1870 Wife of H.F. Randolph
1870 Colby Eva 2 3/26/1870 5/03/1870 Pneumonia Died in Groton. Daughter of Henry and Amelia
Colby.
1870 James John T. 3/29/1870 4/05/1870 Typhoid Fever Died in Newfield.
1870 Van Orman Albert 35 3/30/1870 4/05/1870 Son of Peter and Margaret Van Orman.
1870 Cornell Edwin Morgan 7 3/31/1870 4/05/1870 Fall at a hotel in
New York City
Son of Alonzo and Elen A. Cornell
1870 Masters Mary 59 4/04/1870 4/26/1870
1870 Manning David 66 4/06/1870 4/19/1870 Died in Dryden.
1870 Wheelock Charles M. 36 4/06/1870 4/19/1870 Died in New York.
1870 Schutt Elizabeth 72 4/06/1870 5/03/1870 Died in Dryden.
1870 Akin Augusta 27 4/07/1870 4/19/1870 Died in Dryden. Wife of John M. Akin.
1870 Stillwell Stephen 82 4/07/1870 4/26/1870 Died in Hector.
1870 Payne George Herbert 4/08/1870 4/12/1870 Died in Schenectady. Brother of Rev. J.W.Payne,
Pastor, St. John's Church.
1870 Maguire Catharine 78 4/09/1870 4/19/1870
1870 Bowers Hattie 26 4/13/1870 4/26/1870 Died in Lansing. Wife of Hiram Bowers.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1870 Gibbs Nancy 80 4/13/1870 4/26/1870 Died in Lansing.
1870 Lang Katie 13 4/14/1870 4/26/1870 Daughter of John and Frances Lang.
1870 Morgan William O. 82 4/14/1870 5/03/1870 Died in Groton.
1870 Van Dorn Jane 66 4/14/1870 5/03/1870 Died in Ovid. Wife of Abram Van Dorn.
1870 Maricle Peter 42 4/16/1870 4/26/1870 Died in Lansing.
1870 Wilson Samuel 62 4/17/1870 4/26/1870 Died in Groton.
1870 Lewis Olive 76 4/18/1870 4/26/1870 Died in Dryden. Widow of Thomas Lewis.
1870 Bishop Asa P. 68 4/19/1870 4/26/1870 Died in Marathon.
1870 Lamont Daniel 73 4/20/1870 5/03/1870 Died in Dryden.
1870 Pomeroy Julien 8 4/24/1870 5/17/1870 Died in Cortland. Son of S.T. and Mary E.
Pomeroy.
1870 Beardsley Hattie 4/25/1870 5/03/1870 Daughter of Jefferson and Helen Beardsley.
1870 Field Charles 3 4/27/1870 5/17/1870 Died in Lansing. Son of Samuel and Catharine
Field.
1870 Kellogg Susan 60 4/29/1870 5/17/1870 Widow of Joseph Kellogg.
1870 Pangburn Newell 1 4/29/1870 5/17/1870 Son of Newell and Marcellinea Pangburn.
1870 Selkreg Julia 66 4/30/1870 5/03/1870 Died in New York. Wife of Jesse D. Selkreg.
1870 Helm Lois G. 79 5/04/1870 5/10/1870 Paralysis Died in Syracuse.
1870 James Arnold 61 5/04/1870 5/17/1870 Heart Disease Died in Slaterville.
1870 Weems Mary Jane 1 5/04/1870 5/17/1870 Daughter of John and Anna J. Weems.
1870 Sellen Maria 78 5/06/1870 5/17/1870 Died in West Groton.
1870 Van Houten George infant 5/06/1870 5/17/1870 Son of William and Elizabeth Van Houten.
1870 Daley James 25 5/09/1870 5/17/1870
1870 Ireland Hiram K. 52 5/09/1870 6/07/1870 Died in Rochester, Minnesota. Formerly of
Owego. Moved to Rochester in the spring of
1856.
1870 Guy George 63 5/27/1870 6/14/1870 Scirrhus Liver Died in Geneva.
1870 Tubbs A.B. 69 5/29/1870 6/07/1870 Erysipelas Died in Trumansburg.
1870 Howser Permelia 55 5/31/1870 6/14/1870 Apoplexy Died in Peruville. Wife of Samuel Howser II.
1870 Derby Comfort 62 6/01/1870 6/07/1870 Died in Genoa. Formerly of Ithaca.
1870 Hammond Elizabeth 82 6/01/1870 6/07/1870 Widow of Peleq Hammond.
1870 Hon. Larned Silvanus 82 6/02/1870 6/14/1870 Died in Lansing, Michigan. Formerly of Peruville.
1870 Ives Richard 61 6/04/1870 6/07/1870 Moved to Ithaca from Lansing in 1855. Elected
Tompkins County Sheriff in 1854.
1870 Ridgeway Jane 68 6/07/1870 6/14/1870 Died in Caroline.
1870 Granville Michael 11 mo 6/07/1870 6/21/1870 Son of Michael and Isabel Granville
1870 Holly William W. 36 6/08/1870 6/21/1870
1870 Rightmire Rachel 27 6/09/1870 6/21/1870 Died in Enfield. Widow of Israel A. Rightmire.
Daughter of John and Rachel Darragh.
1870 Judson Elbert 4 wks 6/14/1870 6/21/1870 Died in Danby. Only child of Joseph and Martha
Judson.
1870 Clay Elijah 71 6/15/1870 6/21/1870 Died in Dryden.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1870 Spence Freddy 8 6/15/1870 6/21/1870 Son of William and Mary Spence
1870 Rightmire Addison 57 6/17/1870 6/21/1870 Died in Waverly.
1870 Wilcox Sarah Louisa 48 6/18/1870 7/05/1870 Died in Alma, Alleghany County. Wife of Geoge
S. Wilcox.
1870 Atwater Sally 76 6/19/1870 7/05/1870 Died in Trumansburg.
1870 Beam Samuel 55 6/20/1870 7/05/1870 Died of cancer in Dryden.
1870 Hon. Martin Isaac T. 40 6/20/1870 7/19/1870 Formerly of Ithaca. Died in Cynthia, KY. Nephew
of Wm. S. Hoyt, Esq.
1870 Driscoll Patrick 3 6/21/1870 7/05/1870 Son of Patrick and Mary Driscoll.
1870 Carr Sarah 64 6/23/1870 7/05/1870 Died in Dryden.
1870 Spencer Charles Frederick 14 6/25/1870 7/05/1870 Son of J.M. Spencer.
1870 Young Jennie Ayers 40 6/26/1870 7/12/1870 Died in Trumansburg. Wife of Stephen Young.
1870 Kenyon Carrie 6/27/1870 7/05/1870 Died in Cortland. Wife of George J. Kenyon.
1870 Heffron Alfred 65 6/28/1870 7/05/1870 Died in Danby.
1870 Gillett Johnnie C. 10 6/28/1870 7/12/1870 Died in Newfield. Son of N.M. and F. S. Gillett.
1870 Neligan Maurice 8 mo 7/02/1870 7/19/1870 Diptheria Son of David and Joma Neligan.
1870 Quigg Harriet 7/03/1870 7/05/1870
1870 Phillips Deacon Daniel 81 7/04/1870 7/12/1870 Died in Dryden.
1870 Carpenter Amelia Jane 20 7/05/1870 7/12/1870 Died in Dryden.
1870 Egbert John C. 76 7/07/1870 7/12/1870
1870 Burton William Scott 2 7/09/1870 7/19/1870 Died in New York. Son of E. F. and Anna Burton.
1870 Lyon Melissa 7/10/1870 7/19/1870 Died in West Groton. Wife of Brainard Lyon of
Kings Ferry. Daughter of Elisha Cobb.
1870 Halsey Euphias 87 7/12/1870 7/12/1870 Widow of Hon. Nicoll Halsey.
1870 Halsey Gilbert 75 7/17/1870 8/02/1870 Died in North Hector.
1870 Eighmey Monson 29 7/18/1870 7/26/1870
1870 Darling Robert 80 7/26/1870 notice 7/26/1870 Died in McLean.
1870 Patterson Charley E. 9 mo. 7/28/1870 8/09/1870 Son of Frank H. and Maria M. Patterson.
1870 Donnelly Michael 65 7/30/1870 8/09/1870 Died in Dryden. One of the oldest settlers of Town
of Dryden. See lengthy announcement in Journal
of 9/6/70.
1870 McNutt Eddie 5 mo. 7/31/1870 8/09/1870 Adopted son of J.G. McNutt.
1870 Culligan Maggie 5 8/01/1870 8/09/1870 Daughter of Patrick and Catharine Culligan.
1870 Shaw Eliza 83 8/07/1870 8/16/1870 Died in Lansing.
1870 Baker James 72 8/08/1870 8/16/1870 Died in Danby.
1870 Ervy Alice 2 mo. 8/09/1870 8/16/1870 Daughter of David and Irene Ervy.
1870 Lewis Anna 22mo 8/14/1870 8/23/1870 Died in Newark Valley. Daughter of E.J. and Mary
A. Lewis.
1870 McNeil William 19 8/14/1870 8/23/1870 Died in Groton.
1870 Ginn Caldwell Bramhall 3 8/16/1870 8/23/1870 Son of Prof. W.C. Ginn.
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1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1870 Lewis Charles Augustus 4 8/16/1870 8/23/1870 Died in Newark Valley. Oldest son of E.J. and
Mary A. Lewis.
1870 Brown Helen L. 8/18/1870 8/30/1870 Died in Auburn. Wife of Jacob Brown.
1870 Jessup Jane 64 8/19/1870 8/30/1870 Died in Newfield.
1870 Hutchinson Betsey 73 8/19/1870 9/06/1870 Died in Juneau, Wisconsin. Formerly of Ithaca.
Wife of Salmon Hutchinson.
1870 Hutchinson Silas 76 8/23/1870 9/06/1870 Apoplexy Died in Juneau, Wisconsin.
1870 Spore Ulysses Grant 2 8/25/1870 9/13/1870 Died in Groton, son of Cornelius and Adella
Spore.
1870 Snyder Henry 89 8/29/1870 9/06/1870 Died in Dryden. One of the oldest settlers of Town
of Dryden. See lengthy announcement in Journal
of 9/6/70.
1870 Burch Betsey 77 8/31/1870 9/06/1870 Died in Dryden.
1870 Rutledge Mary 23 8/31/1870 9/06/1870
1870 Hatch Minnie May 5 8/31/1870 9/13/1870 Died in Groton. Daughter of Newell and Sarah
Hatch.
1870 Barden J. A. 25 9/02/1870 9/06/1870 Typhoid Fever
1870 Nelson Emma J. 24 9/02/1870 9/06/1870 Daughter of William Nelson.
1870 Arrowsmith James infant 9/06/1870 9/20/1870 Died at East Hampton, L.I. Son of Kate and the
late James Arrowsmith of Trumansburg.
1870 Smith John D. 68 9/08/1870 9/20/1870
1870 Landon James 65 9/10/1870 9/20/1870
1870 Ketchum Della E. 25 9/11/1870 9/13/1870 Typhoid Fever Died in Rochester. Wife of Benjamin Hatch.
Daughter of C.K. and Elizabeth Norton of Ithaca.
Buried in Ithaca.
1870 Hakes Allen 42 9/13/1870 10/04/1870 Died in Spottsylvania, C.H. House, Virginia.
Formerly of Groton.
1870 Wick Nellie H. 9/15/1870 9/20/1870 Daughter of C. Wick.
1870 Mount Dinah 94 9/17/1870 9/27/1870 Died in Danby, widow of Mathias Mount.
1870 Ostrander Abraham 81 9/21/1870 9/27/1870 Died in Catlin, Chemung County. Formerly of
Ithaca.
1870 Riker Susie 20 9/25/1870 10/04/1870 Died in Spencer.
1870 Wheeler Lyman B. 67 9/25/1870 10/18/1870 Died in Covert.
1870 Coon Levi 44 9/25/1870 9/27/1870
1870 Clark Esther 91 9/30/1870 10/04/1870
1870 Overpaugh Eliza 62 10/01/1870 10/11/1870 Died in Corry, Pennsylvania, wife of George
Overpaugh of Dryden.
1870 Skaggs Elizabeth 20 10/01/1870 2/14/1871 Died in Texas, daughter of Rev. Richard and
Angelina Parker, formerly of Ithaca.
1870 Dean Hanna L. 32 10/04/1870 10/18/1870 Died in Newfield, daughter of Jefferson Dean.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1870 Ellis Ruth 93 10/07/1870 10/11/1870 Died in Dryden, widow of Pelly Ellis and mother of
12 children. See lengthy obituary in IJ of
10/11/70.
1870 Bateman Ezra 60 10/09/1870 10/18/1870 Died at Stewarts Corners, Cayuga County.
1870 Schutt Hannah 74 10/09/1870 10/25/1870 Died in Dryden, widow of John Schutt. See
lengthy obituary in Ithaca Journal.
1870 Houpt Mary 73 10/12/1870 10/18/1870 Mother of Mrs. J. N. Spangle.
1870 Manning Sally Ann 30 10/12/1870 10/18/1870 Daughter of Warren Ellis of Dryden.
1870 Clock Polly 74 10/13/1870 10/25/1870 Apoplexy Died in Trumansburg.
1870 Mabee Addie E. 23 10/18/1870 10/25/1870 Died in Danby, wife of Nathaniel Mabee.
1870 Pierson Nathan 73 10/18/1870 11/29/1870 Died in Newfield.
1870 McGrade Daniel J. 21 10/22/1870 11/01/1870 Son of Hugh and Jane McGrade.
1870 Norton Dana 17 10/22/1870 11/01/1870 Son of Halsey and Kate Norton.
1870 Hard Eliza 21 10/23/1870 11/15/1870 Died in Virgil, wife of George Hard;daughter of
Almond and Malvina Trapp.
1870 Van Orman Hattie Schryver 19 10/28/1870 11/08/1870 Wife of Jared Van Orman.
1870 Hamill Henry Wallbridge 4 10/29/1870 11/08/1870 Died in Chicago, son of Charles D. and Susan
Hamill.
1870 Myers Richard Willey 15 10/30/1870 11/08/1870 Died in Dryden, son of Andrew and Susan Myers.
1870 Mosher Sophia G. 91 10/31/1870 11/08/1870 Widow of Hugh Mosher of Dryden.
1870 Warfield Joshua 80 11/04/1870 11/15/1870 Died at home of his son, Lyman Warfield, of
Groton.
1870 Buck Hiram M. 41 11/06/1870 11/15/1870 Died at East Lansing.
1870 Bingham Rev. L. F. 50 11/07/1870 11/15/1870 Died in Groton.
1870 Bradford Eva H. 7 mos 11/09/1870 11/22/1870 Daughter of John R. and Julia Bradford
1870 Van Kirk Mary 68 11/14/1870 1/10/1871 Died in Newfield.
1870 Smith Orren 84 11/16/1870 1/25/1870 Died in Dryden.
1870 Parmele Catharine 20 11/17/1870 11/29/1870 Died at home of her father, Elias Parmele, in
Ulysses
1870 Ferris Benjamin 99 11/18/1870 12/20/1870 Died in Ulysses at home of daughter, Mrs. F.
Smith.
1870 Fisher Helen 27 11/21/1870 11/29/1870 Consumption Eliza and Helen daughters of Eli and Lucinda
Fisher
1870 Pressey Anne E. 21 11/21/1870 11/29/1870 Died in Ludlowville
1870 Hall George C. 11/22/1870
notice
11/22/1870 Died in New York City, formerly of Ithaca. Buried
in Ithaca.
1870 Thompson Thomas C. 64 11/22/1870 notice 11/22/1870 Died in Brooklyn, Michigan
1870 Elliot Charles 63 11/23/1870 11/29/1870 Died in Etna.
1870 Pipher Samuel 30 11/24/1870 11/29/1870
1870 Johnson William 68 11/24/1870 12/06/1870 Died in Dryden.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1870 Birchard George Adelbert 21 11/25/1870 11/29/1870 Was a printer in the Ithaca Democrat office; also
a member of of Co. A, 50th Regiment. Buried with
full military honors.
1870 Deacon Morrison James 75 11/25/1870 11/29/1870 Buried in East Lansing
1870 Boys Nancy 74 11/27/1870 11/29/1870 Widow of John Boys.
1870 Robertson Eugene 19 mo 12/03/1870 12/13/1870 Scarlet Fever Died in Covert, son of B. and Ophelia Robertson.
1870 Baker Niles 12/04/1870 12/06/1870
1870 McNamara Patrick 12/07/1870 12/13/1870 Son of Dennis and Ann McNamara.
1870 Hon. Jessup John 77 12/08/1870 12/20/1870 Died in Newfield, settled in Newfield in 1808; was
once elected to the New York State Assembly.
See lengthy obituary.
1870 Price Charles F. 4 mos 12/08/1870 12/20/1870 Son of Charles and Julia Price.
1870 Howe Mary L. 74 12/09/1870 12/20/1870 Died in Groton, wife of Perry Howe.
1870 Warren William Willis 13 12/10/1870 12/13/1870 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Warren.
1870 Kipper John H. 88 12/13/1870 12/20/1870 Died in Lansing.
1870 Brown Sarah 29 12/14/1870 12/20/1870 Died in Lansing, wife of Christopher Brown.
1870 Sumner George Beers 3 12/14/1870 12/20/1870 Died in Brooklyn, son of Albert and Louise Beers
Sumner. Grandson of Hon. G.D. Beers.
1870 Owens John 78 12/18/1870 12/20/1870 Congestion of the
brain
One of Ithaca's oldest residents.
1870 Ross Ina B. 7mos 12/21/1870 1/03/1871 Daughter of William E. and Cathrine Ross.
1870 Bowers Frances Bell 17 12/22/1870 1/03/1871
1870 Jackson Alice 6mos 12/22/1870 1/03/1871 Daughter of Thomas and Sarah Jackson.
1870 Dalley William 80 12/24/1870 1/03/1871 Died at Trumbulls Corners.
1870 Davis Charles 67 12/25/1870 1/10/1871 Died in LeSeuer, Minnesota.
1870 Thurlow Mark B. 25 12/27/1870 1/03/1871 Died in St. Paul, Minnesota.
1870 Jagger Frank 27 12/28/1870 1/03/1871 Died in Dryden, son of Matthew and Catharine
Jagger.
1870 Stannard Albert A. 62 12/28/1870 1/03/1871
1870 Kelley Edward 3 mos 12/29/1870 1/10/1871 Son of John and Julia Kelley.
1870 Sharp Rebecca A. 43 12/30/1870 1/03/1871 Wife of Matthew Sharp.
1870 Blackman William E. 18mo 12/31/1870 1/10/1871 Son of Solomon Blackman.
1871 Van Houten Abram 38 1/02/1871 1/17/1871 Died in Geneva.
1871 Haynes Peleg 78 1/05/1871 4/04/1871 Died in Caroline.
1871 LaBar Elias 49 1/06/1871 1/17/1871
1871 Skillings William 70 1/09/1871 1/17/1871 Erysipelas Died in West Dryden.
1871 Clark Birdsey 64 1/10/1871 1/17/1871
1871 English Charles C. 1/11/1871 1/24/1871 Died in Enfield.
1871 Sincebaugh David 52 1/11/1871 1/24/1871 Died in Newfield.
1871 Pollay Emily 18 1/12/1871 1/24/1871 Wife of George Pollay.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1871 Gleason Cleora 8mos 1/13/1871 1/31/1871 Died in Byram, Ohio, daughter of S.M. and K.G.
Gleason.
1871 Wilcox Jane 33 1/16/1871 1/24/1871
1871 Slater Sharrard 51 1/16/1871 1/31/1871 Died in Caroline Center.
1871 Redding Patrick M. 38 1/19/1871 1/31/1871
1871 Carmer George W. 38 1/22/1871 1/31/1871
1871 Cheesebrough B.F. 50 1/22/1871 1/31/1871
1871 O'Daniel Annie Bell 6 1/22/1871 1/31/1871 Daughter of Addison M. and Harriet O'Daniel.
1871 Collins Michael 59 1/23/1871 1/31/1871
1871 McGrade Martha 2 1/24/1871 1/31/1871 Daughter of William and Margaret McGrade.
1871 Seabring Samuel 70 1/24/1871 1/31/1871 Died in Newfield.
1871 Shafer Mary 70 1/26/1871 2/07/1871
1871 Tannehill Alexander 67 1/27/1871 1/31/1871
1871 Ferguson Isaac 78 1/31/1871 2/07/1871 Died in Dryden.
1871 Morton Clarke 10 1/31/1871 2/07/1871 Died in Groton, daughter of David B. and Ellen
Morton.
1871 Paige Ellen E. 39 1/31/1871 2/07/1871 Died in Dryden.
1871 Truesdell Willard M. 10mos 1/31/1871 2/07/1871 Died in Dryden, son of G.L. and A.A. Truesdell.
1871 Wattles Lathrop 61 2/04/1871 2/14/1871 Died in Caroline.
1871 Odell Isaac Norton 31 2/06/1871 2/14/1871 Died in Dryden.
1871 Lindsey Ira 72 2/09/1871 2/21/1871 Died in Dryden.
1871 McKellar Mary 84 2/09/1871 2/28/1871 Died in Groton, immigrated with her husband from
Scotland.
1871 Williams Sophia 70 2/10/1871 2/21/1871 Died in Groton, widow of Beriah G. Williams.
1871 Morrell William Henry 31 2/10/1871 2/28/1871 Died in Lafayette, Indiana, son of Col. Charles
Morrell, formerly of Lansing.
1871 Mineah George 52 2/11/1871 2/21/1871 Died in Dryden.
1871 Sanders Annie Agnes 23 2/14/1871 2/14/1871 Wife of William C. Sanders.
1871 Marsh Nancy 80 2/16/1871 2/28/1871 Died in Lansing.
1871 Rose Ina 16mo 2/16/1871 2/28/1871 Daughter of F. and E.J. Rose.
1871 Bishop Sally 78 2/18/1871 2/28/1871 Died in Newfield.
1871 Dodd John 62 2/21/1871 2/28/1871
1871 Fortner Florence 75 2/24/1871 3/07/1871 Died in Danby, widow of Lewis Fortner.
1871 Bennett Mary 73 2/27/1871 2/28/1871 Wife of J.B. Bennett.
1871 Wood Susan E. 53 2/28/1871 3/07/1871 Widow of Gen. William Wood, sister of late
William Leonard. Buried next to husband in
Aurora, N.Y.
1871 Treman Anna 79 3/02/1871 3/14/1871 Died in Trumansburg, widow of Johnathan
Treman.
1871 Snaith Goldwin Auberon 13mo 3/03/1871 3/07/1871 Son of John and Mary Ann Snaith.
1871 Mowers Mary 74 3/03/1871 3/14/1871
1871 Snyder James M. 56 3/06/1871 3/14/1871 Died in Newfield.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1871 Lumbard Calista 42 3/08/1871 3/21/1871 Died at Willard Asylum, buried at Peruville.
1871 Pain Martha 55 3/08/1871 4/04/1871 Died in Caroline.
1871 Snow Betty 79 3/08/1871 4/04/1871 Measles Died in Caroline, taken from her great-
grandchildren.
1871 Bush Susan 60 3/09/1871 3/14/1871 Died in Slaterville.
1871 Gibbs Mary 36 3/09/1871 3/21/1871 Wife of William G. Gibbs.
1871 Clark Florence 21mo 3/10/1871 3/21/1871 Died in Groton, daughter of Wilbur and Sarah
Clark.
1871 Sobers Rebecah J. 25 3/12/1871 3/28/1871 Died in Groton, wife of Thompson Sobers.
1871 Davenport Theron 3/14/1871 3/21/1871
1871 Haynes Mary 76 3/18/1871 4/04/1871 Died in Caroline, widow of Peleg Haynes.
1871 Robinson Ina 3 3/19/1871 3/21/1871 Daughter of James and Sarah Robinson.
1871 Dimick Willis 4 3/20/1871 3/28/1871 Son of Harrison and Elizabeth Dimick.
1871 Tichenor Mary 77 3/20/1871 3/28/1871 Died in Lansing.
1871 DeWitt Mary Linn 52 3/20/1871 4/18/1871 Daughter of the late General Simeon DeWitt,
surveyor general of the United States. See
lengthy obituary in the Ithaca Journal.
1871 Sprigg William 37 3/21/1871 notice 3/21/1871 Died in Dryden.
1871 DeWitt Mary L. 3/21/1871 3/21/1871
1871 McCarty Mary 11mo 3/21/1871 3/28/1871
1871 Robbins Helen M. 37 3/22/1871 3/28/1871 The obituary included two names: Robbins and
Robinson.
1871 Robinson Helen M. 37 3/22/1871 3/28/1871 The obituary included two names: Robbins and
Robinson.
1871 Brown George W. 41 3/26/1871 3/28/1871
1871 Bennett Angeline 45 3/26/1871 4/04/1871 Died in Lansing.
1871 Canfield Hannah 79 3/26/1871 4/04/1871 Died in Lockport, buried in Ithaca.
1871 Holmes Irus 78 3/27/1871 4/11/1871 Died in Caroline, born in New Hampshire.
1871 Haight Emily C. 33 4/01/1871 4/11/1871 Died in Westfield, N.Y., wife of James L. Haight.
1871 Dimon Hannah 77 4/02/1871 4/11/1871 Died in Andover, N.Y., widow of Jeremiah Dimon
of Groton.
1871 Mattison James M. 54 4/03/1871 4/11/1871 Died in Jacksonville.
1871 Sigler Isaac 62 4/03/1871 4/18/1871 Died in Dryden.
1871 Putnam infant 4/07/1871 4/18/1871 Infant children of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Putnam.
1871 Brainard Susan 24 4/08/1871 4/18/1871 Wife of David Brainard.
1871 Holmes Mrs. Irus 69 4/09/1871 4/11/1871 Died in Caroline, widow of Irus Holmes.
1871 Preston Archer 55 4/09/1871 4/18/1871
1871 Van Order 4 wks 4/10/1871 4/18/1871 Daughter of Nelson and Sarah E. Van Order.
1871 Ryder Lawrence 84 4/11/1871 4/24/1871
1871 Luce William P. 74 4/13/1871 4/18/1871
1871 Mowers Jacob 83 4/14/1871 4/24/1871
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1871 Wood Kitty R. S. 24 4/16/1871 4/18/1871 Wife of George W. Wood, buried in Newburgh.
1871 Malone Ella D. 11 4/16/1871 4/24/1871 Daughter of Edward J. and Lucy M. Malone.
1871 Gibbs Anna Elizabeth 6 mos 4/26/1871 5/09/1871 Died in Enfield, daughter of Anderson and Martha
Gibbs.
1871 Kirk Leonard 8 mos 4/28/1871 5/09/1871 Son of Noah and Mary Ann Kirk.
1871 Demond Mary Ann 41 5/02/1871 5/09/1871 Died in Lansing.
1871 Wick Conrad 5/03/1871 5/09/1871 From the firm M. Wick and Co.
1871 Selkreg Jesse C. 68 5/06/1871 5/16/1871 Died in New York from injuries from a fall. Brother
of the editor of the Ithaca Journal.
1871 Carpenter Cora May 4 5/07/1871 5/09/1871 Daughter of George H. and Sarah Carpenter.
1871 Hammer David 78 5/08/1871 5/16/1871
1871 Vorwerck Charles W. 66 5/08/1871 5/16/1871
1871 Hoyt Frank 22mo 5/09/1871 5/16/1871 Son of Oscar and Susan Hoyt.
1871 Baker Susan 75 5/11/1871 5/23/1871 Died in Varna.
1871 Head Lara 96 5/11/1871 5/23/1871 Died in Lansing.
1871 Learn Catharine 46 5/13/1871 5/23/1871 Died in Groton, wife of Daniel J. S. Learn.
1871 Powers L. J. 39 5/18/1871 5/30/1871 Died in Dryden, wife of M. D. G. Powers.
1871 Thomas James 49 5/22/1871 5/30/1871 Died in DeSoto, Missouri.
1871 Bower William 74 5/24/1871 6/06/1871 Died in Hector.
1871 Williamson Eddie 2 5/24/1871 6/06/1871 Died in McLean, son of Amasa and Jane
Williamson.
1871 Moon Mimie 7 mos 5/25/1871 5/30/1871 Daughter of Morris and Mary Moon.
1871 Burdick Henry 40 5/30/1871 6/06/1871 Died in Lansing.
1871 Mulks Franklin 45 5/30/1871 6/13/1871 Died in Chesterfield, Ohio. Formerly of Slaterville.
1871 Anderson Norman 82 6/01/1871 6/13/1871 Died at Enfield.
1871 Kelley George H. 22 6/03/1871 6/13/1871
1871 Pennoyer Elizabeth 74 6/04/1871 6/13/1871 Died in Groton, wife of Justus P. Pennoyer.
1871 Whight Joseph 69 6/04/1871 6/20/1871 Died in Waterloo.
1871 Northrup Hattie 10 6/05/1871 6/13/1871 Died in McLean, daughter of C.B. and Lovina
Northrup.
1871 Winters David 84 6/08/1871 6/13/1871 Died in Groton.
1871 Genung Tamer 73 6/09/1871 6/20/1871 Died in Ulysses.
1871 Buckbee Edward T. 51 6/10/1871 6/20/1871 Died in Albany, brother of Enos Buckbee of
Ithaca.
1871 Gunn Louisa 22 6/12/1871 6/20/1871 Wife of David E. Gunn.
1871 Woodmancy Grace M. 11 days 6/15/1871 10/31/1871 Died in Knob Noster, Missouri. Daughter of
George and Catherine Woodmancy.
1871 Schutt Peter 76 6/22/1871 6/27/1871
1871 Terry Jacob 75 6/22/1871 6/27/1871
1871 Hunter John 6/25/1871 6/27/1871
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1871 Sears Thomas 82 6/28/1871 7/04/1871 Died in Searsburg, Schyuler County. Was a state
legislator for Tompkins Co. in 1834; was a
delegate who helped to revise the state
constitution in 1846. See lengthy obituary in
7/4/71 Ithaca Journal.
1871 Griswold Irma Belle 4 7/02/1871 7/11/1871 Died in Tumansburg, daughter of H.P. and Belle
S. Griswold.
1871 Howe Cyrus H. 66 7/03/1871 7/11/1871 Died in Jacksonville.
1871 Summers John 77 7/03/1871 7/11/1871 Died in Groton.
1871 Sherwood Edgar 21 7/08/1871 7/18/1871 Died in Dryden.
1871 Townley Fannie M. 27 7/13/1871 7/18/1871 Wife of Henry Townley.
1871 Willets John 84 7/14/1871 7/18/1871 Buried in Trumansburg.
1871 Wheeler Lynn 16 7/15/1871 7/25/1871 Died in Groton, son of Elliot and Mary J. Wheeler.
1871 Stannard Ellen A. 54 7/17/1871 7/18/1871
1871 Dakin Sarah 87 7/17/1871 7/25/1871 Died in Dryden, formerly of Dutchess County,
New York.
1871 Hawkins William B. 21 days 7/17/1871 7/25/1871 Son of Joseph and Mary M. Hawkins.
1871 Thompson Julia Ann 53 7/20/1871 8/08/1871 Died in Danby, wife of John L. Thompson.
1871 Giles Samuels 72 7/22/1871 7/25/1871
1871 Culbertson Kittie 6mos 7/24/1871 8/01/1871 Died in Enfield.
1871 Scott Hattie 1 7/28/1871 8/08/1871 Daughter of Jabez and Phoebe Scott.
1871 Collins John 8 days 8/02/1871 8/15/1871 Son of James D. and Ann Collins.
1871 Hillick Maria Phillips 40 8/03/1871 8/08/1871
1871 Kindall Emily M. 70 8/03/1871 8/22/1871
1871 Ellis Helen M. 43 8/06/1871 8/29/1871 Died in Homer at home of father, Asaph
Carpenter. Wife of Rufus Ellis of California.
1871 Spence Freddy O. 13 mos 8/07/1871 8/15/1871 Died in Binghamton, son John and Charlotte
Spence.
1871 Gulick (Halsey) Sally 84 8/07/1871 8/22/1871 Died in Lodi, widow of late Jehtal H. Halsey.
1871 Aldrich John 63 8/13/1871 8/22/1871
1871 Sherwood John 80 8/14/1871 8/15/1871 Died in McLean.
1871 Mrs. Griswold Charles 74 8/14/1871 8/22/1871 Died in Dryden.
1871 Miller Rosetta 71 8/15/1871 8/22/1871 Died in McLean.
1871 McArthur Ebenezer 45 8/16/1871 8/22/1871 Died in Dryden.
1871 Bundy Lurah May 13 mos 8/17/1871 8/29/1871 Cholera Infantum Daughter of Charles and Mary E. Bundy.
1871 Elliott Nancy B. 84 8/17/1871 8/29/1871 Died in Danby, wife of Benjamin Elliott.
1871 Smith William 7 mos 8/18/1871 8/29/1871 Son of Alonzo and Georgie Ann Smith.
1871 Neligan Henora 5 mos 8/19/1871 8/29/1871 Daughter of Daniel and Johanna Neligan.
1871 Wilson Harriet 80 8/19/1871 8/29/1871
1871 McElheny Adelaide T. 8/20/1871 8/22/1871 Wife of Thomas J. McElheny, buried in Dryden.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1871 Hazard Sarah P. 8/20/1871 9/05/1871 Died in Elmira, wife of Josiah Hazard. Daughter of
Madison Treman of Watkins.
1871 Bostwick Jemima 74 8/26/1871 9/05/1871 Died in Waterburgh.
1871 Scribner Charles 50 8/26/1871 9/05/1871 Thyphoid Fever Died in Lucerne, Switzerland; brother of Mrs.
George Schuyler of Ithaca.
1871 Davidson Archibald 59 8/27/1871 9/05/1871 Died in New York City; formerly of Ithaca.
1871 Pickering Charles E. 20 mos 8/31/1871 9/12/1871 Son of George and Mary Pickering.
1871 Bishop Maria 63 9/02/1871 9/12/1871 Died in Dryden, wife of Joel Bishop.
1871 Wilcox Abram 11 9/02/1871 9/12/1871 Son of Gilbert and Harriet Wilcox.
1871 Allen Geoffrey 4 9/03/1871 9/12/1871 Died in Free Hollow, son of Thomas and Gertrude
Allen.
1871 Bundy
(VanOrder)
Sarah E. 30 9/04/1871 9/12/1871 Wife of Nelson VanOrder.
1871 Mr. Creque Francis 64 9/05/1871 9/12/1871 Died in Trumansburg.
1871 Martin Humphrey 71 9/11/1871 9/12/1871
1871 Everts Almeda 21 9/18/1871 9/26/1871 Wife of Theron Everts.
1871 Rowland Samuel 65 9/18/1871 9/26/1871 Died in Dryden.
1871 Mix Delia 9/19/1871 notice 9/19/1871 Died in Binghamton, formerly of Ithaca.
1871 Taber (no name given) 46 9/20/1871 10/03/1871 Died in Tioga, Pennsylvania.
1871 Franklin Mary J. 36 9/24/1871 10/24/1871 Died in Plover, Wisconsin, wife of G.W. Franklin.
Daughter of Abram and Mary Bates.
1871 Wright Frederick Douglas 16 9/28/1871 10/03/1871 Died in Danby, son of Caroline and Horatio
Wright.
1871 Sears Jannette 34 9/28/1871 10/17/1871 Died in Mecklenburg, wife of Orrin Sears.
1871 Ashton Susan K. 68 9/29/1871 10/10/1871 Died in Groton, wife of James Ashton.
1871 Northway Rufus 67 9/30/1871 10/17/1871 Died in Monticello, L.I. Former proprietor and
publisher of the Oneida Whig in Utica.
1871 Burdick Perez 81 10/04/1871 10/10/1871
1871 Woodmancy George 31 10/04/1871 10/31/1871 Died in Knob Noster, Missouri. Formerly of
Dryden.
1871 Grant Julia E. 10/07/1871 10/10/1871 Daughter of C.L. and Emily A. Grant.
1871 Rev. Reed Fitch 77 10/10/1871 10/17/1871
1871 Kellogg M.C. , MD. 79 10/10/1871 11/28/1871 Died in Rosco, Illinois. Father of Mrs. C.C.
Sexton. See lengthy obituary.
1871 Huestis Almira 26 10/11/1871 10/31/1871 Died in Washington, D.C. Wife of Myron
Boardman of Trumansburg.
1871 Draper George 22 10/13/1871 10/24/1871 Died in Marion, Iowa. Son of Eli and Amanda
Draper, formerly of Dryden.
1871 Fenn Lucius 69 10/15/1871 12/12/1871 Died in Covert.
1871 Farrington Maggie A. 27 10/22/1871 10/31/1871 Died in Newfield, wife of Frank P. Farrington.
Daughter of late Alfred Smith.
1871 Fonda Sarah L. 26 10/22/1871 10/31/1871 Died in Groton, wife of G.H. Fonda. Daughter of
E.E. Enos.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1871 Tolles Elizabeth B. 63 10/24/1871 11/07/1871 Died in Rockford, Illinois, formerly of Ithaca.
1871 Ackley Warren 50 10/26/1871 11/21/1871 Formerly of Ithaca, died in Sacramento, California
on his 50th birthday.
1871 Brown Edward G. 28 10/28/1871 10/31/1871 Son of Dr. S. Brown.
1871 Follett Angello 22 10/28/1871 11/07/1871 Died in Ulysses.
1871 Howell Georgiana 7 11/03/1871 11/14/1871 Daughter of Byron and Helen Howell.
1871 Halsey Helen Everison 3 11/07/1871
notice
11/07/1871 Died in Chicago, daughter of George E. and
Alphonsine Halsey.
1871 Ogden Amos 80 11/10/1871 11/21/1871 Died in Danby.
1871 Dr. Hovey James A. 69 11/11/1871 11/14/1871 Died in Enfield Center.
1871 Sherwood Eleanora 38 11/11/1871 11/21/1871 Died in Corning, wife of Hon. Henry Sherwood.
1871 Masters James 87 11/12/1871 11/21/1871
1871 DeOliver Martha W. Pell 11/13/1871 1/16/1872 Died in San Francisco; injuries from accidental
burns. Wife of A.J. DeOliver, daughter of the late
Frederick Pell of Ithaca.
1871 Coryell Eliza 71 11/13/1871 11/21/1871 Wife of Dr. Charles Coryell.
1871 Mix Welthea 79 11/13/1871 11/21/1871 Died in Groton, widow of Ethan Mix.
1871 Post Charles 25 11/16/1871 12/05/1871 Died in Lodi, son of Dr. Lewis Post.
1871 Walpole Matthew Fox 62 11/20/1871 12/05/1871 Died near Clarksville, Tenessee. Formerly of
Groton.
1871 Smith Alvah 74 11/22/1871 11/28/1871 Died in Enfield.
1871 Malone Lewis 69 11/29/1871 12/12/1871 Died in East Lansing.
1871 Squires Libbie A. 32 11/30/1871 12/12/1871 Died in Cortland, wife of James S. Squires.
1871 Spaulding N. 76 12/01/1871 12/26/1871 Heart Disease Died at Cayuta, lived in Newfield, formerly of
Ithaca.
1871 Beers Caroline Patterson 67 12/02/1871 12/05/1871 Wife of Isaac Beers, Esq.
1871 Stowell Lucy 92 12/02/1871 12/05/1871 Died in Groton, consort of Dea. Stowell.
1871 Van Inwagen Mary A. 51 12/03/1871 12/12/1871 Died in Prescott, Wisconsin. Widow of Moses
Van Inwagen; sister of Mrs. Jacob Harty of Ithaca.
1871 Mastin John 30 12/04/1871 12/12/1871
1871 Norris Jennie A. 33 12/04/1871 12/12/1871
1871 Hatch Hattie 6 12/04/1871 12/19/1871 Died in Groton. Adopted daughter of J.C. and N.J.
Hatch.
1871 Wilson Sarah R. 53 12/06/1871 12/26/1871 Daughter of E.W. Cady.
1871 Boardman Jonathan 77 12/07/1871 12/19/1871 Died in Danby.
1871 Williams Frank Emmet 10 12/08/1871 12/12/1871 Son of Thomas J. and Nancy Williams.
1871 Champlin Alice A. 12 12/12/1871
notice
12/12/1871 Thyphoid Fever Died in Groton, daughter of Alexander and Mary
Champlin.
1871 Chadwick Sophronia R. 56 12/12/1871 12/19/1871 Died in Danby at home of brother, S.A. Roper.
Wife of D.J. Chadwick of Rochester. See lengthy
obituary in I.J. of 1/30/72.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1871 Mrs. Roosa Rachel 75 12/15/1871 1/02/1872
1871 Wilgus John B. 34 12/15/1871 12/19/1871 See obituary. Member of the firm: Wilgus Bros.
and Co.
1871 Coy Frankie 3 12/17/1871 12/19/1871 Daughter of George E. and Eliza Coy.
1871 Rockwell Susan Larcom 40 12/17/1871 12/26/1871 Wife of R.D. Rockwell, formerly of Ithaca.
1871 Mente Catharina 61 12/19/1871 12/26/1871
1871 Fay Michael 30 12/20/1871 12/26/1871
1871 Hungerford Spencer 83 12/23/1871 1/30/1872 An early settler of Caroline. See lengthy obituary
of 1/30/72.
1871 Hungerford Spencer 83 12/23/1871 12/26/1871 Died in Caroline.
1871 Boom Emma J. 25 12/27/1871 1/02/1872
1871 Keiley Mary 40 12/27/1871 1/02/1872
1871 Mrs. Updike Sarah A. 18 12/28/1871 1/09/1872 Heart Disease Died in Unadilla, wife of Grover Updike. Married
only 3 days. See obituary.
1872 Woodward Richard G.B. 66 1/03/1872 1/09/1872
1872 Van Riper John 60 1/04/1872 1/16/1872
1872 Ammack John 80 1/05/1872 1/16/1872 Died in Enfield.
1872 Field Louise 26 1/08/1872 1/23/1872 Died in Almond, Alleghany County; wife of Peter
Field, formerly of Ithaca.
1872 Brown Mary 50 1/09/1872 1/16/1872 Wife of Edward J. Brown.
1872 Hall Ogden H. 26 1/09/1872 1/16/1872
1872 Dawson Abraham 77 1/13/1872 1/16/1872 Died from injuries after a fall on the ice.
1872 Carr John 70 1/13/1872 1/23/1872 Died in Ulysses.
1872 Fanning Ann 89 1/20/1872 2/06/1872 Died in Groton at home of her son, Patrick
Fanning.
1872 Barnard Mollie Cary 23 1/21/1872 1/30/1872 Wife of Eugene Barnard. Died in Indianapolis.
See obituary.
1872 Baldwin Mary P. 49 1/23/1872 2/06/1872 Died in West Groton.
1872 Burger Patience 1/23/1872 2/06/1872 Died in Lansing; wife of Welcome Burger.
1872 Williams Emeline 1/26/1872 2/06/1872 Died in Harford; widow of A.M. Williams of Danby.
1872 Bowker Ida 1/27/1872 2/06/1872 Died in Dryden, daughter of John Bowker.
1872 Healy Nathan T. 29 1/29/1872 2/06/1872 Died in Medina, Orleans County; formerly of
Dryden.
1872 Willey Newton 23 1/29/1872 2/06/1872 Died in Freeville.
1872 Shepherd Peter Snyder 65 2/01/1872 2/06/1872
1872 Boyer Richard W. G. 21 2/01/1872 3/05/1872 Typhoid
Pneumonia
Died in Winfield, Kansas , resident of Caroline.
1872 Cantine John M. 73 2/01/1872 3/05/1872 Died in Salem, Illinois, formerly of Ithaca.
1872 Wheelock Charles 73 2/06/1872 2/13/1872
1872 Dr. Baley G.D. 59 2/06/1872 2/20/1872 Died in Havana.
1872 Hopkins Hiram 70 2/12/1872 2/13/1872 Died in Groton.
1872 Clinton Freddie 5 2/12/1872 2/20/1872 Son of Charles and Addie Clinton.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1872 Barbour James E. 74 2/13/1872 notice 2/13/1872 Died in Mansfield, Ohio. Formerly of Ithaca.
1872 Taber Charles H. C. one 2/13/1872 2/20/1872 Son of John P. and Mary Taber.
1872 Burdick no name given 2/16/1872 2/20/1872 Wife of D.W. Burdick of The Firm: White and
Burdick.
1872 Kelly Freeman 48 2/17/1872 2/20/1872
1872 Frost Lucinda L. 69 2/17/1872 2/27/1872
1872 Rasmussen Elmer 10 mos 2/17/1872 3/05/1872 Died in East Genoa, son of James and Adelade
Rasmussen.
1872 Signor Lucinda 55 2/19/1872 2/27/1872 Died in Spencer.
1872 Hazen Lydia 11mos 2/21/1872 3/05/1872 Died in Danby, daughter of Jacob and Mary J.
Hazen.
1872 Giles Susan 72 2/22/1872 2/27/1872 Widow of Samuel Giles.
1872 Jarvis Alvah 82 2/22/1872 3/12/1872 Died in Waverly.
1872 Wellen Lizzie 2 2/24/1872 3/05/1872
1872 Clark Alzina 2/24/1872 3/26/1872 Died in Allen, Michigan. Formerly of Dryden.
1872 Adee Elijah 69 2/25/1872 3/19/1872 Died in Hector.
1872 Hanchet Lillie 2 2/28/1872 3/19/1872 Consumption of
Lungs
Daughter of Frank and Catharine Hanchet.
1872 Thomas Charles 16 3/02/1872 3/12/1872 Brain Fever Died in Ovid, son of Hon. Jas. B. Thomas.
1872 King Edda S. 1 3/04/1872 3/19/1872 Died in Dryden, daughter of Charles P. and
Melissa King.
1872 Hill Nancy 3/06/1872 3/12/1872 Wife of William C. Hill.
1872 Blair Margaret 3/09/1872 4/09/1872 Died at Green Cove Springs, Florida. Wife of
James Blair of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Formerly
of Ithaca.
1872 Quick Simon 99 3/14/1872 3/26/1872 Died in Caroline. Mr. Quick would have been 100
in May.
1872 Manning Josephine 27 3/17/1872 4/02/1872 Died in Danby.
1872 Mrs. Shaver M.B. 76 3/17/1872 4/16/1872 Died in Dryden.
1872 Atwater Carrie 12 3/20/1872 3/26/1872 Died in Waverly, daughter of DeWitt C. and Sarah
Atwater.
1872 Vreeland C. Day 3 3/22/1872 3/26/1872
1872 Stratton William 72 3/22/1872 4/02/1872 Died in Newfield.
1872 Carpenter Sarah M. 29 3/22/1872 4/09/1872 Wife of Rev. Henry W. Carpenter, formerly of
Danby. See obituary of 5/7/72.
1872 Severns Joel 84 3/22/1872 4/09/1872 Died in Trumansburg.
1872 Carpenter Sarah 29 3/22/1872 5/07/1872 Wife of Rev. H.W. Carpenter of Smyrna,
Chenango County. Daughter of Oscar Jennings of
Danby. See May 7, 1872 Ithaca Journal for
lengthy memorial.
1872 Ridgway Arthur 1 3/25/1872 4/02/1872 Died in Caroline, son of Frederick A.B. and Mary
F. Ridgway.
1872 Spencer Michael 82 3/27/1872 4/02/1872 Died in Webster, Michigan.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1872 Updike Jacob 80 3/27/1872 4/02/1872 Died in Dryden.
1872 Williams Sophia V. 3/29/1872 4/02/1872 Daughter of the late Nathan T. and Margaret L.
Williams.
1872 Sage Sally 76 3/31/1872 4/02/1872
1872 Vail Phebe 89 3/31/1872 4/02/1872 Died in Elmira. Mother of Mrs. J. S. Wood.
Formerly of Ithaca.
1872 Tillotson Mary 79 4/01/1872 4/02/1872
1872 Carmody Ellen 37 4/01/1872 4/09/1872 Wife of James Carmody.
1872 Bradley Alvan 33 4/04/1872 4/16/1872 Died in Covert
1872 McCarty Alice 3mos 4/05/1872 4/16/1872
1872 Mr. Rogers S.W. 58 4/07/1872 4/09/1872 Died in Binghamton, formerly of Newfield.
1872 Burdick Betsey 77 4/09/1872 notice 4/09/1872
1872 Blue Charity 87 4/09/1872 4/16/1872 Widow of Michael Blue.
1872 Clarence Leonard 2 4/09/1872 4/16/1872
1872 Jones John 4/10/1872 4/16/1872 Died in Caroline Center.
1872 Capt. VanBenschoten Moses 34 4/10/1872 4/16/1872 Died in Trumansburg.
1872 Sears Eli 55 4/11/1872 4/23/1872 Died in Covert.
1872 Thomas Benjamin 76 4/14/1872 4/23/1872 Died in Dryden
1872 Hulbert Horatio 20 4/16/1872 notice 4/16/1872 Died in Ulysses.
1872 Joy Arad 82 4/16/1872 4/23/1872 Died in Ovid
1872 Woodruff George A. 55 4/17/1872 4/23/1872
1872 Ellston Catharine W. 78 4/17/1872 4/30/1872
1872 Horton Joel 90 4/17/1872 4/30/1872 Died in Trumansburg.
1872 Houtz Catharine 91 4/18/1872 4/30/1872 Died in Etna, mother of George Houtz.
1872 Smith Chauncey W. 82 4/19/1872 4/30/1872 Died in Hector.
1872 Welch Peter H. 10mos 4/23/1872 4/30/1872 Son of James Welch.
1872 Mr. Shaw D.J. 26 4/26/1872 5/28/1872 Died in Mentone, France. From St. Peter,
Minnesota. Grandson of Col. Henry McCormick of
Owego.
1872 Wortman Helen 19 4/28/1872 5/07/1872 Died in Ulysses.
1872 Dresser Parker 72 4/30/1872 notice 4/30/1872 Died in Jonesville, Michigan.
1872 Underwood Euphemia 71 4/30/1872 5/14/1872 Died in Groton, wife of I. Underwood.
1872 Purdy Sarah 28 5/02/1872 6/04/1872 Died in Enfield, wife of Cornelius T. Purdy.
1872 Osburn John W. 41 5/05/1872 5/14/1872
1872 Updike Jane 32 5/05/1872 5/14/1872 Wife of Riley E. Updike.
1872 Bowker Clinton 64 5/06/1872 5/21/1872 Erysipelas Died in Lincoln, Nebraska, formerly of Lansing.
1872 Davenport Winfield 15 5/07/1872 5/14/1872
1872 Miller George 37 5/07/1872 5/14/1872 Died in Dryden.
1872 Plant John 57 5/09/1872 5/21/1872 Died in McLean.
1872 Cook Abram 71 5/11/1872 5/14/1872 Died in Newfield.
1872 Mack Mary Jane 5/14/1872 5/21/1872 Daughter of the late Ebenezer Mack and Eleanor
Day.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1872 Deacon Cooley Harvey 80 5/16/1872 5/21/1872 Died in Spencer.
1872 Mrs. Brokaw Maria 82 5/17/1872 6/04/1872 Died in Groton.
1872 Mrs. Joy no name given 5/18/1872 5/28/1872 Died in Ovid, widow of Arad Joy.
1872 Blake Emily J. 5 mos 5/20/1872 6/04/1872 Daughter of F.D. and Mary L. Blake.
1872 Mrs. Hall E.M. 29 5/21/1872 notice 5/21/1872
1872 Wilcox Josephene 20 5/22/1872 6/04/1872 Died in Caroline.
1872 Walker Jas. B. 57 5/23/1872 6/04/1872 Died in Fort Wayne, Indiana, formerly of Lansing.
1872 Vance Elsie 7 5/24/1872 6/04/1872 Daughter of Vivan and Sarah Vance.
1872 Gregory Anna 5/25/1872 5/28/1872 Widow of William H. Gregory.
1872 Drake Phebie B. 81 5/25/1872 6/04/1872 Died in Lansing.
1872 Evans John 81 5/27/1872 6/04/1872 Died in McLean, formerly of Ithaca.
1872 Mrs. Snyder G. 21 5/27/1872 6/04/1872 Died in Dryden, formerly of Lansing. Wife of
Milton R. Snyder, daughter of John and Harriet
Frese.
1872 Lasdell James 44 5/28/1872 notice 5/28/1872 Consumption Died in Freeville.
1872 Smith John U. 47 5/28/1872 6/04/1872
1872 Southworth Charles 35 5/28/1872 6/04/1872 Died in Dryden, son of John Southworth.
1872 Metzeler Joseph 6 mos 5/29/1872 6/04/1872 Died in Newfield, son of Joseph and Caroline
Metzeler.
1872 Blake Mary L. 32 5/31/1872 6/04/1872 Wife of F.D. Blake.
1872 Barker Alice A. 5 5/31/1872 6/11/1872 Daughter of Harvey and Mary Barker.
1872 VanOrman Eliza 26 6/01/1872 6/11/1872 Daughter of Isaac and Lucinda VanOrman.
1872 Ryder John 72 6/02/1872 6/11/1872
1872 Corwin Margaret 79 6/04/1872 6/11/1872
1872 Wakeman Solomon 78 6/09/1872 6/18/1872 Died in Hector.
1872 Grant Morris Viele 2 6/23/1872 6/25/1872
1872 Martin Nancy 84 6/28/1872 7/16/1872 Died in Dryden.
1872 Heath Francis Arthur 22mos 6/29/1872 7/09/1872 Died in Brooklyn, only child of Wilbur and Emma
Heath.
1872 Fish Willie 9 7/01/1872 7/09/1872 Died at Winnebago, Illinois. Son of Wells and
Margaret Fish.
1872 Coddington John 70 7/02/1872 7/09/1872 Heart Disease
1872 Hopkins Susan 70 7/02/1872 7/09/1872 Died in Ulysses.
1872 Smith Mary 77 7/06/1872 7/20/1872 Died in Ovid, widow of Lewis Smith.
1872 Tupper Arthur N. 3 7/10/1872 8/25/1872 Died in West Danby, son of James and LaMira
Tupper.
1872 Miller Samuel Morell 35 7/11/1872 7/16/1872
1872 Snyder E. Jane 23 7/15/1872 7/16/1872 Died in Dryden, daughter of James and Maria
Snyder.
1872 Schuyler Philip C. 67 7/16/1872 7/20/1872 Died in Burlingame, Kansas. Formerly of Ithaca.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1872 Sellen no name given 9 mos 7/24/1872 7/30/1872 Died in Williamsport, PA. Daughter of Edison and
Sarah Sellen. Buried in Ithaca.
1872 Snyder Wm. W. 7/29/1872 7/30/1872 Suicide/Hanging Died in Dryden, was County Superintendent of
Poor.
1872 Kellogg Catharine 75 7/31/1872 8/01/1872
1872 Andrus Katherine Kellogg 72 7/31/1872 8/06/1872 Widow of William Andrus.
1872 Norton no name given 15mos 8/04/1872 8/06/1872 Died in Varna, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Norton.
1872 Smith Edwin 51 8/05/1872 8/06/1872
1872 Miller Lillian M. 3 8/05/1872 8/13/1872 Daughter of R.T. and Adaline A. Miller.
1872 Arnold Clarence 8 8/17/1872 9/19/1872 Died in Mecklenburg, son of James H. and Harriet
Arnold.
1872 Kinnis Henrietta 35 8/18/1872 8/23/1872 Died in New York City, wife of Andrew Kinnis.
Daughter of the late Norman Anderson of Enfield
Falls.
1872 Owens Hiram 64 8/20/1872 9/03/1872 Died at Silver Creek, Minnesota. Formerly of
Enfield.
1872 Rose William 87 8/23/1872 8/23/1872
1872 Brink George W. 53 8/25/1872 8/26/1872
1872 Hopkins Emery 10mos 8/26/1872 9/24/1872 Died in Covert, son of George and Lucie Hopkins.
1872 Hammond Edward O. 24 8/27/1872 9/03/1872
1872 Reed Hattie 1 8/27/1872 9/03/1872 Cholera Infantum Died in Dryden, daughter of Truman B. and
Amelia Reed.
1872 Thatcher Elisha 80 8/29/1872 9/03/1872 Died in West Danby.
1872 Smith Adren T. 2 8/29/1872 9/18/1872 Died in Ulysses, son of Oliver and Eunice Smith.
1872 Kinnis Andrew Tuthill 20days 8/30/1872 9/03/1872 Died in New York, son of Andrew and the late
Henriette Kinnis.
1872 Brown John R. 89 9/02/1872 9/17/1872 Died in McLean.
1872 Lawrence William 70 9/03/1872 10/08/1872 Died in Speedsville.
1872 Winfield William 60 9/03/1872 9/03/1872 Died in Slaterville.
1872 Howland Eliza Pell 55 9/06/1872 9/10/1872 Wife of R.W. Howland,daughter of the late
Frederick D. Pell.
1872 Price Rachel 81 9/06/1872 9/16/1872 Died in Covert, widow of John Price.
1872 Rolfe Ella 26 9/07/1872 9/17/1872 Died in Enfield, wife of Oscar Rolfe.
1872 Puff Frances H. 4 mos 9/08/1872 9/17/1872 Died in Newfield, daughter of Charles H. and F.G.
Puff.
1872 Smith Elias 93 9/10/1872 9/24/1872 Died in Trumansburg.
1872 Losee Frances 85 9/11/1872 9/24/1872 Died in New York City at residence of son-in-law,
M.G. Lane.
1872 Babbitt Avery 40 9/12/1872 9/16/1872 Died in Slaterville, formerly of Auburn.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1872 Miner Will H. 26 9/16/1872 9/24/1872 Died in Havana at the Montour House, son of the
Hon. Thomas L. and Sarah Maxwell Miner.
1872 Smith Rachel 83 9/16/1872 9/24/1872 Died in Trumansburg, wife of Elias Smith.
1872 Purdy Emery 54 9/17/1872 9/24/1872 Died in Red Wing, Minnesota. Formerly of
Enfield.
1872 Sprigg John M. 48 9/18/1872 10/01/1872 Died in Dryden.
1872 Beardsley J. Seymour 52 9/18/1872 9/24/1872
1872 Decker Emma 37 9/20/1872 10/15/1872 Died at Farribault, Minnesota. Wife of Charles
Decker, formerly of Newfield.
1872 Richmond Wm. R. 71 9/21/1872 10/15/1872 Died in Moravia.
1872 Scout Harriet F. 27 9/22/1872 10/01/1872
1872 Hodges James 76 9/22/1872 10/01/1872 Died in Dryden.
1872 Smith Luther 85 9/22/1872 9/24/1872
1872 Cheesebrough Emma 28 9/24/1872 10/01/1872 Wife of B.F. Cheesebrough, Jr.
1872 Smith Isaac 80 9/24/1872 10/08/1872 Died in Danby.
1872 Pearsall Hugh 1 mo. 9/25/1872 10/15/1872 Died in Halseyville, son of Frank S. and Vantora
Pearsall.
1872 Green Samuel F. 65 9/25/1872 10/29/1872 Apoplexy Died in Slaterville.
1872 Griffin Delphine 21 9/28/1872 10/01/1872 Wife of William H. Griffin.
1872 Bloom Simeon 63 10/01/1872 10/15/1872 Died in Lansing.
1872 Brown Margaret 51 10/01/1872 10/15/1872 Died in Newfield.
1872 Mrs. Foster Aaron 81 10/01/1872 10/15/1872 Died in Dryden.
1872 Baldwin Margaret 51 10/01/1872 11/05/1872 Died in Newfield.
1872 Van Kirk Lewis H. 66 10/02/1872 10/08/1872 Died in Enfield.
1872 Adams Rodney L. 58 10/05/1872 10/22/1872 Typhoid Fever Died in Geneva.
1872 Atwater Walter 3mos 10/07/1872 11/05/1872 Died in Kings Ferry, son of Jason and Elizabeth
Atwater.
1872 Huse Fannie R. 26 10/08/1872 notice 10/08/1872 Wife of J.A. Huse.
1872 Tracy Frances Elizabeth 26 10/08/1872
notice
10/08/1872 Died at Leona, Pennsylvania. Wife of Rev. B.J.
Tracy, daughter of C. Fairchild,editor of the Ovid
Bee.
1872 Powers Mary Ann 45 10/08/1872 10/15/1872 Died in Union Springs.
1872 Holly Monroe N. 58 10/09/1872 10/22/1872 Died in Candor.
1872 Col. Welles Charles F. 60 10/09/1872 10/22/1872 Heart Disease Died in Auburn, lived in Athens, Pennsylvania.
1872 Follette James K. 34 10/11/1872 10/15/1872
1872 Vann Samuel R. 69 10/14/1872 10/22/1872 Died near Jacksonville.
1872 Spencer Harriet M. 10/16/1872 10/22/1872
1872 Anson John W. 36 10/17/1872 10/22/1872
1872 Hemans Urania Gertrude 20 10/17/1872 10/29/1872 Died in Trumansburg.
1872 Smith Levi 57 10/18/1872 10/22/1872
1872 Hall David 8 10/20/1872 11/05/1872 Died in Rochester.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1872 Bradley Hemmingway H. 80 10/22/1872 notice 10/22/1872
1872 Delamater Melvin P. 25 10/22/1872 notice 10/22/1872 Died in Waverly.
1872 Scribner Walter 10/22/1872 10/22/1872 Died in New York, brother of Mrs. G.W. Schuyler
of Ithaca.
1872 Wilson Carrie Bell 1 10/24/1872 10/29/1872 Daughter of W.H. and Elloa M. Wilson.
1872 Mrs. Bothwick Phebe 55 10/25/1872 11/12/1872 Died in Candor.
1872 Demun Sephronia 38 10/25/1872 11/12/1872 Died in Trumansburg, wife of Isaac Demun.
1872 Mrs. Dennison Sarah 90 10/28/1872 11/05/1872 Died in North Lansing.
1872 Mrs. Martindale Wm. 75 10/29/1872
notice
10/29/1872 Died in Andover, Alleghany County. Formerly of
Dryden.
1872 Nelson Mary A. 26 10/29/1872 11/05/1872
1872 Jones Elnora Cornelia 23 10/31/1872 11/05/1872
1872 Mellon Charles 36 11/01/1872 11/12/1872
1872 Hart Abel 58 11/06/1872 11/12/1872 Died in Candor.
1872 Hause Nancy B. 40 11/06/1872 11/19/1872 Died in Ovid.
1872 Linderberry Sarah G. 42 11/07/1872 11/19/1872
1872 Thompson Sarah Louise 11/08/1872 11/12/1872
1872 Smith Martha 75 11/10/1872 11/19/1872 Died in Dryden.
1872 Phillips Augusta M. 43 11/12/1872 11/19/1872 Died in Waverly, wife of Thomas Phillips.
Formerly of Ithaca.
1872 Brooks Frederick 57 11/16/1872 11/19/1872
1872 McGill Lottie E. 8 11/17/1872 11/19/1872
1872 Havens Zalmon D. 40 11/18/1872 11/26/1872
1872 Starr Ezra 54 11/20/1872 12/03/1872 Diptheria Died near Kidder, Missouri.
1872 Crozier John S. 36 11/25/1872 12/03/1872
1872 Carmichael James 29 11/29/1872 12/10/1872 Typhoid Fever Died in Enfield.
1872 Broas John P. 12/01/1872 12/10/1872 Cancer of Stomach Died in Enfield Center.
1872 Stickles Huldah 77 12/05/1872 12/17/1872 Died in Dryden, widow of Jacob Stickles.
1872 Estes Joseph T. 60 12/06/1872 12/17/1872
1872 Tucker Silas 24 12/11/1872 12/17/1872 Smallpox Died in Chicago, formerly of Ithaca.
1872 Vanatta Mary Cornelia 7mos 12/11/1872 12/31/1872 Congestion of the
Brain
Daughter of Wm. and Catharine Vanatta.
1872 Prame Nancy R. 58 12/13/1872 12/24/1872
1872 Kirkendall Aaron 26 12/15/1872 12/17/1872
1872 Stamp Samuel Holmes 1 12/15/1872 12/17/1872 Diptheric Croup Son of Abial and Julia Stamp.
1872 Standart Henry W. 65 12/16/1872 12/31/1872 Died in Detroit, Michigan.
1872 Lanning Augusta F. 12/17/1872 12/24/1872 Wife of J.W. Lanning, daughter of the late
Charles Hayt.
1872 Mrs. Dresser Elizabeth 72 12/21/1872 12/24/1872
1872 Benne Sarah 57 12/29/1872 12/31/1872 Buried at Hyde Park.
1872 Mrs. Buckley Clarissa 85 12/31/1872 1/13/1873 Died in Groton.
1873 Mrs. Strong Rhoda Ann 45 1/01/1873 1/13/1873 Died in South Lansing.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1873 Benjamin Adamson F. 1/02/1873 1/03/1873 Heart Disease
1873 Jones Robert 49 1/03/1873 1/13/1873 Died in Lansing.
1873 Perry Charles 23 1/15/1873 1/16/1873
1873 Kennedy Robert 45 1/16/1873 1/17/1873
1873 Mrs. Barden Edah 72 1/24/1873 1/24/1873
1873 Kiper Eugene 21 1/25/1873 1/30/1873
1873 Gibbs Ida P. 18 1/26/1873 2/13/1873 Erysipelas Died in Lansing.
1873 Uhl Mary H. 77 1/28/1873 2/14/1873 Died in Covert.
1873 Southworth Betsey 67 2/06/1873 2/10/1873 Died in Dryden, wife of John Southworth. See
obituary.
1873 Sewell William DeLosse 1 2/07/1873
notice
2/07/1873 Brain Fever Died in LaPort, Indiana. Son of DeLosse and
Jennie Sewell, formerly of Ithaca.
1873 Crittenden Martha C. Perry 2/09/1873 2/24/1873 Died in Montgomery, Alabama. Wife of H.W.
Crittenden.
1873 Hurlburt Chauncey L. 81 2/11/1873 2/17/1873 Died in Barker, Broome County. Brother of A.
Hurlburt of Ithaca.
1873 Morgan Thomas 71 2/13/1873 2/14/1873
1873 Kimball Edwin Platt 20 2/21/1873 2/24/1873 Son of Mr. O. Kimball.
1873 Saxton Gilbert 75 2/21/1873 2/26/1873 Died in McLean.
1873 Hazen Charles T. 11 2/24/1873 2/26/1873 Son of Blair A. and Carrie L. Hazen. See obituary
of March 4, 1873.
1873 Carr Millen S. 62 3/01/1873 3/06/1873 Buried in Auburn.
1873 Baucus Merritt 3/03/1873 3/04/1873 Died in Dryden.
1873 Chase Ezra 40 3/03/1873 3/09/1873 Died in Groton.
1873 Speer no name given 3/04/1873 3/04/1873 Wife of Richard Speer.
1873 Kellogg Hattie 34 3/06/1873 3/13/1873 Died in Palo, Ionia County, Michigan. Formerly of
Newfield, wife of Charles F. Kellogg.
1873 Williams Ida Harris 26 3/08/1873 3/09/1873 Died in New York City at the Fifth Ave. Hotel. Wife
of F.R.B. Williams, buried in Ithaca.
1873 Nelson Ida May 3/09/1873 3/10/1873 Daughter of George H. and Mary A. Nelson.
1873 Hammond William H. 53 3/12/1873 3/13/1873
1873 Williard Hattie Noyes 3 3/15/1873 3/18/1873 Died in Passaic, New Jersey. Daughter of W.A.
and Mary T. Williard. Grandaughter of Mrs.
T.C.Thompson.
1873 Stangle J.N. 63 3/17/1873 3/18/1873
1873 Pew Angelia 19 3/17/1873 3/31/1873 Daughter of John M. and Harriet Pew.
1873 Phillips Bessie M. 3/28/1873 3/30/1873 Only child of Charles A. and Alice Phillips.
1873 Finch Francis Miles 10 3/30/1873
notice
3/30/1873 Heart Disease Youngest son of Francis M. Finch and Elizabeth
A. Finch.
1873 Hall Theresa Jane Christy 54 3/30/1873 4/07/1873 Died in Davenport, Iowa. Wife of C.A. Hall.
1873 McCorn Andrew G. 55 3/30/1873 4/09/1873
1873 Beers Isaac M. 69 3/31/1873 4/11/1873
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1873 Phillips Ann E. 32 4/02/1873 4/28/1873 Died in Georgetown, D.C. Wife of R.A. Phillips,
daughter of Thomas M. Boyer of Caroline.
1873 Crawford Andrew G. 55 4/03/1873 4/04/1873 Died in Ulysses.
1873 Ellsworth James 52 4/06/1873 5/03/1873 Typhoid
Pneumonia
Died in Fredricksburg, Iowa, formerly of Ithaca.
1873 DeWitt Elvira O. 39 4/12/1873 4/17/1873 Consumption Died in Brooklyn, Susquehanna County,
Pennsylvania. Wife of C.B. DeWitt.
1873 Whitbeck Robert C. 5 4/13/1873 4/14/1873 Son of Rev. J. and M.S. Whitbeck.
1873 Williams Nellie 4 4/17/1873 4/21/1873 Died in Heidelberg, Germany. Youngest daughter
of Prof. S.G. Williams of Cleveland, Ohio.
Formerly of Ithaca.
1873 Mrs. Cregar Elizabeth 52 4/21/1873 4/23/1873 Died at Addison, Steuben County. Wife of J.T.
Cregar.
1873 Voorhees Clarence Tuthill 7 mos 4/27/1873 4/29/1873 Died in Lansing. Only child of Fred D. and
Geneva J. Voorhees.
1873 Shaw Minnie 4 4/29/1873 5/02/1873 Diptheria Died in Newfield, daughter of G.V. and Jane
Shaw.
1873 McGillvray George 60 5/09/1873 5/10/1873
1873 Aldrich John 23 5/26/1873 6/17/1873 Died at McLean.
1873 Thatcher Lena 5 5/27/1873 5/28/1873 Died in Enfield, daughter of William and Almina
Thatcher.
1873 Williams Pauline H. 1 5/29/1873 5/31/1873 Daughter of R.B. Williams.
1873 Lightfoot Jane 38 6/04/1873 6/07/1873 Wife of John Lightfoot.
1873 Fisher George W. 75 6/04/1873 7/01/1873 Neuralgia of the
Heart
Died in Osborn, Ohio. Formerly of Ithaca.
1873 Mrs. Everhartt Cloe 41 6/07/1873 6/10/1873 Consumption
1873 McDaniels Helen C. 21 6/07/1873 6/10/1873 Died in Newfield, daughter of Orrin and Sarah
McDaniels.
1873 Mrs. Higgins Moriah 77 6/11/1873 6/11/1873 Widow of Salmon Higgins.
1873 Bailey Julia Ann 37 6/11/1873 6/18/1873 Died in Dryden, wife of Amasa Bailey.
1873 Bloodgood Hattie 86 6/13/1873
notice
6/13/1873 Died at residence of her son, Isaac, at Flushing,
L.I. Widow of Dr. Joseph Bloodgood.
1873 Corey Jesse 68 6/16/1873 6/20/1873 Died in Trumansburg.
1873 Bates Sylvester 65 6/29/1873 7/11/1873 Died in Ulysses.
1873 Garlick Milo 69 7/01/1873 7/11/1873 Died in McLean.
1873 Weaver Dennison R. 76 7/02/1873 7/06/1873 Died in Groton, father of Mrs. John Goodyear and
Dr. E.H. Weaver.
1873 Mrs. Bunnell Sarah 84 7/03/1873 7/06/1873 Died in Newfield.
1873 Wadhams Andrew L. 50 7/14/1873 7/19/1873 Died in Danby.
1873 Burritt Williammina 35 7/18/1873 7/22/1873 Died in New York. Wife of E.I. Burritt.
1873 Freeman John A. 65 7/20/1873 7/21/1873 Paralysis Died at King's Ferry.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1873 Mrs. Wilgus Ann 67 7/21/1873 7/21/1873 Mother of H.L. Wilgus and Mrs. E.S. Esty.
1873 Mr. Graves Rosewell 62 7/29/1873 7/31/1873 Died in Brooklyn, New York, formerly of Ithaca.
1873 Elyea Lidia 83 8/06/1873 8/07/1873 Widow of John Elyea
1873 Miller Grace 10mos 8/07/1873 8/07/1873 Daughter of John and Olivia Miller.
1873 Mrs. King Pauline 53 8/11/1873 8/25/1873 Died in Trumansburg. Wife of Dea. Harvey King.
1873 Mrs. Farrington Susan 84 8/14/1873 8/15/1873 Died in Ulysses.
1873 Luce James 86 8/14/1873 8/22/1873 Died at South Lansing.
1873 Goodwin Alfred 71 8/14/1873 8/29/1873 Died at International Hotel in Geneva. Lived in
Hector.
1873 Popplewell Alonzo 28 8/15/1873 8/17/1873 Broken Neck Fell into ditch on Corn St. in Ithaca. See lengthy
article in the Ithaca Journal of August 17, 1873,
last page, under heading: "Fatal Accident."
1873 Finch Miles 82 8/17/1873 8/18/1873 Died at Aurora, New York.
1873 Barber Fannie May 5 mos 8/18/1873 8/19/1873 Cholera Infantum Daughter of Nathan W. and Fannie G. Barber.
1873 Shepherd Anna R. 17 8/18/1873 8/19/1873 Youngest daughter of Mrs. C.H. Shepherd.
1873 Seager Mary 19 8/19/1873 8/20/1873 Died from possible suicide. See article in Ithaca
Journal of 8/20/73, last page, under heading:
"Horrible Affair at Etna". Daughter of John
Seager.
1873 Chamberlin Mary E. 20 8/23/1873 9/22/1873 Died in Newark Valley. Youngest daughter of S.
and A. Chamberlin.
1873 Robinson Charles 69 8/25/1873 8/26/1873 Died in Flint, Michigan. Formerly of Ithaca.
1873 Luce Charles E. 1 mo. 8/29/1873 8/30/1873 Son of A.D. and C.A. Luce.
1873 Mrs. Criss Susan 76 9/03/1873 9/03/1873 Died at Springport.
1873 Mrs. Cratsley Betsey 81 9/03/1873 9/04/1873 Buried in Coddington Rd. cemetery.
1873 Glazier Walker 84 9/07/1873 9/19/1873 Died in Trumansburg.
1873 Clauharty Alexander 73 9/07/1873 9/26/1873 Died in Havana.
1873 Cornell Henry W. 48 9/07/1873 9/26/1873 Died in Greenbush, Rensselaer County, formerly
of Trumansburg.
1873 Smith Maggie E. 26 9/08/1873 9/09/1873
1873 Miss Van Order Catharine 64 9/08/1873 9/18/1873
1873 Miss Truesdell Ella A. 30 9/13/1873 9/17/1873 Died at St. Louis, Michigan.
1873 Truesdell John C. 44 9/14/1873 9/17/1873 Died in St. Louis, Michigan.
1873 Crane Thomas Sexton 56 9/17/1873 9/18/1873 Died in Elizabeth, N.J.
1873 Ockerman Lida E. 7 9/17/1873 9/19/1873 Daughter of Rachel Ockerman.
1873 Mrs. Emmons Anna 64 9/18/1873 10/06/1873 Died in Trumansburg.
1873 Mrs. Rising Apollus 62 9/18/1873 9/26/1873 Died in Romulus. Came to Tompkins County from
Scotland at the age of 19.
1873 Colegrove Elizabeth 62 9/19/1873 9/20/1873 Wife of David Colegrove.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1873 Pell Francis 49 9/24/1873 9/27/1873 Died at Lavana, son the late Frederick D. Pell of
Tompkins County.
1873 Wyckoff George B. 1 9/25/1873 9/27/1873 Cholera Infantum Son of W.D. and F.V. Wyckoff.
1873 Corley Caroline 9/26/1873 9/27/1873 Died in Buffalo, daughter of the late John Corley.
1873 Cuffman David P. 68 9/27/1873 10/06/1873 Died in Trumansburg.
1873 Benson Philena B. 50 9/30/1873 10/16/1873 Died at West Groton, widow of C.L. Benson.
1873 Mrs. Sawyer Eliza 56 9/30/1873
notice
9/30/1873 Died in Odessa, formerly of Tompkins County.
1873 Lovell Milo 51 10/04/1873 10/06/1873 Died in Trumansburg.
1873 Van Horn Weyburn 52 10/05/1873 10/08/1873 Died in West Dryden.
1873 Cosgriff Mary E. 31 10/06/1873 10/07/1873 Wife of Jas. Cosgriff.
1873 Hallowell Elizabeth D. 10/13/1873
notice
10/13/1873 Died at Montibello, Illinois. Daughter of Joseph L.
Iredell of Ulysses.
1873 Sly William E. 3 10/13/1873 10/17/1873 Died at West Danby. Only child of Rebecca and
the late Wm. E. Sly, formerly of Orange County,
New York.
1873 Norton Benjamin 78 10/14/1873 10/22/1873
1873 Miller Dana 21 10/15/1873 11/03/1873 Died at his father's home in S. Lansing.
1873 Rev. High Edgar M. 57 10/16/1873 10/21/1873 Died in Danby, pastor of M.E. Church, Berkshire.
See also last page of 10/24/73 Ithaca Journal.
1873 Joslyn Peter 10/18/1873 10/20/1873 Died when his lumber wagon was struck by a D.L.
and W train at a crossing near Candor. See story
on last page of 10/20/73 Ithaca Journal.
1873 Col. Welch Warner H. 58 10/19/1873 10/20/1873 Senior proprietor of the Ithaca Hotel. See lengthy
obituary on the last page of the Ithaca Journal,
10/23/73, "Decease of Col. W.H. Welch."
1873 Stoddart Ann H. 75 10/22/1873 10/23/1873 Widow of George Stoddart. Formerly of Beyerly,
Yorkshire, England.
1873 Atwater Freddie 2 10/23/1873 10/24/1873 Youngest son of W.E. Atwater.
1873 Stubbs Jay 7 10/23/1873 11/28/1873 Dropsy Son of Royal and Kate Stubbs.
1873 Smedberg Jeffrey Renwick 1 10/24/1873 10/25/1873 Died at T--(unreadable), New Jersey. Youngest
son of Oscar and Alice Smedberg.
1873 Cox Nellie 75 10/24/1873 11/28/1873 Died in Lansing at the home of her son-in-law.
Widow of William Cox, formerly of Newfield.
1873 Johnston Mary 1 10/28/1873 10/30/1873 Only child of James and Mary Johnston.
1873 Faulkner James Arthur 10mos 11/06/1873 11/07/1873 Son of James and Helen L. Faulkner.
1873 Bates Charles Webster 40 11/08/1873 11/10/1873 Died at his father's home (Abram Bates) near
Mott's Corners at 5:00 am.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1873 Whitlock Catharine 64 11/12/1873 11/12/1873 Wife of Sen. William Whitlock.
1873 Roe Freddie 4 11/12/1873 11/13/1873
1873 Neely Charles A. 11/16/1873 12/02/1873 Died at Lodi, a highly respected merchant.
1873 Mrs. Young B.F. 11/17/1873 11/19/1873 Died at Bath. Sister of Mrs. C.L. Grant of Ithaca.
1873 Gilley Laura 55 11/18/1873 11/24/1873 Died at Morrisania, N.Y. Wife of Franklin W.
Gilley.
1873 Middaugh Abram 70 11/18/1873 11/28/1873 Died at his residence on Coddington Road.
1873 Jackson Elizabeth 81 11/20/1873 11/28/1873 Died at Maurice, Cayuga County, widow of
George Jackson.
1873 Laning Lillian Gabriell infant 11/21/1873 11/27/1873 Died at McLean. Daughter of Dr. Oliver and Mrs.
Sabrina Laning.
1873 Norton Eliza M. Pew 60 11/22/1873 notice 11/22/1873 Died in Danby. Wife of William Norton.
1873 Eaton George H. 27 11/23/1873 11/28/1873 Consumption
1873 Tompkins Lydia 7 11/24/1873 11/25/1873 Diptheria Daughter of R.P. and M. Tompkins.
1873 Davids Lyman 80 11/24/1873 11/28/1873 Died at Groton.
1873 Smith Isaac L. 85 11/24/1873 12/04/1873 Died at Newfield. One of Newfield's early settlers.
See obituary on last page of 12/4/73 Ithaca
Journal.
1873 Berry R. Willie 12 11/25/1873 11/25/1873 Diptheria Eldest son of Levi and Mary l. Berry.
1873 Goldsmith Kate Downs 30 11/25/1873 12/11/1873 Died at Mecklenburg, wife of F.H. Goldsmith.
1873 Hanford Helen L. 17 11/30/1873 12/05/1873 Diptheria Hanford sisters died in Caroline, daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Don C. Hanford. Buried in the same
grave after funeral at Baptist church at Motts
Corner 12/3/73.
1873 Leath Elijah 11/30/1873 12/19/1873 Apoplexy Died in Jacksonville, formerly of Dryden.
1873 Harris Susie H. 4 12/01/1873 12/19/1873 Scarlet Fever Died at Sheldrake, daughter of J.S. and Della S.
Harris.
1873 Hanford Orrie A. 12 12/02/1873 12/05/1873 See above.
1873 Hollister Ellen 32 12/04/1873 12/13/1873 Died at Danby. Daughter of Gideon and Mary
Hollister.
1873 Stoughton Martha infant 12/05/1873 12/19/1873 Died at Hector, daughter of James H. and Lucy
Stoughton.
1873 Ault Catharine 49 12/06/1873 12/13/1873 Died at Motts Corners, wife of John Ault.
1873 Mrs. Richards Catharine 84 12/07/1873 12/13/1873 Died at Motts Corners.
1873 Everitt Abraham L. 13 12/09/1873 12/13/1873 Died at Union Springs, son of Lavina Everitt.
1873 Kingman John 7mos 12/12/1873 12/19/1873 Died in Owego, youngest son of L.W. and C.M.
Kingman.
1873 Brigadier
General
Barto Henry D. 12/15/1873 1/02/1874 Died at his home in Trumansburg. Brigadier
General of the 28th Brigade. See obituary on the
last page of the Jan. 2, 1874 Ithaca Journal.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1873 Mrs. Campbell Sarah 70 12/15/1873
notice
12/15/1873 Died at Mellenville, N.Y. Sister-in-law to the late
Dr. Wm. Wiener.
1873 Vandemark Jacob 71 12/15/1873 12/22/1873 Died at Motts Corners
1873 Hungerford Harry Romain 4 12/16/1873 12/17/1873 Son of Austin N. and Sarah M. Hungerford.
1873 Saxton Mary 76 12/21/1873 12/22/1873 Widow of Gilbert Saxton.
1873 Miss VanLiew Fannie 76 12/23/1872 1/10/1873 Died in Farmer Village.
1873 DeLamater Cromwell 23 12/23/1873 1/19/1874 Died at Green Bridge, Missouri. Formerly of
Dryden.
1873 Wilcox Olive A. 8 12/24/1872 1/02/1873 Died in Danby, daughter of Isaac and Helen
Wilcox.
1873 Grant James R. 55 12/24/1873 12/26/1873 Suicide by
Hanging
Died in Caroline. See lengthy obituary on last
page of the Ithaca Journal, 12/26/73, "Suicide in
Caroline."
1872 Mrs. Hanmer Mary 71 12/25/1872 1/03/1873 Died in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Widow of David
Hanmer.
1873 Moore Hannah S. 82 12/25/1873 1/03/1874 Died in Harford, Cortland County. Buried in
Trumansburg.
1873 Dr. Mandeville E. W. 39 12/25/1873 2/02/1874 Died at Plains (no state given). Born in Danby.
Began his practice in Ithaca in 1863. See obituary
on last page of February 2, 1874 Ithaca Journal.
1874 Wiggins Mary 1/02/1874 1/06/1874
1874 Howe Theodore 23 1/02/1874 1/13/1874 Died near West Dryden. Accidentally shot by his
father, Harry Howe, a gunsmith. See story, "Sad
and Fatal Accident," on last page of Jan. 13, 1874
Ithaca Journal.
1874 Mrs. Peck Julia A. 58 1/07/1874 1/15/1874 Died at Farmer's Village.
1874 Buchanan Belle 23 1/09/1874 1/14/1874 Died in Danby. Wife of Francis R. Buchanan of
Philadelphia. Daughter of William Preston
Garrison of Salem, New Jersey.
1874 Dills Henry 86 1/14/1874 1/19/1874 Died in Ledyard, Cayuga County.
1874 Mrs. Kellogg Lucelia 62 1/15/1874 1/23/1874 Died in Trumansburg.
1874 Mowry Mary Lynaugh 23 1/16/1874 1/18/1874 Wife of David S. Mowry.
1874 Ross Cornelia B. 6mos 1/16/1874 1/23/1874 Died in Ledyard. Daughter of James and
Charlotte Ross.
1874 Clark John 70 1/17/1874 1/18/1874 Heart Disease Died in West Dryden. Served in War of 1812 and
battle at Niagara in 1813.
1874 Curran Mary M. 61 1/19/1874 1/20/1874
1874 Dunham Eli 1/21/1874 1/29/1874 Died at Farmer's Village.
1874 Mrs. Metzgar Casper 54 1/23/1874 2/02/1874 Died at Groton.
1874 Brown Phoebe Eva Louise 14 1/24/1874 2/02/1874 Died at Groton, daughter of William and Ann
Brown.
1874 Blodget Matilda 64 1/26/1874 1/26/1874 Wife of P.M. Blodget.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1874 Murdock Willie A. 5 1/26/1874 1/27/1874 Died at Waverly, son of J.K. and Emma Murdock.
1874 Avery Henry 51 1/26/1874 1/29/1874 Died in Genoa. Son of the late Alfred Avery.
1874 Brown Elenor 79 1/26/1874 2/02/1874 Died at Groton, widow of David Brown.
1874 Crane Abner 62 1/28/1874 2/02/1874 Died at Covert.
1874 Downes Joshua 77 1/28/1874 2/15/1874 Died at Candor.
1874 Bennett George 82 1/29/1874 2/05/1874 Died at Geneva.
1874 Comstock Jacob Y. 37 1/29/1874 2/10/1874 Cerebrospinal
Meningitis
Died at Seneca Falls, son of Captain J. H.
Comstock of Dryden.
1874 Mosher Edgar 69 1/30/1874 2/15/1874 Died at Ledyard.
1874 Ackley Samuel J. 80 1/31/1874 2/12/1874 Died at Penn Yan.
1874 Renne Ellenor 55 2/01/1874 2/02/1874 Wilfe of William Renne, Sr.
1874 Preston Ezekiel P. 2/01/1874 2/03/1874 Cancer of the
Stomach
Formerly of the Harvey and Preston firm.
1874 Hazlitt Margaret 64 2/01/1874 2/04/1874 Died at Dryden.
1874 Ayers Charles M. 16 2/02/1874 2/12/1874 Son of N.A. and Sarah C. Ayers.
1874 Giltner John 87 2/02/1874 2/13/1874 Died at Barton, Tioga County. Formerly of Ithaca.
1874 Beardsley Albert 49 2/03/1874 2/10/1874 Died at Union Springs.
1874 Simmons
(Simonds)
Sarah Cornelia 44 2/03/1874 2/12/1874 Widow of O.H. Simonds of Cassville.
1874 Smith Sarah C. 42 2/03/1874 2/26/1874 Died at Catherine, wife of Daniel Smith. Daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rockwell of Newfield.
1874 Rothermach no first name 5 2/05/1874 2/05/1874 Died of injuries sustained when sleigh his family
was in overturned. See last page of February 5,
1874 Ithaca Journal: "Fatal Accident at Fall
Creek."
1874 Lambertson Lillian May 2 2/05/1874 2/10/1874 Died at West Dryden, daughter of William and
Louisa Lambertson.
1874 Sutton Sally 71 2/05/1874 2/12/1874 Died at Ovid.
1874 Lyons Joseph M. 43 2/06/1874 2/07/1874 Consumption Formerly of the Andrus, McChain and Lyons firm.
See "Obituary" in February 7, 1874 Ithaca
Journal.
1874 McCarty William 63 2/06/1874 2/16/1874 Died at Ovid. Had lived in Corning.
1874 Davenport Dolly 68 2/11/1874 2/13/1874 Wife of Samuel B. Davenport.
1874 Stone Francis A. 38 2/11/1874 2/15/1874 Died at Owego, wife of George Stone.
1874 Lyon Lillian Bessie 7 2/11/1874 2/16/1874 Died at Cayuga. Daughter of Frederick H. and
Margaret E. Lyon.
1874 Mrs. Hard (nee Willey) 2/11/1874 2/20/1874 In Freeville, 3 sisters died within 10 days. No
ages given. See 2/20/1874 Ithaca Journal last
page: "Three Deaths in Family."
1874 Nobles Lucinda 18 2/13/1874 2/20/1874 Died at VanEttenville.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1874 Dorr John 70 2/14/1874 2/20/1874 Died at Horseheads.
1874 Elmore Celona 54 2/15/1874 2/23/1874 Died at Groton, wife of Eli Elmore.
1874 Sanford Harry C. 3 2/16/1874 2/16/1874 Eldest son of A.C. and Rebecca Sanford.
1874 Marsh Charles Heller 27 2/16/1874 2/18/1874 Died at Owego.
1874 Tyler Arza 11 mos 2/16/1874 3/14/1874 Died at Danby, son of William H. and Nancy M.
Tyler.
1874 Mrs. Lake R.E. 57 2/17/1874 2/20/1874 Died at Spencer.
1874 Anthony David 73 2/17/1874 2/21/1874 Died at Union Springs.
1874 Miss Willey Naomi 2/18/1874 2/20/1874 In Freeville, 3 sisters died within 10 days. No
ages given. See 2/20/1874 Ithaca Journal last
page: "Three Deaths in Family."
1874 Willey Phebe 2/20/1874 2/20/1874 In Freeville, 3 sisters died within 10 days. No
ages given. See 2/20/1874 Ithaca Journal last
page: "Three Deaths in Family."
1874 Jenney Thomas 88 2/20/1874 2/28/1874 Died at Union Springs.
1874 Rulison Ida May 7 2/21/1874 3/14/1874 Died in Applachin, Tioga County. Daughter of
George P. and Sarepia M. Rulison.
1874 Pickett Elizabeth 47 2/22/1874 2/23/1874
1874 Hazen Joshua 75 2/22/1874 2/26/1874 Died in Trumansburg.
1874 Marshall Levina 82 2/22/1874 2/28/1874 Widow of Moses Marshall of Enfield.
1874 Nichols John 74 2/23/1874 2/23/1874
1874 Harding "little Mins" 2/23/1874 2/24/1874 Diptheria Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Harding.
1874 Bower Hettie 36 2/23/1874 2/26/1874 Died in Waterburg, wife of Thomas Bower II.
1874 Plant Margaret L. 55 2/23/1874 3/24/1874 Died at Groton.
1874 Cooper John 78 2/24/1874 3/27/1874 Died in West Candor.
1874 Eastman Lucy B. 82 2/25/1874 notice 2/25/1874 Died in Dryden.
1874 Rhodes Jacob 91 2/25/1874 2/25/1874 Died in Dryden, resident for over 50 years.
1874 Scutt Mary 61 2/27/1874 2/28/1874 Wife of William Scutt II.
1874 Borst Elizabeth 2/27/1874 3/02/1874 Died in New York. Widow of John B. Borst,
daughter of the late Stephen B. Munn.
1874 Bailey Mary 52 2/27/1874 3/09/1874 Died at Dryden.
1874 McGorisk Margaret 25 3/01/1874 3/07/1874 Died at Seneca Falls, daughter of James
McGorisk. Formerly of Union Springs.
1874 Tanner Hannah 53 3/01/1874 3/09/1874 Died at Dryden.
1874 Terwilliger Charles 31 3/01/1874 3/25/1874 Died at Candor.
1874 Hooper Helen 22 3/02/1874 3/03/1874 Died in Caroline.
1874 Lawson Ellen A. 24 3/02/1874 3/09/1874 Died at Romulus, wife of John A. Lawson.
1874 Jackson Joseph 50 3/03/1874 3/04/1874 Died by hanging himself in his barn in South
Danby. Buried in King Cemetery. See article on
last page of 3/4/1874 Ithaca Journal: "Suicide."
1874 Breese Mary Ann Truesdall 76 3/03/1874 3/05/1874 Died at Horseheads, wife of John Breese.
1874 Riggs Ira 3/03/1874 3/06/1874 Died at King's Ferry.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1874 Williams Kezia 72 3/05/1874 3/06/1874 Widow of T.S. Williams.
1874 Cummings J.S. 68 3/06/1874 3/25/1874 Died at Candor.
1874 Mrs. Arnold Betsey 81 3/08/1874 3/09/1874 Died at Ulysses.
1874 President Fillmore Millard 3/08/1874 3/09/1874 Born in Summer Hill, Cayuga County. Died in
Buffalo. See lengthy obituary on last page of
3/9/1874 Ithaca Journal.
1874 Mrs. Taylor C.C. 66 3/08/1874 3/09/1874 Died at Ulysses.
1874 Cramer Ann Eliza 3/08/1874 3/12/1874 Died in Elmira, wife of William C. Cramer.
Formerly of Moravia.
1874 Kennedy Jane 53 3/09/1874 3/10/1874
1874 Kelly Hanover 8 mos 3/10/1874 3/14/1874 Daughter of John and Julia Kelly.
1874 Rhodes Maggie 30 3/10/1874 3/14/1874 Died at Dryden, wife of Betrand Rhodes.
1874 O'Connor Michael 77 3/10/1874 3/17/1874 Died in Dryden.
1874 Brown Harry W. 4 3/12/1874 3/14/1874
1874 Lewis Daniel 12 3/13/1874 3/17/1874 Scarlet Fever Son of Alexander Lewis.
1874 Shank (?Shand) Margaret 46 3/16/1874 3/25/1874 Died at Springport. Wife of John B. Shank. Her
name appears as Shand.
1874 Ogden Priscilla 32 3/17/1874 3/20/1874 Died in Dryden, wife of Amos E. Ogden.
1874 Schermerhorn Matilda Barber 3/17/1874 3/21/1874 Died at Magnolia, Florida. Eldest daughter of
Jacob M. and Louisa A. Schermerhorn of Homer.
1874 Doolittle Vangie 22 3/17/1874 3/23/1874 Sore Throat Died at Catharine.
1874 Snyder Lottie 8 3/17/1874 3/26/1874 Diptheria Died in Mecklenburg.
1874 Mrs. Nostrandt Mary Jane 46 3/17/1874 3/28/1874 Died at Moravia.
1874 Moe Mary A. 63 3/17/1874 4/07/1874 Died in Hastings, Michigan; born in Groton, New
York.
1874 Smiley John 85 3/18/1874
notice
3/18/1874 Died in Danby. One of the "old pioneers" of
Danby. See notice on last page of 3/18/1874
Ithaca Journal: "From Danby."
1874 Dutton Betsey 43 3/18/1874 3/18/1874 Wife of John Dutton.
1874 Brown Samuel 77 3/18/1874 3/19/1874
1874 Bogart Nelley 73 3/18/1874 3/21/1874 Died at Caroline.
1874 Jenkins William 63 3/18/1874 3/23/1874 Suicide by
Hanging
Died at Five Corners, Cayuga County. See notice
on last page of 3/23/1874 Ithaca Journal,
"Suicide."
1874 Yawger Sarah 17 3/18/1874 3/25/1874 Died at Springport.
1874 Stoyell Nena J. 4 3/18/1874 3/28/1874 Died at Moravia, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Stoyell.
1874 Fitzer Arvilla 49 3/19/1874 3/26/1874 Died at West Danby, wife of T.T.Fitzer.
1874 Dean George F. 1 yr 3/19/1874 4/04/1874 Died at Eldred, Pennsylvania. Son of Emily I. and
Charles B. Dean.
1874 Matthews William 55 3/21/1874 3/21/1874
1874 Durling Ira 55 3/21/1874 3/26/1874 Died in Trumansburg.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1874 Bradbury Walter C. 3weeks 3/22/1874 3/23/1874 Son of Jennie and Alonzo R. Bradbury.
1874 Warren Horace 59 3/22/1874 3/23/1874 See lengthy obituary on last page of 3/24/1874
Ithaca Journal.
1874 Dean Charles B. 29 3/22/1874 4/04/1874 Died in Eldred, Pennsylvania. Son of F.F. and
Mary S. Dean of Enfield.
1874 Ackley Lydia 77 3/23/1874 3/24/1874 Widow of Henry Ackley.
1874 Post Sarah 58 3/23/1874 3/25/1874 Died at Elmira, wife of David Post.
1874 Green Alice E. 5mos 3/24/1874 3/26/1874
1874 McGinnis Ellen O. 33 3/24/1874 3/26/1874
1874 Seymour William 23 3/25/1874 4/02/1874 Died in Flint, Michigan at the home of his mother.
1874 Lanning Sidney 13 3/26/1874 3/27/1874 Accidental
Hanging
See story: "A Boy Hangs Himself" on last page of
3/27/1874 Ithaca Journal. Newfield
1874 Cowin Tillie 26 3/26/1874 4/06/1874 Died at Seneca Falls. Wife of John H. Cowin.
1874 Fish Alto E. 17days 3/27/1874 3/30/1874 Daughter of Theodore and Mary Fish.
1874 Simpkins Samuel 51 3/27/1874 3/30/1874 Died at Elmira.
1874 Van Dusen Milo 73 3/28/1874 3/28/1874 Neuralgia of the
Heart
Died at Taghanic (possibly Taughannock
misspelled.)
1874 Nelson William 53 3/28/1874 3/30/1874
1874 Tompkins George N. 9 3/28/1874 3/30/1874
1874 Graham Catharine 63 3/30/1874 3/31/1874
1874 Kline Phillip 93 4/01/1874 4/02/1874
1874 Noble Margaret 67 4/02/1874 4/03/1874 Wife of Jacob S. Noble.
1874 Drake Malinda 57 4/04/1874 notice 4/04/1874 Consumption Died in Newfield, wife of William Drake.
1874 Cooper Mulford 62 4/04/1874 4/07/1874
1874 Park Daniel R. 88 4/04/1874 4/14/1874 Died at Candor.
1874 Mrs. Sandford 76 4/05/1874 4/16/1874 Widow of Peleg Sandford.
1874 Strong Mariah 60 4/06/1874 11/07/1874
1874 Seeley Edward 65 4/08/1874 4/16/1874 Died at Romulus.
1874 Cooper Francis 61 4/09/1874 4/10/1874
1874 Wilcox Hananiah 55 4/09/1874 4/11/1874 Inflammation of the
Bowels
See lengthy obituary on last page of the Ithaca
Journal of 4/11/74.
1874 Lane Elljah 60 4/09/1874 4/16/1874 Died at Romulus.
1874 Herson Margaret 47 4/10/1874 4/10/1874
1874 Mrs. Spencer W. T. 61 4/10/1874 4/16/1874 Died at Ovid.
1874 Burns Catharine 90 4/11/1874 4/13/1874
1874 Goldthwait Emma E. 37 4/12/1874 4/13/1874
1874 Brown Nathan 74 4/13/1874 notice 4/13/1874 Died at Caroline Center.
1874 Dunham Matilda 61 4/13/1874 4/14/1874 Died at Newfield.
1874 Smith Cora 17 4/14/1874
notice
4/14/1874 Died at Berkshire; youngest daughter of E.D. and
Mary Smith.
1874 Van Zoil Catharine 50 4/16/1874 4/20/1874 Wife of John Van Zoil. Buried at Cayuta, Schuyler
County.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1874 Mrs. Smith N. 24 4/17/1874 4/29/1874 Died at Virgil at the home of her father, Asa Price.
1874 Bartran Eli F. 62 4/19/1874 4/30/1874 Died at Scipioville.
1874 Henry Jane 40 4/20/1874 4/20/1874 Died at Etna; wife of James Henry.
1874 Goodyear Sarah May 14 4/20/1874 5/05/1874 Died at Fayette at the home of her uncle, H.F.
Trontman.
1874 Van Ostrand Abram 1 4/22/1874 4/27/1874 Died at Newfield; only son of Newton and Fances
Van Ostrand.
1874 Bartran Elizabeth 62 4/22/1874 4/30/1874 Died at Scipioville; wife of Eli Bartran.
1874 Wells Thedora Cornelia 10mos 4/22/1874 5/01/1874 Died at Geneva; youngest daughter of Frederick
and Caroline Faulkner.
1874 Joyce Alfred 52 4/23/1874 4/27/1874 Died at Newfield.
1874 Commings Wm. J. 7 4/24/1874 4/24/1874 Son of Charles W. and Sarah F. Commings.
1874 Mrs. Champlin Helen 32 4/24/1874 5/05/1874 Died at Groton.
1874 Hicks Joseph 71 4/24/1874 5/05/1874 Died at Groton.
1874 Cool Lydia Jane 46 4/24/1874 5/08/1874 Died at Cayuga. Wife of Abram Cool.
1874 Hammond Ardenius 48 4/25/1874 4/27/1874
1874 Hurd Tery 87 4/25/1874 4/30/1874 Died at Cayuga.
1874 Owen William P. 69 4/25/1874 5/08/1874 Died at Waverly.
1874 Cady Elizabeth 74 4/27/1874 5/01/1874 Wife of Henry Armstrong of Owego.
1874 Faulkner Maley 12 4/28/1874 5/01/1874 Died at Owego; daughter of Mrs. Fannie
Faulkner.
1874 Holmes Eliza 71 4/28/1874 5/05/1874 Died at Newfield; wife of George Holmes.
1874 Knettles Addie 16 4/28/1874 5/05/1874 Died at Newfield; daughterof Madison Knettles.
1874 Larow no first name listed 6 mos 4/28/1874 5/05/1874 Died at Newfield; son of Simeon Larow.
1874 Daniels Charles Edwards 4/28/1874 5/13/1874 Heart Disease Died in Utah, son of Spencer and Mary A. F.
Daniels of Ithaca.
1874 Wheeler Edward Knight 2 4/29/1874 5/08/1874 Died at Farmer; youngest son of O. G. Wheeler.
1874 Gunn Stephen 27 4/30/1874 4/30/1874
1874 Mrs. Shaw E. A. 70 4/30/1874 5/08/1874 Died at Waverly.
1874 Hayward Ruth 60+ 5/01/1874
notice
5/01/1874 Died at Michigan Valley (Danby). Notice under
"Neighboring Towns" column on last page of
5/1/74 Ithaca Journal.
1874 Fowler Henry 49 5/01/1874 5/05/1874 Died at Auburn.
1874 Thomas Hannah 93 5/02/1874 6/12/1874 Died at Mott's Corners.
1874 Robinson DeWitt 5/05/1874 5/08/1874 Died at Trumansburg.
1874 Cammal Mary A. 57 5/07/1874 5/19/1874 Died at Newfield.
1874 Mrs. Ross John 5/09/1874 5/14/1874 Died at Owego. Wife of John Ross of the firm,
More and Ross, Carriage Mfg. See obituary last
page of 5/14/74 Ithaca Journal.
1874 Goodyear Thomas P. 60 5/09/1874 5/21/1874 Died at Genoa.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1874 Durling no name given 5 mos 5/10/1874 5/11/1874 Infant son of Frederick and Catharine Durling.
1874 Davidson John C. 80 5/10/1874 5/12/1874 Died at Elmira.
1874 Marsh Ebenezer S. 61 5/11/1874 5/12/1874 Died at Elmira. Born in Groton; served Tompkins
County in the State Assembly. See lengthy
obituary: last page 5/12/74 Ithaca Journal.
1874 Mrs. Clark Lura 70 5/12/1874 5/14/1874 Pneumonia Died at Adams, Jefferson County, formerly of
Ithaca.
1874 Dr. Lewis De Los 45 5/12/1874 5/14/1874 Died at Trumansburg. Well known physician and
coroner of Tompkins County. See lengthy
obituary, last page 5/14/74 Ithaca Journal.
1874 Crocker Joseph 77 5/12/1874 5/21/1874 Died at Kings Ferry.
1874 Kane John 60 5/13/1874 5/13/1874
1874 Van Order Lena 11mos 5/17/1874 5/18/1874 Daughter of Barnum and Eliza Van Order.
1874 Van Marter Ellza 54 5/17/1874 5/26/1874 Died at Aurora.
1874 Larow no name given 7mos 5/18/1874 5/26/1874 Died at Newfield. Infant son of Simon and Sarah
Larow.
1874 Seaman Henry 32 5/19/1874 5/19/1874 See also 5/28/74 Ithaca Journal, "In Memoriam".
1874 McKeen Samuel 74 5/20/1874 5/26/1874 Died at Newfield.
1874 Professor Evans Evan W. 5/22/1874 5/23/1874 Consumption Was a professor of mathematics at Cornell. See
obituary last page of 5/23/74 Ithaca Journal.
1874 McGrade Ellen 1 5/22/1874 5/25/1874 Daughter of William and Margaret McGrade.
1874 Wadhams Catharine A. 52 5/24/1874 5/25/1874
1874 White no name given 5/25/1874 5/26/1874 Son of Charles White, Romulus, killed by
lightning which struck barn he was in. See story
on last page of 5/26/74 Ithaca Journal.
1874 Kellogg Solomon 97 5/27/1874 6/02/1874 Died at Newfield.
1874 Jennings Homer 65 5/28/1874 5/29/1874 Died at Danby.
1874 Mrs. Cobb John G. 38 5/28/1874 6/06/1874 Died at West Groton.
1874 Emerson Charles S. 22 5/30/1874 6/01/1874 Died from drowning near Beebe Lake. Was a
Cornell University student from Ohio. See lengthy
story on last page 6/1/74 Ithaca Journal.
1874 Pease Thaddeus 96 5/30/1874 6/05/1874 Died at Dryden.
1874 Gaskin M. Louise 5/31/1874 6/01/1874 Wife of A.S. Gaskin.
1874 Draper Thomas W. 74 5/31/1874 6/05/1874
1874 Whitney no name given 11 6/01/1874 6/04/1874 Died in VanEttenville; clothing caught in a shaft at
her father's grist mill. See story on last page of
6/4/74 Ithaca Journal.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1874 Frear T. Wilbur 6 wks 6/03/1874 6/03/1874 Son of William and Anna Frear.
1874 Norton Laura Jane 63 6/03/1874 6/12/1874 Died at Owego; widow of Harlow Norton.
1874 Crawford Daniel 85 6/05/1874 6/08/1874 Died at Newfield.
1874 King Lois 38 6/06/1874 6/12/1874 Wife of Joseph C. King. See last page of 6/12/74
Ithaca Journal, "In Memoriam."
1874 Brown Clarissa 61 6/07/1874 6/11/1874 Died at Cayuta. Widow of William Brown.
1874 Tyler Corydon, Esq. 6/08/1874 6/10/1874 Died at Madison Village, Madison County.
Formerly of Dryden; for many years a citizen of
Binghamton.
1874 Hinman Guy C. 68 6/08/1874 6/17/1874 Died at Catharine.
1874 George Elizabeth 61 6/09/1874 6/11/1874 Died at Newfield; wife of N.S. George.
1874 Georgia Elizabeth 61 6/09/1874 6/16/1874 Died at Newfield; wife of S.S. Georgia.
1874 Mrs. Johnson Sarah C. 46 6/09/1874 6/20/1874 Died at Farmer Village.
1874 Stratton Alice M. 73 6/11/1874 6/16/1874 Died at Newfield; widow of William Stratton.
1874 Cornwell Hattie S. 10 6/12/1874 6/20/1874 Died near Farmer Village. Daughter of John M.
and Lydia A. Cornwell.
1874 Schoonmaker William D. 45 6/15/1874 6/15/1874
1874 Hart May 6 6/15/1874 6/25/1874 Died at McLean. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
B. Hart.
1874 Whelpley D. W. 58 6/15/1874 6/25/1874 Died at Fremont, Nebraska. Formerly of Ithaca.
1874 Stack Edward 36 6/16/1874 6/17/1874
1874 Shelly Nellie 2 6/18/1874 6/18/1874 Daughter of John and Catharine Shelly.
1874 Gleason Marcena 30 6/18/1874 6/19/1874 Head Injuries Limb fell from a tree when he was working in the
woods near his home in Center Lisle. See last
page 6/19/74 Ithaca Journal.
1874 Clinton Eddie S. 6 wks 6/18/1874 6/20/1874 Son of DeWitt and Helen Clinton.
1874 Fahey Andrew 5 6/19/1874 6/20/1874 Drowning Drowned in cistern near his home. Son of Andrew
Fahey. See article: last page6/20/74 Ithaca
Journal.
1874 Owen Jonas 79 6/19/1874 6/25/1874 Died at Virgil.
1874 Cobb Almira G. 6/20/1874
notice
6/20/1874 Died at West Groton. Formerly Almira Childs.
Wife of John Cobb. See obituary: last page
6/20/74 Ithaca Journal.
1874 Hall Edgar G. 22 6/21/1874 6/22/1874 Drowning Drowned in Cayuga Lake when boat capsized.
See article: last page 6/22/74 Ithaca Journal.
1874 Miss Lamett Minnie 6/21/1874 6/25/1874 Died at McLean. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lucius
Lamett of Groton.
1874 Williams Betsey 55 6/21/1874 6/27/1874 Paralysis of the
Brain
Died in Lansing. Sister of John Williams of Ithaca.
1874 Minton Ella Maud 7 mos 6/22/1874 6/23/1874 Daughter of Henry and Frances Minton.
1874 Coon Martha 27 6/26/1874 6/29/1874 Consumption Died in Ulysses.
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Death Records
1854 to 1874sorted by death date
Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death Notes
1874 Mullen Margaret 17 6/28/1874 6/29/1874 Daughter of Thomas Mullen of Groton.
1874 VanOrman Maria 17 6/29/1874 6/30/1874 Heart Disease Daughter of Joseph and Maria VanOrman.
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