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Death Records 1914 to 1918 - Tompkins County Public Library
Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1914 Hardenburg Henry A. 75 12/17/1914 1914 Davey Vernon L. 63 12/30/1914 01/04/1915 Bachelor Beardsley Otis Henry S. 75 01/01/1915 01/01/1915 01/02/1915 01/02/1915 1915 Williams Anna Elizabeth 71 01/02/1915 01/02/1915 1915 1915 1915 Close Holland Allen John E. Joseph Albert K. 71 67 01/02/1915 01/02/1915 01/03/1915 01/04/1915 01/06/1915 01/04/1915 Frawley Field Sausman Alice Elisha John B. 74 01/04/1915 01/05/1915 (notice) 01/05/1915 01/04/1915 01/05/1915 01/05/1915 1915 Aldrich Richard C. 29 01/05/1915 1915 Ennest Lyman 74 01/05/1915 1915 Worden baby boy 6 wks 01/06/1915 1915 1915 Title Mrs. Notice Date Cause of Death 01/05/1915 (notice) 1915 1915 1915 Miss Mrs. Notes Died in Bridgeport, Illinois. Born in Tompkins County. Brother of Mrs. Edgar Eddy of Enfield. Born in Groton; graduated from Cornell. Died in East Orange, N.J. where he was Supervising Principal of East Orange School System. See lengthy obituary: p. 3 of January 4, 1915 Ithaca Journal . Died in Danby; buried in Danby Rural Cemetery. Born in Delaware County; daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Wilson. Wife of DeForest Williams; buried in Trumansburg. Well-known pressman. Former furniture dealer and undertaker; died in Newfield. Daughter of Mrs. Daniel Frawley. Died in Elmira; formerly of Groton. Died in Chicago; brother of Mrs. Fred Atwater of Ithaca. See lengthy article: p.7 of 1/6/15 Ithaca Journal. He was a policeman in Chicago Police Dept. Shot to death in gun battle. (notice) 01/05/1915 Bronchial Pneumonia 01/11/1915 01/06/1915 (notice) 1915 1915 Silsbee Kingsbury Melissa Benjamin Barnes 57 77 01/06/1915 01/07/1915 01/06/1915 01/07/1915 1915 Fletcher Mary E. 67 01/07/1915 01/08/1915 1915 1915 Cowen Fowler Willis John 75 74 01/08/1915 01/08/1915 01/08/1915 Stroke 01/14/1915 updated 06/24/2010 Survived by wife, Julia. Died at the home where he was born in Prospect Valley. He was a soldier in the Civil War, 137th Regiment, Company K. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Worden; formerly of Ithaca. Wife of George W. Silsbee; died at Ledyard. Died in Defiance, Ohio. Father of Prof. B.F. Kingsbury of Cornell Medical College. Wife of L.C. Fletcher; mother of Charles. Buried in Trumansburg. Well-known Enfield farmer. Died at Willow Creek. Formerly of Newfield. See "Newfield" news on p.11 of 1/14/15 Ithaca Journal. Page 1 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1915 DeVoy John B. 49 01/09/1915 1915 Deeley William 56 01/09/1915 01/13/1915 Well-known glassworker; died at Jeanette, Pennsylvania where he had worked for 3 months. Funeral in Ithaca; buried in Lakeview Cemetery. 1915 1915 Casey Matteson Michael Caroline A. 60 01/10/1915 01/11/1915 01/11/1915 01/11/1915 1915 1915 1915 Curry Eggleston Morrow Philena Della Margaret 72 58 76 01/11/1915 01/12/1915 01/12/1915 01/12/1915 01/12/1915 01/12/1915 1915 Griffing Willaim 60 01/12/1915 01/13/1915 Thompson Young Charles S. Hall 68 01/13/1915 01/13/1915 01/14/1915 01/14/1915 1915 1915 1915 Vail Wilcox Anderson A. V. C. Isaac Joseph C. 60 61 01/13/1915 01/14/1915 01/14/1915 01/18/1915 01/14/1915 01/18/1915 Died in Danby; husband of Margaret Casey. Lived in Binghamton. Died at home of daughter, Mrs. Lysander Smith, in Slaterville. Buried in Peruville. Wife of J. F. Eggleston. Stroke Died while attending performance at the Lyceum Theater. She lived in Lansingville. See article on p.7 of 1/12/15 Ithaca Journal: "Bit of Fluttering Paper Brought Death." Heart Trouble Died in Groton, formerly of Ithaca. Husband of Mary A. Griffing. See p. 9 of 1/13/15 Ithaca Journal for obituary. Son of Mrs. Ida Wilson. Died at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. Wife of Rev. S. Hall Young, formerly of Ithaca and former preacher at Presbyterian Church. Died at Buffalo. Formerly of Ithaca. 1915 Churchill Elmira 57 01/15/1915 01/15/1915 1915 Wait William F. 69 01/15/1915 01/16/1915 Heart Disease 1915 1915 Yaple Nuttall John J. Ann 80 75 01/15/1915 01/16/1915 01/16/1915 01/16/1915 1915 Shepard Martha 01/16/1915 01/16/1915 1915 1915 Title Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Notice Date Cause of Death 01/09/1915 Apoplexy Notes Former Ithaca policeman. Died suddenly at post office where he had recently been appointed janitor. See article 1/9/15 Ithaca Journal, p.3. Member of the firm, William H. Seward and Co. Wife of C. B. Churchill; buried at Middlebury, Pennsylvania. Died at Auburn. President of Cayuga County Savings Bank. Also a prominent carpet manufacturer well-known in Ithaca. See lengthy obituary: p. 3 of 1/16/15 Ithaca Journal. Died at Caroline. Died at Caroline Center at home of daughter, Mrs. Dana Snow. Died following surgery. Wife of W. C. Shepard. Page 2 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1915 Clapp Carrie A. 54 01/17/1915 1915 Myers John 70 01/17/1915 1915 Teeter Carmi Cook 38 01/17/1915 1915 1915 Burgess Sykes Mary A. Nancy 1915 1915 Hulbert VanNostrand Seymour C. Dorothy 1915 1915 Hulbert Holcomb Maria J. Escha 1915 Bills 1915 Notice Date Cause of Death 01/18/1915 Notes Was a nurse in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Died in Ithaca at home of her brother, George Clapp. 01/18/1915 infant 01/18/1915 01/19/1915 Died in Elmira; formerly of Ithaca. Buried in Ithaca. 01/18/1915 Heart Dilation Died at South Lansing. Son of late Layfayette Teeter. 01/19/1915 Wife of Edwin Burgess. 01/20/1915 Died in Buffalo. Mother of W. J. Sykes of Ithaca; buried in Groton. 01/19/1915 01/19/1915 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles VanNostrand. 80 83 01/19/1915 01/19/1915 01/20/1915 Paralysis 01/23/1915 George Dudley 01/20/1915 01/20/1915 Gregory Grace 01/21/1915 01/22/1915 1915 Delano Kate Barto 01/23/1915 01/23/1915 1915 Blackburn Alice Mary Lucille 7 01/23/1915 01/23/1915 1915 Blackburn Mary Alice Lucille 7 01/23/1915 01/29/1915 1915 1915 Briggs McHale Hiram G. John 2 34 01/24/1915 01/24/1915 01/25/1915 01/25/1915 Sutfin Drake Harrison James G. Oscar Clara Emery 76 65 84 01/24/1915 01/25/1915 01/25/1915 01/25/1915 01/25/1915 02/05/1915 01/17/1915 01/17/1915 Died at home of daughter, Mrs. G. J. Wilmot. Died in Trumansburg. Veteran of the Civil War and prominent businessman. See article p. 9 of 1/23/15 Ithaca Journal. Died at Oak Park, Illinois. Born in Freeville. See lengthy obituary on p. 3 of 1/20/15 Ithaca Journal. (notice) Eldest daughter of late Ward and Louise Warren Gregory. Died in Columbus, Ohio. Lived in Trumansburg when married to late husband, John Barto. Later married Frederick Delano of Rochester. (notice) 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Blackburn of Brookton. See long obituary on p. 9, 1/29/15 Ithaca Journal. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Briggs. Died at Willard. Born in Ithaca; son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McHale. He was a cigar maker by trade. Died in Freeville. Died in Newfield; wife of Oscar Drake. Died at New Haven, Connecticut. Formerly of Ithaca. Daughter of David Emery; sister of Mary Bundy. Page 3 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1915 Austin 1915 1915 1915 Rev. 1915 Age Death Date Lillie M. 61 01/26/1915 Notice Date Cause of Death 01/29/1915 Beardsley Leebody Sooy Lewis Jane Joseph L. 44 80 65 01/27/1915 01/27/1915 01/27/1915 01/28/1915 01/28/1915 01/28/1915 Neuralgia Albright Harrison 01/30/1915 01/30/1915 (notice) 1915 Albright George 76 01/30/1915 01/30/1915 1915 St. Croix Martha D. 72 01/30/1915 02/01/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Thompson Danns Niver Phinney Reed Rhoda Lee Celia Maria Louise Alden Addie 72 74 84 83 47 02/01/1915 02/02/1915 02/02/1915 02/02/1915 02/02/1915 02/02/1915 02/02/1915 02/03/1915 02/03/1915 02/03/1915 1915 Ireland Harriet B. 02/03/1915 02/03/1915 Smith McVetty Horace I. Maude E. 82 26 02/03/1915 02/03/1915 02/03/1915 02/04/1915 Tobey Personius Marion William A. 60 02/03/1915 02/04/1915 02/04/1915 02/04/1915 1915 1915 Babcock Graham George W. Harry 65 20 02/04/1915 02/04/1915 02/04/1915 02/04/1915 1915 1915 Mulks Snowden James William 78 02/04/1915 02/04/1915 02/04/1915 02/05/1915 1915 Holley David L. 89 02/05/1915 02/05/1915 Notes Died in Tom's River, New Jersey. Born in Danby to Mr. and Mrs. William Mandeville. Married to Rev. Charles B. Austin in 1872. Buried in Ithaca at East Lawn Cemetery. Died in Rochester. Was superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal churches in the Rochester district of the Genesee Conference. See additional article on p. 3 of 2/4/15 Ithaca Journal. Died in Dryden. Considered to be the wealthiest citizen of Dryden. Never married. See also: article on p. 3 of 2/1/15 Ithaca Journal "…Leaves Property to Village." Died at Lake Ridge at home of her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Lane. Born in Ireland. Widow of Thaddeus Thompson. Died at Jacksonville. Died at Lansing. Wife of Henry E. Reed of Webster. Buried at Webster. Died at home of daughter, Mrs. J. S. Ford, at Oak Park, Illinois. Aunt of Henry Carpenter of Ithaca. (notice) 1915 1915 Mrs. 1915 1915 Miss (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Wife of P. G. McVetty. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Barrowman of Buffalo. Lived in Brookton. (Brooktondale) Died at Waverly. Proprietor of D. V. Personius & Son milling company. Nephew of Mrs. Julia Platt of Ithaca. Died at home of his aunt, Mrs. Frederick Hale. Lifelong resident of Slaterville Springs. Died at Springfield, Ohio; formerly of Ithaca. Was a carpenter at Driscoll Bros. in Ithaca. Page 4 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name LaBarre Lydia G. Manheimer Irving Snyder Ogden Purdy Frear Puff William Daniel Charles W. William Joanna Rev. Sisson Wilkinson Eliza Hill William Mrs. Mrs. Harvey Davenport Kenny Moses L. Ellis John Dr. McCutchan Luther Alvina B. Ralph 02/12/1915 02/13/1915 1915 1915 Farrington Raub Josephine Kinney Henry 02/13/1915 02/13/1915 02/13/1915 02/13/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Owen Abbey Carpenter Cook Dorn LaRue Goldsmith Joanna Russell S. Everhart Peter Florence May Olin C. I. 72 69 57 55 32 49 02/13/1915 02/14/1915 02/14/1915 02/14/1915 02/14/1915 02/15/1915 02/16/1915 02/15/1915 02/15/1915 02/15/1915 02/15/1915 02/15/1915 02/16/1915 02/16/1915 1915 Thatcher Edith Fowler 51 02/16/1915 02/16/1915 1915 Compton Mary Jane 87 02/16/1915 02/17/1915 1915 Stanford Anna Culver 64 02/17/1915 02/17/1915 1915 Miller Jerome 82 02/17/1915 02/18/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. Mrs. Age Death Date 63 02/05/1915 87 72 74 79 74 Notice Date Cause of Death 02/05/1915 02/06/1915 02/08/1915 02/06/1915 02/08/1915 02/09/1915 (notice) 02/09/1915 02/09/1915 02/08/1915 02/09/1915 02/09/1915 02/09/1915 02/10/1915 02/09/1915 02/10/1915 02/10/1915 02/10/1915 (notice) 1915 1915 1915 83 02/10/1915 02/10/1915 02/11/1915 02/11/1915 02/17/1915 02/11/1915 (notice) 1915 1915 02/13/1915 02/13/1915 (notice) Mrs. Mrs. 91 (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died at East Lansing. Wife of George B. LaBarre. Died in Brooklyn. Mr. Manheimer was formerly a correspondent for the Syracuse Post Standard; they lived in Ithaca. Died at Newfield. Husband of Harriet Snyder. Died at Enfield. Born in Danby; was a teacher in Ithaca schools for 52 years. See lengthy obituary p.7 of 2/10/15 Ithaca Journal. Also p.7 of 2/12/15 Ithaca Journal. Wife of P. Frank Sisson. Died in New York City; formerly of Newfield. Husband of Louise O. Wilkinson. Died at Groton. Died in Newark, New Jersey. Sister of Mrs. J. J. Ryan of Ithaca. Died at Etna; widow of N. R. McCutchan. Died in Batavia. Son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. John Duncan. Widow of Francis Farrington. Died in Newfield. Born in Ithaca; one of the oldest residents of Tompkins County. See p.2 of 2/13/15 Ithaca Journal for brief article. Died at Caroline; was a prominent farmer. Died at Newfield. Wife of Olin Dorn. Died at South Danby. Died in New York City; lived in Binghamton. Sister of Mrs. S. Harrison of Ithaca. Died at home of brother, DeWitt Fowler, in Enfield. Wife of Edgar Thatcher of Cayutaville. Head Injury Died at Perry after fall from chair. Formerly an Ithaca resident. Heart Trouble Prominent member of W.C.T.U. Wife of O.R. Stanford of Lynchburg, Virginia. Buried in Fulton. Page 5 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1915 Giltner Amos 97 02/19/1915 1915 1915 Miller Whitlock Margaret A. Lydia Lunger 52 71 02/19/1915 02/19/1915 02/20/1915 02/20/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Halsey Rolfe Fassett Hill George E. Prudence B. Martha Fannie 77 64 56 02/19/1915 02/21/1915 02/22/1915 02/23/1915 1915 Genung Benjamin 92 02/24/1915 02/22/1915 02/23/1915 02/23/1915 02/23/1915 Bright's Disease 02/24/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Shaw Starkweather Higgins Blake George V. William Marion Morris Joseph P. 76 5mos 41 81 02/24/1915 02/24/1915 02/25/1915 02/25/1915 02/24/1915 02/25/1915 02/25/1915 02/26/1915 Bliven Kennedy Banfield Barnum Samon Devereese Shannon Clarinda H. Polly Mary A. Helen E. Michael Joseph Ellen 81 66 71 75 84 68 02/25/1915 02/26/1915 02/27/1915 02/28/1915 02/28/1915 03/01/1915 03/01/1915 02/26/1915 02/27/1915 Cancer 02/27/1915 03/01/1915 03/01/1915 03/01/1915 03/02/1915 Cerebral Hemorrhage 1915 1915 Frost Tibbitts Agnes J. R. 68 23 03/02/1915 03/03/1915 1915 1915 Grover LaBarre LeRoy Sarah E. 40 81 03/03/1915 03/04/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Freer Coan Crager Krum Hester A. John Catherine M. Martha A. 42 81 83 72 03/04/1915 03/05/1915 03/07/1915 03/07/1915 03/03/1915 Wife of A.C. Frost. 03/03/1915 Scarlet Fever Was a junior at Cornell University from Warsaw, New York. See article on p.5 of 3/3/15 Ithaca Journal. 03/04/1915 Was an officer in Salvation Army. 03/04/1915 Widow of Darius LaBarre; both formerly of Ithaca. She died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 03/04/1915 Wife of Frank G. Freer. 03/06/1915 03/08/1915 Widow of James Crager. 03/08/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Title Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Notice Date Cause of Death 02/19/1915 (notice) Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died at McLean. One of the oldest veterans of the Mexican and Civil Wars. See article on p.3 of 2/19/15 Ithaca Journal. Died at Binghamton; widow of Raymond Whitlock. Buried in Hayt's Cemetery. Died at Chicago; formerly of Ithaca. Daughter of the late Chester Rolfe of Enfield. Wife of Edward Fassett of Lansing. Wife of Henry Hill. One of the oldest residents of Tompkins County; obituary also appeared in 2/27/15 Ithaca Journal. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Starkweather. Had lived at Willow Creek. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts; lived in Granville, Illinois. For 50 years was a wheelwright. See obituary in 2/26/15 Ithaca Journal on p. 3. Widow of Charles M. Bliven. Was a nurse for 16 years. Wife of H. P. Banfield. Page 6 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title 1915 1915 Mrs. Surname Name Age Death Date Tompkins Warren 48 03/07/1915 Young Ann M. 83 03/08/1915 Notice Date Cause of Death 03/08/1915 Heart Attack 03/08/1915 (notice) 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. Geary Baker Hunter James Maria J. Dale 75 74 21 03/09/1915 03/10/1915 03/10/1915 03/10/1915 03/10/1915 03/10/1915 1915 Mr. Hunter Henley 50 03/10/1915 03/10/1915 1915 Mrs. Hunter Henley 03/10/1915 03/10/1915 Hunter infant 4mos 03/10/1915 03/10/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. Mrs. Flynn Bates Leebody Amelia Frances A. Henry F. 53 87 58 03/10/1915 03/11/1915 03/11/1915 03/11/1915 03/12/1915 03/13/1915 1915 1915 Mrs. Marshall Wermuth John T. Mary Godfrey 65 03/12/1915 03/12/1915 03/13/1915 03/20/1915 1915 1915 Mrs. Mrs. Sherman Babcock Betsey Margaret 85 76 03/13/1915 03/15/1915 03/15/1915 03/16/1915 VanDermark Banfield James E. Warren D.C. 73 76 03/15/1915 03/16/1915 03/16/1915 03/22/1915 Spencer Starr Reed Jennie C. George Joseph A. 85 03/18/1915 (notice) 03/18/1915 03/18/1915 03/18/1915 03/18/1915 03/19/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died in Newfield; lived at brother's farm near Newfield. Died at family home in Jackson, Michigan. Widow of John Young of Ithaca. Formerly of North Spencer. Widow of Jarvis B. Baker. Hunter family were from Dryden. Killed when car was hit by a Lehigh Valley freight train in West Dryden. See story p. 3 of 3/10/`5 Ithaca Journal. See also p. 3 of 3/11/15 Ithaca Journal and p. 3 or 3/12/15 Ithaca Journal. Hunter family were from Dryden. Killed when car was hit by a Lehigh Valley freight train in West Dryden. See story p. 3 of 3/10/`5 Ithaca Journal. See also p. 3 of 3/11/15 Ithaca Journal and p. 3 or 3/12/15 Ithaca Journal. Hunter family were from Dryden. Killed when car was hit by a Lehigh Valley freight train in West Dryden. See story p. 3 of 3/10/`5 Ithaca Journal. See also p. 3 of 3/11/15 Ithaca Journal and p. 3 or 3/12/15 Ithaca Journal. Hunter family were from Dryden. Killed when car was hit by a Lehigh Valley freight train in West Dryden. See story p. 3 of 3/10/`5 Ithaca Journal. See also p. 3 of 3/11/15 Ithaca Journal and p. 3 or 3/12/15 Ithaca Journal. Wife of James Flynn. Widow of Jacob Bates. Died at New Hartford; buried at West Slaterville. Died at Interlaken. Died in Beacon, NY following surgery. Wife of John J. Wermuth. Died at Enfield home of daughter, Mrs. Martha Wilson. Buried in Hayts Cemetery. Died at Caroline; buried in Quick Cemetery. Lifelong resident of Snyder Hill on farm where he was born. Page 7 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Bishop Croft Hart Nobles Creedon Alonzo L. Webster Anna Glen A. Patrick M. 1915 1915 Coy Elliott Eliza A. Harriet Trapp 1915 1915 1915 Lunger Brimsmaid VanIderstine William Hiram 1915 1915 Crans Dills 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Title Mrs. Age Death Date 77 68 28 25 42 03/20/1915 03/21/1915 03/21/1915 03/22/1915 03/22/1915 Notice Date Cause of Death 03/20/1915 03/22/1915 03/27/1915 03/22/1915 03/23/1915 Appendicitis 03/23/1915 03/23/1915 03/24/1915 03/31/1915 47 82 03/25/1915 03/26/1915 03/26/1915 03/25/1915 03/27/1915 03/30/1915 Emma Almira A. 74 83 03/27/1915 03/27/1915 03/27/1915 03/29/1915 Ennis Teeter Curry Maurice Angie John George Fannie A. Thompson 62 74 69 03/27/1915 03/27/1915 03/27/1915 03/27/1915 03/29/1915 03/29/1915 03/30/1915 04/02/1915 Clary Charles A. 03/28/1915 03/30/1915 1915 DeLano Chauncey 03/28/1915 03/30/1915 1915 Heddon Harian B. 03/29/1915 03/29/1915 1915 Golden Allen 03/29/1915 03/30/1915 1915 French Sarah Bowker 03/29/1915 03/31/1915 Pneumonia Johnson Frazier Icey Daniel 03/30/1915 (notice) 03/30/1915 03/30/1915 03/30/1915 1915 Johnson Ira 03/30/1915 1915 Bacon George 03/30/1915 Pneumonia and Whooping Cough 03/31/1915 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 60 26 76 77 03/31/1915 (notice) Notes Died at her home in Ludlowville. Died at McLean. Died following operation at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre. Former resident of West Danby. Was a foreman for Lehigh Valley work train. Died at Glens Falls. Widow of George E. Coy. Died at her home in Columbus, Georgia. Born in Ithaca; graduate of Ithaca Academy. Buried at Lake View Cemetery. Died at Speedsville; buried at Slaterville Springs. Died at West Slaterville. Wife of John Crans. Born in Pittsburgh. Buried at Union Springs where she had lived. Widow of Luther Ennis. Died at Freeville; widower of Ida Sager. Wife of Eugene Maurice. Died at Ilion where they had moved in 1888. Died at Throopsville. Aunt of Mrs. E. H. Saxton of Ithaca. Died at his home on the "Klondike"; buried in Fisher's Cemetery. Died at Savannah. Buried at Ludlowville. See also 4/2/15 Ithaca Journal. Died at Iola Sanatorium in Rochester; buried at Lake View Cemetery. Died at home in N. Lansing; one of the oldest residents. Buried in family plot of N. Lansing rural cemetery. Died at Jacksonville. Buried at Grove Cemetery. Died less than 48 hours after death of his daughter, Icey Johnson; both from Owego. Son, Fred lives in Ithaca. Formerly of Groton. Page 8 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1915 Buckbee Charles 79 03/31/1915 1915 1915 Fisher Smith Susie L. Martha J. 81 03/31/1915 03/31/1915 04/01/1915 04/02/1915 Bower McGivin Johnson Klune Sarah James Sarah E. George H. 64 76 42 04/01/1915 04/01/1915 04/02/1915 04/02/1915 04/01/1915 04/01/1915 04/02/1915 04/03/1915 Nephritis 1915 Treman Eliza L. 87 04/02/1915 04/03/1915 1915 Rolfe Eliza 65 04/03/1915 04/03/1915 1915 Wood Harriet H. 04/04/1915 04/12/1915 1915 LaFrance Aloysius 04/04/1915 04/17/1915 1915 Miller Josephine 9 04/05/1915 04/06/1915 Accident 1915 Singer William 76 04/05/1915 04/09/1915 1915 1915 Welch Wright William S. Ella 59 04/06/1915 04/06/1915 04/07/1915 04/07/1915 1915 1915 Daniels Wendell Samuel Burt 78 04/07/1915 04/08/1915 04/07/1915 04/08/1915 Exposure 1915 1915 Alexander Squier Francis G. Marie 73 78 04/08/1915 04/08/1915 04/08/1915 04/10/1915 Murphy Jerome 28 04/09/1915 04/10/1915 Pneumonia 1915 1915 1915 1915 Title Mrs. Notice Date Cause of Death 04/01/1915 (notice) 1915 Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Notes Was a well-known muscian; played drums and piano in local bands. Known as "Pop." Lived in Mecklenburg; widow of Oscar Fisher. Died in Trumansburg where she was a life-long resident. Died at Ludlowville; wife of George L. Bower. Died at Newfield; formerly of Odessa. Died suddenly; formerly a pressman at Cayuga Press. Buried in Brooklyn. Widow of Lafayette L. Treman. See lengthy obituary 4/3/15 Ithaca Journal, p. 3. Widow of Henry Rolfe; well-known stenography teacher. Died in Syracuse. Formerly of Ithaca; sister of Georgia Wertz of Ludlowville. Died at Jamaica, Long Island; twin brother of Mathew LaFrance of Ithaca. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Miller. Struck by Lehigh Valley freight train. See article on p.3 of 4/6/15 Ithaca Journal. Died at North Lansing. Formerly a carpenter, then an undertaker; then went into coal business. Widow of Rev. Joseph Harrison Wright of Pulaski; sister of Mrs. Francis King Griffis of Ithaca. Former Ithacan; found in swamp near Skaneateles Lake. See story on p. 7, 4/8/15 Ithaca Journal. Died in Denver, Colorado; widow of Jerome Squier. Daughter of Elijah Cornell, Ezra Cornell's brother. Death notices in 4/10/1915 and 4/19/1915. Died in Cleveland, Ohio. Brother of Frank, J. G. of Ithaca. Page 9 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1915 Carpri 1915 1915 Notice Date Cause of Death 04/12/1915 Drowning Julio 35 04/11/1915 Parrott Sharp Alfred M. Hattie Hooper 68 04/11/1915 04/12/1915 Payne Ward Frances Flora 82 04/12/1915 04/12/1915 04/13/1915 04/13/1915 1915 1915 Weller Clapp James M. William 72 62 04/12/1915 04/13/1915 04/13/1915 04/13/1915 1915 1915 1915 Hoaglin Riley Freer Marvin A. Edward John A. 80 04/14/1915 (notice) 04/14/1915 04/15/1915 04/14/1915 04/23/1915 04/16/1915 1915 White William 6mos 04/16/1915 04/16/1915 1915 Personius Carey L. 44 04/17/1915 04/17/1915 1915 McNamara Michael 24 04/17/1915 1915 Wheeler Charles W. 04/17/1915 04/17/1915 Typhoid Fever 04/20/1915 1915 Archesi Joseph 35 04/19/1915 04/19/1915 Drowning Drowned in Cayuga Lake near the International Salt Works where he had been employed for only a few days. Story p. 3, 4/19/15 Ithaca Journal. 1915 Dudley John H. 46 04/19/1915 04/20/1915 Apoplexy Was proprietor of Monarch Billiard Parlors and previously the proprietor of the Roxbury Times. 1915 1915 Fitzgerald Fybush Grace Casper 83 04/20/1915 04/20/1915 04/21/1915 04/21/1915 1915 Keane William Burke 6 wks 04/20/1915 04/21/1915 Widow of John Fitzgerald. Died in Elmira; father of Mrs. Libble Myers of Ithaca. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Keane. 04/12/1915 04/12/1915 (notice) 1915 1915 Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Notes Drowned near Cornell boathouse. See story p. 7, 4/12/15 Ithaca Journal. Mr. Carpri, an Italian immigrant, had lived in Ithaca only one and a half months. Owned a tailor shop with his brother. Died in Binghamton, formerly of Ithaca. Sister of Mary Hooper of Ithaca. Died in Washington, D.C. Wife of Dr. Archibald Ward who is the son of Mrs. Andrew J. Howland of Ithaca. Died at Buffalo General Hospital. Served in the Spanish War and in the Army for 21 years. Brother of George Clapp of Ithaca. Lived in Lisle, formerly from Caroline. Died at Covert. Died in Cortland; formerly of Ithaca. After return from Civil War, he helped his brother, Henry, at the Ithaca House, now the Ithaca Hotel. Buried in Hayts Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton White. Was a machinist at J. B. Lang Engines and Garage. Death notices in 4/17/1915 and 4/20/1915. Was a barber. Death notices in 4/17/1915 and 4/20/1915. fornerly of Ithaca. Died at the home of his son, Dr. Charles W. B. Wheeler, in New Rochelle. Page 10 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1915 McIntosh Luella 1915 Drake Sarah J. 1915 Meade 1915 1915 1915 Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 04/21/1915 Accident 04/20/1915 82 Notes Died in New York City hospital from injuries sustained on April 8 when hit by a trolley car. Wife of J. E. McIntosh, an Auburn manufacturer wellknown in Ithaca. They owned the steam yacht, Calypso, on Cayuga Lake. See Story on p. 6 of 4/21/15 Ithaca Journal. 04/21/1915 04/23/1915 Died at Syracuse; mother of Mrs. A. E. Larison of Ithaca. A New York City policeman; killed on duty. Brother of Mrs. Joseph Stoddard of Ithaca. See story on p. 3 of the 4/21/15 Ithaca Journal. James 04/21/1915 04/21/1915 Brokaw Holcombe Wattles Elizabeth Covert Edward B. Hubert 04/22/1915 Apoplexy 04/23/1915 04/23/1915 Died in Lodi; widow of George W. Brokaw. 65 82 04/21/1915 04/23/1915 04/23/1915 1915 Lacy Silas 69 04/23/1915 04/24/1915 Erysipelas 1915 1915 1915 1915 Van Ostrand Brower Middaugh Metzgar Albert Ira Emma A. 70 66 75 04/24/1915 04/24/1915 04/24/1915 04/25/1915 Blain George 04/25/1915 04/24/1915 04/26/1915 04/26/1915 04/26/1915 Heart Disease 04/27/1915 Burns Died in Dryden; was a well-known farmer. Previously, in partnership, managed the Tompkins House in Ithaca. See article p. 7 of 4/24/15 Ithaca Journal. Died at Interlaken. He was a retired farmer. Died at Enfield. 1915 Miller Cicero P. 61 04/25/1915 05/06/1915 1915 Miller Cicero Phelps 60 04/26/1915 05/14/1915 Paralysis Smith Weaver Isaac Rollin L. 71 72 04/27/1915 04/27/1915 04/28/1915 04/28/1915 (notice) 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Died near Slaterville; one of the oldest residents of this county. Last of a family of twelve. Died at Etna. Widow of Samuel Metzgar. Died when her apron caught fire from a gas stove in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sister of Mrs. D. P. Swartout of Ithaca. Died at Lestershire, NY; formerly of East Lansing. Buried at North Lansing. Former resident of East Lansing; died in Lestershire. Son of Dwight and Almira Karn Miller; husband of Belle Teeter. Buried in North Lansing Cemetery. Died at Newfield. Died in Dryden. Youngest of 12 children of Henry B. and Eliza Trowbridge Weaver of Etna. Was a partner in a drug business and a dentist. See lengthy obituary on p. 3 of 4/28/15 Ithaca Journal. Page 11 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Mrs. Bennett Dawson W. E. Eleanor 1915 Crowley John 1915 Patterson Helen Lincoln 82 04/29/1915 1915 1915 King Fowler Huson Fred 79 59 04/29/1915 04/30/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 George Palmatier Alexander Nichols Martha Charles W. Emma E. J. C. 59 81 04/30/1915 04/30/1915 05/01/1915 05/01/1915 1915 1915 Hanmer Berry Sarah D. Augustus A. 1915 Bruce Charles 1915 1915 1915 Updyke Lumbard Elliott Mary E. Charles Theodore F. 82 64 05/04/1915 05/04/1915 05/04/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Updyke Collins Barrus Ganich Mary E. Louisa J. Frances D. Carl 72 91 13 17 05/04/1915 05/05/1915 05/06/1915 05/07/1915 1915 1915 Rev. Age Death Date 76 79 04/28/1915 04/28/1915 Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 04/29/1915 04/29/1915 Heart Trouble Died at Covert; widow of John Dawson. 04/29/1915 64 04/29/1915 Uraemic Poisoning 05/02/1915 05/03/1915 (notice) 05/04/1915 A well-known contractor and former member of Ithaca Police Dept. See obituary on p. 3 of 4/29/15 Ithaca Journal and 5/1/15 obituary. 04/30/1915 The Grip Died at Newark Valley; widow of David Williams Patterson. Mother of Lincoln E. and Wood Ford Patterson of Ithaca. See lengthy obituary on p. 3 of 4/30/15 Ithaca Journal. 05/01/1915 Died at Trumansburg. 04/30/1915 Heart Trouble Instructor of mechanics at Cornell University. See article on p. 3 of 4/30/15 Ithaca Journal and obituary in 5/3/15 Ithaca Journal. 04/30/1915 04/30/1915 05/03/1915 Widow of Andrew Alexander. 05/12/1915 Died at Skaneatles. Former pastor of State St. Methodist Episcopal Church in Ithaca. 05/03/1915 05/03/1915 Died at Skaneatles. Father of Willis, Charles and Addie Berry of Ithaca. 05/04/1915 Presumed dead following an extensive search. He disappeared from his home near Danby 4/5/15. See p. 7 of 5/4/15 and p. 3 of 5/20/15 Ithaca Journal. More articles in early April 1915, p. 3 of 5/20/15 and p. 3 of 10/15/15 Ithac Journal. (notice) 05/05/1915 05/06/1915 05/08/1915 Heart Disease 05/19/1915 Paralysis 05/05/1915 05/06/1915 05/07/1915 Suicide (notice) 1915 Dougal Catherine 05/08/1915 05/08/1915 (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Died at Etna. Died at Westover. Born in Danby; buried in Glenwood Cemetery. Buried in Hayts Cemetery. Died at Asbury. Threw himself in front of a Lehigh train. See article on p. 3 of 5/7/15 Ithaca Journal. Former Cornell student presumed dead; was on board the Lusitania, a steamship sunk by a German submarine torpedo. See p. 3 of 5/8/15 Ithaca Journal. Page 12 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1915 Barnard Mary M. 1915 1915 1915 1915 Myers Cariton Hamilton Dickerson Ralph C. Raymond Rhoda Adeline 1915 Bulkley May Stevens 1915 Bentley Madison Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 05/08/1915 Heart Failure 05/08/1915 34 16mos 78 80 05/08/1915 05/08/1915 05/08/1915 05/09/1915 05/08/1915 05/10/1915 05/10/1915 05/14/1915 58 05/12/1915 05/14/1915 05/13/1915 05/13/1915 (notice) 05/13/1915 05/13/1915 Buried in North Lansing Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Cariton. Died at Newfield. Died in Ludlowville; buried in Cobb Cemetery in West Groton. Died in Columbus, Ohio; was an invalid for two years. Born in W. Groton to Nelson Stevens and Laura Conger Stevens. Wife of Lorenzo H. Bulkley. Died at Urbana, Illinois. Wife of Prof. Bentley, formerly professor at Cornell University. Brother of Gerald G. Brown of the Ithaca Gas & Electric Light C. Died on the Lusitania. See story on p. 3 of 5/13/15 Ithaca Journal. Burns Burned to death in barn fire in Adams Settlement near Danby. Well-known farmer and Danby Justice of the Peace . See article p.3 of 5/13/15 Ithaca Journal. Wife of F. G. Harrington. Died in Auburn; formerly of Ithaca. Was a butcher by trade. Heart Trouble Died in East Lansing; widow of George Cutter. 1915 Brown William A. H. 1915 Slocum Theron 65 05/13/1915 05/13/1915 1915 1915 Harrington Keogh Mary J. James 52 05/13/1915 05/14/1915 05/14/1915 05/14/1915 1915 Cutter Laura M. 70 05/14/1915 05/14/1915 1915 1915 Gorsline Patterson Emma P. Clara Atwater 68 59 05/14/1915 05/14/1915 05/15/1915 05/15/1915 Acute Indigestion Died at Caroline Center. Wife of Lincoln E. Patterson. See lengthy obituary on p. 3 of May 15, 1915 Ithaca Journal. 1915 Stone Winifred 25 05/15/1915 05/15/1915 1915 Wright Charles 60 05/15/1915 05/17/1915 Meningitis Huff Wallace Byard David 56 05/16/1915 05/17/1915 05/20/1915 05/17/1915 Suicide Fitzgerald Grace Died at mother's home near Newfield. Had lived and was buried in Harrison Valley, Pennsylvania. Wife of Fred Stone. Died following surgery; was a merchant in Enfield Center. Wife of Byard Huff. Died by hanging himself; despondent from ill health. Was a Lehigh Valley engineer. Husband of Edna Wallace. See article on p. 3 of 5/17/15 Ithaca Journal. Widow of John Fitzgerald. Died in Vestal at the home of a daughter. (notice) (notice) 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. 05/18/1915 05/18/1915 (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Page 13 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Prof. Scribner E. E. 53 05/18/1915 1915 1915 Blake McClune Hannah Catherine Colegrove 42 87 05/19/1915 05/19/1915 05/19/1915 05/19/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Carpenter Smiley Turk Lee Allen Carpenter Emma Fannie J. D. Ada Stevens George F. Caroline F. 62 65 76 80 05/19/1915 05/19/1915 05/19/1915 05/20/1915 (notice) 05/20/1915 05/20/1915 05/20/1915 05/20/1915 05/20/1915 05/20/1915 05/21/1915 05/21/1915 1915 North Stafford 05/22/1915 05/25/1915 1915 Oliver Kingsley 22 05/23/1915 05/25/1915 1915 Ostrander William E. 76 05/24/1915 05/24/1915 1915 Freese C. A. 05/24/1915 06/01/1915 1915 1915 McCarty Neary John W. Hugh 52 05/26/1915 (notice) 05/26/1915 05/26/1915 05/26/1915 1915 Deuel Daniel Vanderpool 7 05/26/1915 05/26/1915 1915 Silsbee Benjamin J. 37 05/27/1915 05/22/1915 1915 Hopkins George A. 05/28/1915 05/28/1915 McGill VanEtten Lieberman Thomas Addie L. Deborah 55 79 05/28/1915 05/28/1915 05/29/1915 05/28/1915 05/29/1915 05/29/1915 1915 Hopkins Amos T. 73 05/30/1915 06/01/1915 Widow of Benjamin Lieberman, a prominent local merchant. Died at Willow Creek ; buried in Hayts Cemetery. 1915 Woodruff Armena DeCamp 71 05/30/1915 06/01/1915 Died in N. Lansing; widow of Ezekiel Woodruff. 1915 Notice Date Cause of Death 05/24/1915 (notice) (notice) 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Notes Had lived in Trumansburg. Died at Ispheming, Michigan. Buried in Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg. See obituary on p. 3 5/24/15 Ithaca Journal. Widow of Thomas Blake. Accident Died from hip injuries suffered in a fall; widow of Gideon McClune. Apoplexy Widow of John Carpenter. Died at South Danby. Wife of Lebvion Smiley. Stroke Had lived in Ellis Hollow. Died at Dusenbery. Died at West Slaterville. Aunt of Emma Carpenter; widow of Lorenzo Carpenter. Both Carpenters buried in Trumbull's Corners Cemetery. Died at Batavia; father-in-law of Grace Miller North of Ithaca. Poisoned Died in Rochester hospital after taking poison by mistake. See story on p. 7 of 5/25/15 Ithaca Journal. Civil War veteran; member of 64th regiment NY volunteers. Died in New York City; formerly of Dryden. Brother of John Freese of Ithaca. Prominent resident of Candor. Formerly of Groton. Died in Homer. Employed at Brockway Carriage Co. Scarlet Fever Died at home in Slaterville. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Deuel. Died from complications in Caroline. Was a former justice of the peace. Prominent Trumansburg businessman; former Presbyterian Church deacon. See obituary on p. 3 of 5/28/15 Ithaca Journal. Died of illness complications in Ludlowville. Page 14 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1915 1915 Bower Goldsmith Charles William G. 71 86 06/01/1915 06/04/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Johnson Countyman Crawford Sanders Alvira A. Edgar E. Albert Reed Margaret 65 53 06/08/1915 06/10/1915 06/10/1915 06/10/1915 1915 Sharpstein Gertrude 1915 Hoyt William B. 1915 Keefe Patrick J. 1915 Miller Juliette S. 1915 1915 Simpson Baker Henry A. Katherine L. 1915 1915 1915 Smith Tucker Schmaus William Amy Cowen Joseph 1915 Fallon James 1915 1915 1915 Syne Carlin Cobb Hiram Lydia Addie Brown Hunt Warren 1915 Title Rev. Mrs. Notice Date Cause of Death 06/03/1915 06/08/1915 06/10/1915 06/09/1915 06/11/1915 06/11/1915 06/11/1915 Heart Disease 06/12/1915 Accident 57 06/11/1915 06/11/1915 77 06/11/1915 06/12/1915 06/12/1915 06/15/1915 65 41 06/13/1915 06/14/1915 06/14/1915 06/14/1915 45 79 65 06/15/1915 (notice) 06/16/1915 06/17/1915 06/15/1915 06/16/1915 06/18/1915 06/18/1915 06/23/1915 06/18/1915 06/19/1915 06/20/1915 06/23/1915 06/19/1915 06/21/1915 70 82 06/21/1915 06/21/1915 (notice) 1915 1915 1915 Colonel Kolpack Anna 26 06/21/1915 06/22/1915 Hance S. Byron 94 06/21/1915 06/28/1915 Sheldon Ellen Tracy 06/22/1915 06/22/1915 updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died at North Lansing. Died at Mecklenburg; was a clerk and leader of the choir at the Presbyterian Church for 30 years. Wife of Norman C. Johnson. Retired Presbyterian minister. Widow of Austin P. Sanders. Died in auto accident in Elmira; sister of Mrs. Myron Downey of Ithaca. See story on p. 6 of 8/25/15 Ithaca Journal, "Car Owner Held for Elmira Girl's Death." Died in Buffalo; was a prominent lawyer. Cornell grad of 1881 and founder of Cornell Daily Sun. See article p. 2 of 6/11/15 Ithaca Journal. Died of injuries after being kicked by a horse. Was a farmer at Willow Creek. Died at Conneautville, Pennsylvania; formerly of Caroline Depot. Cancer Husband of Ella;had lived in Ithaca one year. Wife of D. E. Baker; had lived in Brooktondale. Buried in Quick Cemetery. Died at North Lansing. Died at Enfield Falls; wife of Smith Tucker. Well-known clothing merchant for 33 years. See article on p. 3 of 6/18/15 Ithaca Journal. Fall Died of injuries from a fall from a wagon. Lifelong resident of King's Ferry. Had lived in Mecklenburg. Died at Freeville. Heart Trouble Died at West Groton; wife of John G. Cobb. Died at Whitesboro, NY; formerly of Ithaca. Buried in Lakeview Cemetery. Died at North Tonawanda, NY; sister of Mrs. B. Allen of Ithaca. Died at Seattle, WA. Born in Ithaca; was personal friend of Abe Lincoln. See story p. 7 of 6/28/15 Ithaca Journal. Widow of Jonas P. Sheldon. Page 15 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1915 1915 Ludlow McCrea Phoebe Alexander 73 06/22/1915 06/23/1915 1915 Dawes Leo H. 26 06/23/1915 06/24/1915 1915 McCrea Alexander J. 70 06/23/1915 07/03/1915 1915 Earle Betsy 93 06/25/1915 06/25/1915 1915 1915 Everest Townsend Anna Charles R. 06/25/1915 06/25/1915 06/25/1915 06/26/1915 Ellis Horton Virgie B. Joseph H. 19 06/26/1915 06/27/1915 06/28/1915 Meningitis 06/28/1915 Lane Addie Apgar 58 06/27/1915 06/28/1915 Fall 06/27/1915 06/28/1915 1915 1915 1915 Title Mrs. Notice Date Cause of Death 06/24/1915 06/23/1915 1915 Mr. & Mrs. Lane Charles 1915 Sammons Maurice E. 22 06/27/1915 06/28/1915 1915 Welch Cora B. 58 06/27/1915 06/28/1915 Apoplexy 1915 1915 Sigler Sage Theresa Sarah Manning 65 06/29/1915 06/29/1915 06/29/1915 07/02/1915 1915 Vanglone Schuyler 78 06/30/1915 07/01/1915 1915 Fisher Mary Wager 07/01/1915 07/08/1915 updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died at Lansing Station. Died in Cleveland, Ohio; formerly of Ithaca. Brother of John McCrea of Ithaca. Killed by train, when wagon he was driving was struck, near Ithaca. See story p. 3 of 6/24/15 Ithaca Journal. Died in Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of Ithaca. President of Ohio Provision Co. and other big business enterprises. See article on p. 6 of 7/3/15 Ithaca Journal. Died in Ithaca, former resident of Jacksonville. Died at Rochester; brother of Henry Townsend of Ithaca. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ellis. Died at Buffalo; formerly of Ithaca. Widow of Col. Joseph Horton. Died from injuries when she fell from her porch in Groton. Killed near Sheldrake when auto was struck by train. Recently wed; from Hayts Corners. See story on p. 3 of 6/28/15 Ithaca Journal. Died at Meany Sanitarium. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Sammons, Sr. Died in North Danby; widow of John D. Welch. Wife of John Sigler. Died in Albany. Widow of Dean Sage, a benefactor of Cornell University. He endowed Sage Hall, built by his father, built Stimson Hall and other buildings at Cornell. See article on p. 3 of 7/2/15 Ithaca Journal. Died in Speedsville. Was at one time a member of Company G, New York volunteers; took part in 19 battles; was with Gen. Sherman. See article on p. 9 of 7/1/15 Ithaca Journal. Died in Bryn Mawr, PA; born in Lansing. Was a well-known writer and journalist. Wife of William Righter Fisher. See article on p. 6 of 7/13/15 Ithaca Journal. Page 16 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Herson Diffin Granville Cobb Finch Kaufman Michael William Mary George G. William Floyd Anton 1915 1915 Stark Holt (Muenter) Daniel Frank (Erich) 84 07/06/1915 07/07/1915 1915 Kresge Jonas 59 07/07/1915 1915 VanDemark Justus 77 07/10/1915 1915 1915 1915 Ornan Gorton Pearson Elizabeth Sarah D. Winifred Lanning 83 69 48 07/10/1915 07/11/1915 07/12/1915 Cronkite Fox Kramer Holmes Pierrie W. D. Michael Joseph Austin 35 83 16 mos 55 07/12/1915 07/12/1915 07/12/1915 07/13/1915 07/14/1915 07/12/1915 07/13/1915 Complication s from Appendectom y 07/13/1915 07/13/1915 07/13/1915 Convulsions 07/13/1915 Tuberculosis 1915 Doolittle Lyman H. 07/13/1915 07/14/1915 1915 Lord Henry B. 07/14/1915 07/14/1915 1915 Perry Arthur W. 07/14/1915 07/19/1915 69 82 50 Death Date 07/03/1915 (notice) 07/04/1915 07/04/1915 07/06/1915 (notice) 07/06/1915 07/06/1915 Notice Date Cause of Death 07/03/1915 07/06/1915 07/06/1915 Pneumonia 07/06/1915 07/06/1915 07/07/1915 Fall 07/07/1915 07/07/1915 Suicide Notes Buried in East State St. Cemetery. Wife of James Granville. Died in West Groton. Died of injuries from a fall from a cherry tree on his farm in Danby. Died at Newfield. Holt was a fugitive from justice, having shot financier J. P. Morgan, and planting bombs in Washington D.C. He was a former instructor at Cornell and at Harvard. Used Frank Holt as an alias. See Ithaca Journal articles beginning 7/3/15 through 7/16/15 and p. 6, 7/26/15 (notice) 1915 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 94 07/08/1915 Neuralgia of the Heart 07/12/1915 Died in Brooktondale; buried in West Slaterville. Died at Caroline. Wife of Walter J. Gorton. Wife of William Pearson. Secretary of Tompkins County Agricultural Society. See p. 3 of 7/13/15 Ithaca Journal. Died at Newfield. Died at Caroline. Son of Nathan and Mary Kramer. Well-known director of U.S. Bureau of Mines and Cornell grad of 1881. See p. 6 of 7/13/15 Ithaca Journal. Died in Odessa; born in Newfield. Well-known throughout Tompkins Co. as a teacher and farmer, as well as businessman. One of Ithaca's oldest, most respected citizens. See story p. 3 of 7/14/15 Ithaca Journal. Oldest trustee of Cornell University. Banker, supervisor in Town of Lansing. See also p. 11 of 7/17/15 Ithaca Journal. Died at Denver, CO. Graduated from Ithaca High School in 1890; prominent athelete. Page 17 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Age Death Date Henrietta Lavoine Nelson Frederick 59 29 75 43 07/15/1915 07/17/1915 07/18/1915 07/18/1915 Brown Howes Anthony Marinda Olive Fisher Mary Elizabeth 76 16mos 07/18/1915 07/18/1915 07/19/1915 1915 Stephanow Michael 29 07/19/1915 1915 1915 Turbidy Beach Bridget Elinor 65 82 07/19/1915 07/20/1915 1915 1915 1915 Nelligan Head Hine David Emily A. Charles W. 44 86 39 07/20/1915 07/21/1915 07/21/1915 07/21/1915 07/22/1915 07/22/1915 Cerebral Hemorrhage 1915 1915 Tierney Eggleston Catherine John F. 54 62 07/22/1915 07/23/1915 1915 1915 Cook Melotte Myron George W. 79 07/24/1915 07/25/1915 1915 Merchant Leslie M. Edwards Genung Mulvey Damon Mary L. Benjamin Margaret Dorothy A. 07/23/1915 Died at Venice; wife of James Tierney. 07/23/1915 Heart Failure Died at his doctor's office; well-known grocer. Senior member of grocery and meat firm Eggleston and Shurter. See article p. 7 of 7/23/15 Ithaca Journal. 07/24/1915 07/26/1915 Well-known Ithacan; former dentist. See article on p. 3 of 7/26/15 Ithaca Journal. 07/27/1915 Died in Binghamton. Membe of Law firm: T.B. and L.M. Merchant. One of Binghamton's oldest and best known practicing attorneys; well-known in Tompkins County. 07/27/1915 Died at Brookton; wife of Robert Edwards. 07/27/1915 07/27/1915 Daughter of Mary Mulvey. 07/29/1915 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Damon of East Orange, NJ. Died while visiting friends in Ithaca. Jackson Frederick Harvey 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. Surname Name Updyke Nobles Adams Brown Notice Date Cause of Death 07/15/1915 07/17/1915 07/19/1915 07/19/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 67 68 4 mos 07/26/1915 07/26/1915 07/26/1915 07/28/1915 68 07/28/1915 Wife of J. R. Updyke. Son of Mrs. Carrie J. Nobles. Died at Newfield; was Civil War veteran. Died at Conklin. Brother of Charles Brown of Ithaca. 07/19/1915 07/19/1915 07/20/1915 Wife of Herbert S. Howes. Died at Dryden; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Anthony. 07/20/1915 Heart Failure He was doing survey work on Cayuga Lake with a team of U.S. government surveyors. Was a Russian who spoke several languages. 07/20/1915 Pneumonia 07/20/1915 (notice) 07/25/1915 Notes 07/29/1915 Wife of John Turbidy. Died at Canisteo; widow of Alonzo Beach, mother of 11 children. Lived in West Danby. Died at work at Ideal Lunch Room; well-known. See article on p. 3 of 7/22/15 Ithaca Journal. Died at Providence, RI; buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Tarrytown. Former member of Cornell fraternity, Kappa Alpha. Page 18 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1915 Sanford Thomas 52 07/28/1915 1915 1915 Pennoyer VanValkenburg F. W. Edward 63 25 07/29/1915 07/29/1915 Johnston Mekeel Anne Joshua J. 82 62 07/30/1915 07/31/1915 1915 Hemmingway W. Corry 78 08/01/1915 08/03/1915 1915 Blatch William S. 08/02/1915 08/02/1915 1915 1915 LaBarr Frutchey Olive A. Philemon 76 61 08/02/1915 08/02/1915 08/03/1915 08/04/1915 1915 1915 Foote Brewer Nettie E. Martha 39 08/03/1915 08/03/1915 08/03/1915 08/05/1915 1915 1915 Foote Bupp Nettie Elias E. 53 08/03/1915 08/04/1915 08/07/1915 08/04/1915 1915 Denman Richard L. 67 08/04/1915 08/04/1915 1915 1915 Title Miss Notice Date Cause of Death 07/29/1915 Heart Disease and Bright's Disease 07/30/1915 Stroke 08/05/1915 Drowning 07/30/1915 07/31/1915 (notice) 1915 1915 Mrs. Gray Carey Caroline John 83 08/04/1915 08/04/1915 08/04/1915 08/05/1915 1915 1915 Miss Mrs. Mallery Cornelius Frances John W. 75 77 08/04/1915 08/05/1915 08/05/1915 08/06/1915 1915 Twitchell Catherine Burt 08/05/1915 08/09/1915 1915 1915 Curtis Quick Benjamin Frank 81 9 08/07/1915 08/07/1915 08/09/1915 08/09/1915 1915 Bartholomew Mary H. 78 08/08/1915 08/09/1915 updated 06/24/2010 Notes Well-known chef. Died in Groton; husband of Addie Pennoyer. Died at Lake Hawayanda, NJ. Son of Willis VanValkenburg formerly of Ithaca. Lifelong resident of Ithaca. Former Trumansburg resident; died at Santa Barbara, CA. Husband of Emily S. Mekeel. Died at his farm on North Rd., Dryden where he was born and always lived. Electrocuted Died when he walked on a live wire after a storm in Shoreham, NY. Lived in Ithaca for several years when his daughter, Nora, attended Cornell University. Widow of Josiah LaBarr. Died at N. Paterson, NJ; former jeweler from Ithaca. Wife of George Foote. Lifelong resident of Trumansburg; widow of William Augustus Brewer. Buried in Hayt's Cemetery. Secretary of the local cigarmakers union and Order of Owls. Died at Brookton; father of Dr. C.F. Denman of Ithaca. Widow of Allen Gray. Suicide He was despondent over death of his wife two years earlier. Had lived in Trumansburg many years. Died at Dryden. Fall Died from complications of a recent injury due to a fall. Died at Slaterville. Died in Manchester, MA; widow of Ginery Twitchell, formerly of Ithaca. See also obituary on 8/14/15. Died at Caroline Center; retired farmer. Heart Trouble Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Quick. Had 7 sisters, one brother. Died at Etna. See obituary p. 2 of 8/13/15 Ithaca Journal. Page 19 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1915 1915 Butts Clark 1915 1915 Notice Date Cause of Death 08/09/1915 08/09/1915 Notes Alfred H. Ellen 45 80 08/08/1915 08/08/1915 Snyder Sperling George W. Jeanette 73 69 08/08/1915 08/08/1915 08/09/1915 08/13/1915 1915 1915 Kulling Barton Elizabeth Robert 71 08/10/1915 08/11/1915 1915 Leonard William H. 70 08/11/1915 08/11/1915 08/12/1915 Typhoid Fever 08/12/1915 Fall 1915 1915 Stephens Pierce Dumont L. Elizabeth 48 66 08/12/1915 08/13/1915 08/13/1915 08/13/1915 1915 Thomas Louese 75 08/14/1915 1915 Williams John Tanish 47 08/14/1915 1915 Lyon Lawrence J. 22 08/14/1915 08/16/1915 Drowning 1915 Crawford W. Donald 08/16/1915 1915 1915 1915 McKinney Silsbee Graham Sarah L. Reuben Mathew 77 82 08/17/1915 08/17/1915 08/19/1915 08/17/1915 Broken Neck Died after diving into Utica YMCA swimming pool. Was a Cornell U. junior from LaPorte, IN. See story p. 7 of 8/17/15 Ithaca Journal. 08/17/1915 08/18/1915 Died at Brookton. 08/19/1915 Died in Boise City, Idaho where he had gone many years ago, struck it rich in the mines and was genrous to 2 brothers and 2 sisters who survive him in Ithaca. Well-known and well-liked. 1915 1915 Hildebrandt Krum Parmelia Charles R. 75 73 08/19/1915 08/21/1915 Former teacher, Ithaca public schools; member Tabernacle Baptist Church. Died at Stratton's Crossing near Newfield. Died in New York City; widow of Louis Sperling. Former Ithaca residents. Buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester. Died at home in New Rochelle. He was a junior at Cornell Law School. Died from a broken neck; fell from a hay wagon after team of horses frightened at farm in Caroline. Was Civil War veteran under command of Gen. Custer. See article p. 5 of 8/12/15 Ithaca Journal. Died following surgery; wife of Samuel Pierce. Lived in Trumansburg. 08/14/1915 Widow of Henry D. Thomas; died at West Slaterville. 08/14/1915 Gas Died in Utica rooming house; briefly an instructor Asphyxiation at Cornell University. Survived by wife, Katherine O. Williams and one son of Ithaca. Plane he was piloting went into Conesus Lake, south of Rochester. Search for body is ongoing. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Al Lyon of Ithaca. See story p. 3 of 8/16/15, p. 7 of 8/17/15, p. 3 of 8/19/15 and p. 7 of 8/20/15 Ithaca Journal. (notice) updated 06/24/2010 08/20/1915 08/24/1915 See p. 9 of 8/24/15 Ithaca Journal. Died at Owego; formerly of Tompkins Co. Page 20 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 08/24/1915 Suicide 1915 Eberhart E.G. 08/24/1915 1915 Harris Margareta S. 08/24/1915 08/26/1915 1915 Sebring Orthia 08/25/1915 08/25/1915 1915 Ferris Emma Jane 08/26/1915 08/26/1915 1915 Serventi Anna A. 08/26/1915 08/26/1915 1915 Garrity John 8 08/26/1915 08/31/1915 Drowning 1915 1915 1915 Ogden Hamblin McCann Livera H. John T. Florence Fillingham 58 08/27/1915 08/27/1915 08/28/1915 08/27/1915 08/30/1915 08/31/1915 1915 Miller Rebecca 80s 08/30/1915 Notes Uncle of W. Donald Crawford who died in accident on 8/17/15. Mr. Eberhart was well-known financier, V.P. and Gen. Mgr. of Mishawaka Woolen Mfg. Co. of Mishawaka, IN. See story on p. 7 of 8/24/15 Ithaca Journal. (notice) 58 08/30/1915 Fall (notice) 1915 1915 Jefferson Nimbs Ellen William M. 74 08/30/1915 08/31/1915 08/31/1915 08/31/1915 1915 1915 Lang Rowe August May A. 08/31/1915 08/31/1915 08/31/1915 09/02/1915 1915 1915 Wismar Bjorklund Caroline M. Eric 09/01/1915 09/03/1915 1915 Duryee Mark 72 09/03/1915 1915 Cutler George D. 81 09/04/1915 09/02/1915 Apoplexy 09/03/1915 Bright's Disease 09/17/1915 Acute Indigestion 09/04/1915 1915 Oliver Polly M. 81 09/05/1915 09/07/1915 (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Died at Homer; formerly of Ithaca. Wife of Rev. Theodore Harris. Died at Newfield; well-known in Tompkins Co. Died at Elmira. Wife of Frederick Ferris; wellknown Ithacans. Died of complications; widow of John Serventi. Drowned in Cayuga Inlet. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Garrity. See stories on p. 3 of 8/30/15 and 8/31/15 Ithaca Journal. Wife of S.B. Ogden. Had lived in Danby. Died after an extended illness in Elmira. Wife of Judge George McCann. See lengthy obituary on p. 3 of 8/31/15 Ithaca Journal. Died in Rochester from injuries after fall. Had lived and was buried in Brooktondale. Wife of James Jefferson. Died in Elmira; formerly of Ludlowville. Veteran of the Civil War. Had lived in Trumansburg. Daughter of Fanny P. Rowe. See obituary p.3 of 9/3/15 Ithaca Journal. Wife of William C. Wismar. Formerly of Boras, Sweden, he was employed at Ithaca Gun Works. Died in Washington, D.C.; former Ithacan 50 year resident of Ithaca; Civil War veteran, 76th NY Infantry. Page 21 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name 1915 Smith Frederick W. 09/06/1915 1915 Bardwell Darwin L. 09/06/1915 09/08/1915 Heart Disease 1915 Bouck Robert Norman 09/07/1915 09/08/1915 1915 Scott Katherine 09/07/1915 09/08/1915 1915 Blair John Hamilton 09/08/1915 09/08/1915 Townsend Strahan Edgar R. J. L. 55 26 09/08/1915 09/09/1915 09/08/1915 09/09/1915 1915 Little Culver 67 09/09/1915 09/10/1915 1915 Moffat Alexander "Jack" 36 09/09/1915 09/10/1915 Fall 1915 Gray Drury 62 09/11/1915 1915 1915 Wing King Charles Hallett John 95 09/13/1915 09/14/1915 09/11/1915 Bright's Disease 09/25/1915 09/14/1915 1915 Gauntlett John C. 73 09/14/1915 09/15/1915 1915 Bush Seymour 31 09/15/1915 09/22/1915 1915 Cramer Margaret Ann 64 09/15/1915 1915 Sherwood Claude 43 09/16/1915 09/22/1915 Bright's Disease 09/17/1915 1915 1915 Title Mrs. Mrs. Age infant Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 09/07/1915 (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Notes Killed when Lehigh Valley train hit car near Rochester. Was former Ithacan; graduated from Ithaca High and Cornell U. Prominent Democrat of Monroe County; former state senator. See p. 7 of 9/7/15 Ithaca Journal. Lived on Staten Island; had spent the summer in Ithaca lecturing at Cornell Summer School. He was district Superinterndent of N.Y.C. High Schools. See article on p. 3 of 9/8/15 Ithaca Journal. Died at Etna; son of Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Bouck. Buried in Ithaca City Cemetery. Died from surgery complications. Widow of Albert F. Scott. Died at Cortland. Cornell and Harvard graduate; buried at Staten Island. Found dead in bed. Wife of Cornell Rural Engineering instructor, J.L. Strahan. Buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Prominent farmer in Morris Chapel; buried in Quick Cemetery, Brooktondale. Died from a fall from a 30 foot pole while working for Bell Telephone Co. in Elmira. Former Ithacan; see story p.3 of 9/10/15 Ithaca Journal. Died at Enfield Falls home. Died at Brighton, MA. Died at Erin; former Ithacan. Buried in City Cemetery. Died after a long illness. Was a prominent banker and businessman. See lengthy article on p.3 of 9/15/15 Ithaca Journal and on p. 2 of 9/16/15 Ithaca Journal. Died at Everett, WA; son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bush of Dryden. Died in Perry City. Died in Hornell where he lived for 12 years. Was a former Ithaca barber. Page 22 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1915 Burger 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Notice Date Cause of Death 09/17/1915 William N. 86 09/17/1915 Brown Van Orman Blovsky Sarah E. Ida F. Frank 68 53 60 09/17/1915 09/18/1915 09/20/1915 Phillips Lamb Porter Elizabeth Mulks Thelma J.B. 78 3 mos 09/20/1915 09/21/1915 09/21/1915 09/21/1915 09/21/1915 09/22/1915 Kelly Margaret H. 09/21/1915 09/23/1915 Fay Crance Hanley E.C. Fred Thomas 58 68 09/24/1915 09/25/1915 09/26/1915 09/27/1915 09/27/1915 09/27/1915 1915 Reynolds Emma M. 78 09/26/1915 09/27/1915 1915 1915 1915 Stark Brown Croft Charles Ortha Fred B. 66 51 36 09/26/1915 09/27/1915 09/27/1915 09/27/1915 09/27/1915 09/27/1915 1915 Bartlett Margaret Johnston 78 09/27/1915 09/28/1915 1915 1915 Hillick Ward Helen Carman Charles 3 mos 23 09/29/1915 10/01/1915 09/29/1915 10/02/1915 Hunting Accident 1915 Davenport George W. 10/01/1915 10/08/1915 1915 Putnam Erastus Gaylord 10/01/1915 10/11/1915 1915 Carmody Mary 10/02/1915 (notice) 10/02/1915 09/18/1915 09/20/1915 09/20/1915 (notice) Mrs. 1915 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 82 Notes Died at Ludlowville; was a Civil War veteran of Co. G, 15th NY Cavalry. Wife of Jerry Van Orman. Died in NYC hospital; was from Newfield. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. Died at Slaterville. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Lamb. Died at New Mulford, PA. Buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died at Perth Amboy, NJ; formerly of Ithaca. Daughter of Patrick and Catherine Morgan Herson of Ithaca. Died in Syracuse; well-known here. Died at West Danby. He was a member of the Yemassi Tribe, I.O.R.M. of NYC. Buried in Albany. Died in Elmira; mother of Mrs. Charles Stevens and Mrs. Myron Ely of Ithaca. Died at Lansing. Suffered injuries while at work at International Salt Works in Ludlowville on Aug. 28. See story on p. 7 of 9/27/17 Ithaca Journal. Died at Homer; formerly of Ithaca. Widow of Martin Bartlett. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hillick. Accidentally shot in the chest while hunting. Son of Patrick Ward of Interlaken. See story on p. 3 of 10/2/15 Ithaca Journal. Died at Menominee, WI; formerly of Ithaca and Cortland. Widower of Hannah Kennedy of Ithaca. Was a tailor. Died at Elizabeth, NJ. Descendent of a distinguished Revolutionary War family; first business manager at Cornell University. Born in Harford. Married Mary Nicoll Woodward in 1867;leaves many relatives in Ithaca area. See p. 7 of 10/11/15 Ithaca Journal. Buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Ithaca. Page 23 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age 1915 1915 1915 1915 Corcoran Tompkins Harris Hollister Theresa Hulda Clarissa Horace 1915 1915 Moore Collins Emily Karie Michael 10/03/1915 10/05/1915 1915 1915 Gage McGivins Susanna Phelps Thomas 58 10/05/1915 10/05/1915 10/05/1915 10/05/1915 Holmes George W. 53 10/05/1915 10/06/1915 Jenner Pew Alfred William E. 65 77 10/05/1915 10/05/1915 1915 Clark Ruth T. 63 10/05/1915 1915 Anthony Estella A. 48 10/06/1915 1915 Whitehead Charles 10/06/1915 10/06/1915 Heart Problems 10/07/1915 Heart Failure Died at Trumbull's Corners. Born in Enfield; maiden name was Holly. Buried at Sebring Settlement. 10/08/1915 Heart Wife of E.C. Anthony; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Disease Jacob Brown of Groton. Buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 10/08/1915 Died at Batavia; brother of Jay Whitehead of Danby. Buried in Quick Cemetery in Brookton. Mann William I. 1915 1915 Sepos Thornton John Howard Stewart 1915 Tucker 1915 Hardy 81 86 Death Date 10/02/1915 (notice) 10/02/1915 (notice) 10/02/1915 10/02/1915 Notice Date Cause of Death 10/02/1915 10/02/1915 10/02/1915 10/04/1915 10/04/1915 10/05/1915 (notice) Mrs. 1915 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 10/06/1915 67 10/06/1915 15 mos infant 10/07/1915 10/08/1915 10/09/1915 Neuralgia of the Heart 10/09/1915 Convulsions 10/09/1915 Mary K. 70 10/09/1915 10/09/1915 Jane Louisa 87 10/11/1915 10/11/1915 Notes Buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Ithaca. Buried in Homer. Died at Slaterville Springs. Resident of Caroline Depot. Buried in family cemetery in Caroline. Wife of Reginald Moore. Was an instructor at Sibley College; buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Wife of Prof. Simon Henry Gage. Died in Newfield; survived by husband. Member of W.C.T.U. and past matron of the district Order of Eastern Star. Died at Rochester; formerly of Ithaca. Survived by wife Elizabeth. Prominent farmer for 25 years. Survived by husband. Had lived in Trumansburg. Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Sepos. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. Thornton; died at Allegheny, NY. Obituary also on p. 7 of 10/11/15 Ithaca Journal. Daughter of Charles Elias Hardy who opened a hardware store in Ithaca in 1830, now C.J. Rumsey Hardware. Miss Hardy was associated with charitable work for many years. See article on p. 7 of 10/11/15 Ithaca Journal. Page 24 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 10/18/1915 Tuberculosis Wife of Walter J. Maytham; daughter of Mrs. D.E. Newman. Formerly of Ithaca; had lived in Jackson, MI. Funeral at Buffalo, NY; buried in family plot at The Lawn. 10/12/1915 Husband of Susan Jackson. 10/13/1915 Survived by husband, Elbert. Buried at Richford. 1915 Maytham Bertha Newman 1915 1915 Jackson Tubbs Richard Henry Elizabeth 65 10/12/1915 10/12/1915 1915 1915 Hyde Snow George Alfred H. 88 75 10/13/1915 10/13/1915 10/13/1915 10/13/1915 1915 1915 Bush Carey John John 85 25 10/13/1915 10/13/1915 10/14/1915 10/14/1915 1915 1915 Mandeville Bruce C.B. Charles 68 10/14/1915 10/15/1915 10/15/1915 10/15/1915 1915 Emmons Alfred S. 73 10/15/1915 1915 Freese Dana 10/11/1915 (notice) 10/16/1915 10/16/1915 10/16/1915 (notice) 1915 1915 Morehouse Miller Henrietta James A. 1915 Oliver Orville 1915 1915 1915 Bordenet Muir McCloskey 1915 Died at Ludlowville. Died at Willard State Asylum; formerly of Slaterville. Veteran of the Civil War. Died at Newfield, one of the oldest residents. Suicide by Died in Groton; was a farmhand. See story p. 6 of Drowning 10/14/15 Ithaca Journal. Cornell grad.of 1877; survived by wife, Ellen. Suicide by Danby farmer missing since 4/5/15. Body found Hanging by 2 hunters. See story on p. 3 of 10/15/15 Ithaca Journal. Heart Trouble Was a prominent Spencer businessman. Husband of Emma Gertrude Rogers. See article on p. 5 of 10/16/15 Ithaca Journal. Services held at Myers home; buried in Pine Grove Cemetery. Cousin of Leroy H. VanKirk of Ithaca. Died at Binghamton; formerly of Ithaca. Buried in Lodi. Died at Richford; speculation that he may have been poisoned. Story p. 7 of 10/29/15 Ithaca Journal. 10/16/1915 10/16/1915 10/18/1915 10/19/1915 72 10/18/1915 10/29/1915 Joseph Elizabeth Alice Gertrude 78 89 10/19/1915 10/19/1915 10/19/1915 10/19/1915 10/19/1915 10/20/1915 Rich George 43 10/21/1915 1915 Snyder Archibald 72 10/21/1915 10/22/1915 Typhoid Fever 10/22/1915 1915 Atwater Ada Corning 10/23/1915 10/23/1915 (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Died at Speedsville. Assistant professor in Rural Education at Cornell. Buried in Harrisburg, PA. Lived in Binghamton. Died of injuries when thrown from a wagon when team of horses ran away on Cornell campus.He was a wealthy farmer and stock breeder from West Danby. See article on p. 3 of 10/22/15 Ithaca Journal. Widow of Frank J. Atwater; formerly of Ithaca. Died in Washington. Page 25 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name 1915 Chapman C. Everett 1915 Montgomery Sarah Cobb Theodore 71 10/27/1915 1915 1915 Furter Stewart Warren H. David Barnes 83 10/28/1915 (notice) 10/28/1915 1915 Snyder Raymond 6 10/29/1915 1915 1915 1915 Keefe Mansell Warren Thomas M. Susan Samuel H. 74 50 10/30/1915 10/31/1915 10/31/1915 Hopkins Travis 90 10/31/1915 1915 1915 Van Order Clark Abram Leroy 83 11/01/1915 (notice) 11/02/1915 11/01/1915 11/03/1915 1915 Mulks Omar D. 54 11/03/1915 11/03/1915 Drake Bissell Illston Frank Byron Delia Roe 44 11/03/1915 11/04/1915 11/04/1915 11/05/1915 Apoplexy 11/05/1915 11/05/1915 King Charles 83 11/04/1915 11/05/1915 Blakeslee Devoy H.D. James F. 39 49 11/05/1915 11/06/1915 11/05/1915 11/06/1915 English Emily 83 11/07/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Title Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. Age Death Date 64 10/24/1915 10/26/1915 Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 10/25/1915 Auto Accident Died near Peruville. Well-known insurance officer in Ithaca. See article on p. 3 of 10/25/15 Ithaca Journal. 10/27/1915 Heart Trouble Was wife of Dryden Postmaster, Daniel R. Montgomery. 10/28/1915 Died in Spring Mills; formerly of Ithaca while sons attended Cornell. Survived by husband and son, Howard, of Ithaca. 10/28/1915 Appendicitis Was a Cornell sophmore from Chicago. 10/28/1915 First mayor of Ithaca. Prominent in business and financial world. See story on p. 3 of 10/28/15 and 10/30/15 Ithaca Journal. 10/30/1915 Drowning Drowned in Cascadilla Creek. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Snyder. Story on p. 3 10/30/1915 Ithaca Journal. 10/30/1915 11/01/1915 11/01/1915 Cerebral Was a well-known blacksmith. Apoplexy 11/02/1915 Died in Trumansburg where she was one of its oldest residents. Daughter of Walter Glazier. Died in Brooklyn; formerly of Ithaca. Died in Candor. Uncle of James Robinson of Ithaca; father of Anna Clark. Died of a heart disorder. Was a prominent produce dealer in Town of Caroline. Survived by wife, the former Mary Middaugh. See p. 3 of 11/3/15 Ithaca Journal Died in Danby. Wife of Henry B. Illston. Funeral was the first automobile funeral in Ithaca. Died at home of daughter, Mrs. Cecil Payne, at Newfield. Formerly of Valois. Recently suffered a shock. Died at Newfield. Died following surgery in Milwaukee. Born in Ithaca; graduate of Cornell. Was a Superintendent of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. See p. 3 of 11/6/15 Ithaca Journal. (notice) 1915 updated 06/24/2010 11/08/1915 Widow of Hezekiah English. Page 26 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Mrs. Tarbell Fish Hunter Millage Clarke F.B. Alonzo D. Abram Maria Enoch M. 73 62 82 78 11/07/1915 11/08/1915 11/08/1915 11/08/1915 11/09/1915 1915 McQuillan Oliver 19 11/10/1915 11/11/1915 1915 Wolverton George 71 11/12/1915 11/15/1915 1915 1915 1915 Robinson Banfield Earl Florence C. James Edward Charles W. 57 70 70 11/13/1915 11/13/1915 11/14/1915 11/13/1915 11/16/1915 11/15/1915 Neuralgia of the Heart 1915 Bower David E. 76 11/15/1915 11/15/1915 Pneumonia 1915 Leonard Judd 52 11/15/1915 11/16/1915 Colton Sarah 11/15/1915 11/17/1915 Typhoid Fever 1915 Brower Maria 11/16/1915 11/16/1915 Heart Failure Died in Newfield. 1915 Houghton Mary 11/16/1915 11/17/1915 1915 Judson Elizabeth 11/17/1915 11/17/1915 1915 1915 1915 Nilsson Sheffield Humiston Jacob Lottie A. Jasper W. 11/17/1915 11/18/1915 11/19/1915 1915 Rhodes Newell 11/21/1915 11/18/1915 11/19/1915 11/20/1915 Heart Disease 11/22/1915 1915 McCort Jean Marie 11/21/1915 1122/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 70 61 77 infant Notice Date Cause of Death 11/08/1915 11/09/1915 11/09/1915 11/09/1915 11/09/1915 Notes Died in Pleasant Valley. Died in Harford; former Dryden resident. Died in McLean. Leaves his widow, Sarah Graves Clarke. Struck by train while driving his auto near Sheldrake. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. McQuillan of Ovid Center. See story p. 9 of 11/11/15 and 11/15/15 Ithaca Journal. Died in Trumansburg; had owned a meat market. Survived by husband, William. Survived by wife, Elnora. Well-known stonemason; member of 21st NY Calvary. Served under Custer and Sheridan. Survived by wife, Ella. See story on p. 7 of 11/15/15 Ithaca Journal. Died in Dryden; well-known businessman in mercantile and granite businesses. See story of his life on p. 6 of 11/16/15 Ithaca Journal. Died in Elmira; was a farmhand. Father of Judson Leonard of Ithaca. Died at home of her daughter, Mrs. Knapp, in Dryden. She had been taking care of her daughter who also had typhoid fever, but improving. Eldest daughter of Louise Seymour Houghton; died after long illness. Died in Danby; widow of Stockton Judson. Had been an invalid for several years. Was a member of Royal Arcanum. Died in Enfield. Widow of John Sheffield. Was a well-known slate and tile roofer. Died in LaSalle, IL. Former Ithacan, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Rhodes. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McCort. Page 27 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1915 Mapes Brink 45 11/22/1915 1915 Lormor George W. 77 11/22/1915 11/23/1915 1915 Parker Sheldon B. 65 11/22/1915 1915 1915 Brown Parker Lottie A. Stephen 46 57 11/23/1915 11/23/1915 11/23/1915 Paralytic Shock 11/23/1915 11/24/1915 Suicide by Hanging Price Margaret 65 11/23/1915 1915 Mandeville Caroline E. 70 11/24/1915 11/24/1915 Suicide by Hanging 11/26/1915 1915 1915 Smith Farnsworth Sarah J. Marcellus 72 60 11/24/1915 11/26/1915 11/26/1915 11/26/1915 Suicide 1915 1915 Snyder Updike Harriett J. Caroline 75 83 11/26/1915 11/26/1915 11/26/1915 Pneumonia 11/27/1915 1915 Bean Edgar 11/27/1915 11/27/1915 Murdered 1915 Glenny Helen M. 11/27/1915 11/27/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Sullivan Elyea Sigler Guild Bridget Cornelia B. Rose Nathaniel Lavoise 78 82 83 11/28/1915 11/29/1915 12/01/1915 12/02/1915 12/01/1915 11/30/1915 12/02/1915 12/02/1915 1915 Warren Martha A. 77 12/04/1915 1915 Title Mrs. Notice Date Cause of Death 11/22/1915 Suicide (notice) (notice) updated 06/24/2010 12/04/1915 Apoplexy Notes Shot in his barn in S. Lansing. Survived by wife and nine children. See story p. 7 of 11/22/15 Ithaca Journal. Died in Dryden; was a prominent businessman before retirement. Died in Groton; survived by wife, Wylie Parker. In Cortland, despondent over recent death of brother, Sheldon, in Groton. Survived by wife. Story on p. 6 of 11/26/15 Ithaca Journal. Despondent over illness of her daughter. Story on p. 3 of 11/24/15 Ithaca Journal. Widow of Dr. Edgar W. Mandeville. Buried in Mandeville Cemetery in Danby. Widow of Henry Smith. Razor cuts to throat. Despondent over inability to find employment. Survived by wife and 7 children. Story on p. 2 of 11/24/15 Ithaca Journal. Died in Newfield; widow of William H. Snyder. Died in Trumansburg; daughter of the late Ira Updike. Near Mexico City. Formerly of Freetown and Cortland. Son of Austin Bean of Freetown. See story p.1 of 11/27/15 Ithaca Journal. Died in Washington, D.C. at home of daughter, Mrs. Mary F. Cowell. Widow of General Glenny, noted officer in the Civil War. Formerly of Ithaca. Buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Died in Sedalia, MO. Well-known retired businessman in shoe, grocery and coal businesses. Father of Mrs. J.E. Trevor of Ithaca. Widower of Hannah Tuft. Born in Liverpool, England. Came to Ithaca in 1870. Mother of Dr. Richard C. Warren and Mrs. F.D. Smith of Ithaca. Page 28 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1915 Smiley Sarah 82 12/04/1915 1915 1915 1915 Dahmen True Hayden Gustave Josephine Ward 65 62 54 12/05/1915 12/05/1915 12/05/1915 12/06/1915 12/06/1915 12/07/1915 1915 Moore Florence 48 12/06/1915 12/07/1915 1915 Rankin George S. 69 12/06/1915 12/07/1915 1915 Crowley John 85 12/07/1915 12/09/1915 1915 1915 Beers Clapp William R. Mary E. 77 76 12/09/1915 12/09/1915 12/10/1915 12/10/1915 1915 Hillick Alvah B. 53 12/09/1915 12/10/1915 1915 Ellis Julia A. 62 12/10/1915 12/10/1915 1915 Leary Charles 59 12/11/1915 1915 Moore Mary A. 12/11/1915 12/13/1915 Bronchial Pneumonia 12/13/1915 1915 1915 Ross Maughan Mary E. Clare 57 4 12/11/1915 12/11/1915 12/13/1915 12/14/1915 Mumps Welch Luther 70 12/13/1915 12/16/1915 1915 Sipos John 3 12/14/1915 1915 Davis Ida T. 38 12/14/1915 12/14/1915 Bronchial Pneumonia 12/15/1915 1915 Title Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Notice Date Cause of Death 12/06/1915 Notes Died at Freeville; formerly of Lansing. Maiden name was Sarah Luce; daughter of Israel Luce Widowed by death of first husband, Peter Bush, then married Mr. Smiley. Widow of Charles R. True. Died in Syracuse hospital. Had been employed at Corona Typewriter Co. in Groton. Died at a Syracuse hospital. Formerly of Ithaca; daughter of Eliza Bercey of Ithaca. Conducted crockery business in Ithaca for over 40 years. Well-known businessman and church work. Married in 1876 to former Sarah Atwater. See story p. 3 of 12/7/15 Ithaca Journal. Died in Moravia. Born in Ireland. Came to U.S. as a young boy; moved to Moravia 45 years ago. Father of Rev. Hugh Crowley of Groton; formerly of Ithaca. Prominent resident of Danby. Mother of L.A. Clapp, proprietor of The Weekly Ithacan. Died following a long illness. Treasurer of Ithaca Savings Bank. Widower of Clara Bryan, son of Mrs. Frances Hillick. See story on p. 3 of 12/10/15 Ithaca Journal. Mother of A.J. VanBuren of Ithaca. Buried in Waverly. Brother of Carnelius Leary. Died in Brockton, MA; widow of Frederick Moore. Buried in City Cemetery, Ithaca. Survived by husband B.W. Ross. Died at home in Pittsburgh. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Maughan; buried in Trumansburg. Died at Robinson Hollow; buried in Caroline. Survived by husband. Son of Alexander and Mary Sipos. Died at Lansing; wife of William E. Davis. Page 29 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1915 Baker Eva M. 56 12/14/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Goodrich Stevens Bruce Carns Clara Covert Lucy M. Robert Martha B. 81 77 33 12/14/1915 12/16/1915 12/16/1915 12/16/1915 12/17/1915 12/16/1915 12/17/1915 Appendicitis 12/17/1915 1915 Sorenson Elnar 27 12/16/1915 12/17/1915 1915 Bundy Frank 51 12/17/1915 Bower Charles A. 76 12/17/1915 12/17/1915 Typhoid Fever 12/18/1915 Dean Luella 1915 Title Mrs. 1915 Notice Date Cause of Death 12/16/1915 12/18/1915 12/18/1915 Pneumonia (notice) 1915 Holden Fox 66 12/18/1915 12/18/1915 Cerebral Hemorrhage 1915 1915 King Zwilling Herman Henry Victor 80 45 12/18/1915 12/18/1915 1915 Hall Clayton 12/18/1915 12/18/1915 Bright's Disease 12/20/1915 Patch Butts Elizabeth Emmett Tompkins Banfield Paine Alice John James Lewis (Mazie Madeline) 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Dr. Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 12/18/1915 78 86 39 12/18/1915 12/19/1915 12/20/1915 12/22/1915 12/23/1915 Notes Sister of Clarence Baker; buried in Coddington Rd. cemetery. Died at Caroline; widow of Levi Goodrich. Widow of Smith Stevens. Died following surgery; had lived in Groton. Died following surgery at Homeopathic Hospital in Newark, NJ. Was proprietor of the Fountain House, Slaterville Springs. Survived by brother Lyman B. Carns of Philadelphia. Died at County Tuberculosis Hospital. Survived by wife, former Cora Johnson, and a baby daughter. Had lived in Slaterville. Died at North Lansing; widow of Charles A. Bower, well-known farmer and a Republican county committeman. Died at Patterson, NJ. Formerly of Krums Corners. Buried in Trumansburg. Died in North Lansing. Former principal of Ithaca High School; member of State Assembly, vice president of First National Bank of Genoa. See story p.2 of 12/18/15 Ithaca Journal. Came to Ithaca in May 1915; operated a shoe store. Survived by wife, Annie. Died and was buried at Colorado Springs, CO. 12/20/1915 Had lived in Speedsville. 12/20/1915 Auto Accident Died in Atlanta, GA; son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Butts of Dryden. Was veterinary surgeon and 1911 Cornell U. graduate. 12/21/1915 Apoplexy 12/22/1915 Brother of H.P. Banfield of Ithaca. 12/24/1915 Killed when one section of a Lackawanna train crashed into anothr section, near Delaware Water Gap. She was a designer for a New York clothing firm, coming home for Christmas holidays. Daughter of Nannie Jones of Ithaca. See story on p. 3 of 12/24/15 Ithaca Journal. Page 30 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1915 Chapman Helen 21 12/26/1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 Dans Seamon Brannigan Smith Sullivan Adeline L. Almira Michael Jemima Annette 1915 Page 1915 78 66 12/26/1915 12/28/1915 12/29/1915 (notice) 12/29/1915 12/29/1915 12/31/1915 12/28/1915 12/29/1915 12/30/1915 12/30/1915 Adelbert 70 12/30/1915 12/30/1915 Shock Kimple Nelson 76 12/30/1915 12/31/1915 1915 1915 1915 Bogart Preswick Treman Fred J. Marian Ebenezer Mack 67 80 65 12/31/1915 12/31/1915 12/31/1915 12/31/1915 01/03/1916 01/03/1916 1915 1916 1916 Fox Bush Halliday Wilbur F. Joan Jane Leonard 80 12/31/1915 01/01/1916 01/01/1916 21/31/1915 01/03/1916 01/03/1916 1916 1916 Wood Hopkins Hiram Fay 01/02/1916 01/03/1916 01/04/1916 01/17/1916 Murdered 1916 1916 Hazen Murray Jacob C. Anna 71 75 01/05/1916 01/05/1916 01/05/1916 01/05/1916 1916 1916 1916 Frazier Linderberry Pearson Charles Wentworth Celia B. 76 57 01/05/1916 01/05/1916 01/05/1916 01/06/1916 Pneumonia 01/06/1916 01/06/1916 updated 06/24/2010 infant 66 Notice Date Cause of Death 12/29/1915 63 Notes Died at Colorado Springs. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Chapman of Groton. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B.O.Dans. Wife of William Seaman. Buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Died at family residence where she lived her entire life. Member, Jacksonville Methodist Church. Died at home near Peruville. See p. 7 of 12/30/15 Ithaca Journal. Died from complications from a fall; had lived in Groton. Well-known contractor and alderman. Wife of Joseph J. Preswick. Prominent businessman and patron of music and literature. Survived by wife, former Isabelle M. Clinton. Cousin Charles E. and Robert H. Treman. See p. 5 of 1/3/16 Ithaca Journal. Daughter of the late Robert Bush. Widow of Samuel Halliday, lawyer, assemblyman and Cornell trustee. See p. 5 of 1/3/16 Ithaca Journal. Had suffered a shock. Died at McLean. Killed by Mexican bandit at his ranch in Calexico, CA. Was cousin of Don Hopkins, Tompkins County Grange Treasurer and cousin of Mrs. William T. Vann of Jacksonville. See story on p. 7 of 1/17/16 Ithaca Journal. First Catholic baptised in Ithaca. See p. 6 of 1/7/16 Ithaca Journal. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Murray. Died at Krum's Corners. Buried in Inlet Valley Cemetery. Wife of Charles Pearson. Daughter of Mrs. Mary Collins. Page 31 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 01/08/1916 1916 Unckles Henry W. 1916 1916 Cesana Dusenbury Julia B. Edwin 63 01/05/1916 01/06/1916 Galligher Guy Byron 55 01/06/1916 01/07/1916 1916 Burba W. R. 01/07/1916 01/07/1916 1916 Young Levi 79 01/07/1916 01/08/1916 1916 1916 Ellis Boynton Letha Barbara 17mos 19 01/08/1916 01/09/1916 01/08/1916 01/10/1916 1916 1916 Chaffee McAllaster Harvey L. David 64 01/09/1916 01/10/1916 01/10/1916 01/10/1916 01/05/1916 01/10/1916 01/06/1916 (notice) 1916 Dr. (notice) 1916 1916 1916 1916 Breck Savercool Van Patten Cummings Lydia E. Rachel Margaret E. Margaret E. 5 days 68 76 01/10/1916 01/10/1916 01/10/1916 01/10/1916 1916 Denham Ella Gould 63 01/11/1916 01/10/1916 01/10/1916 01/11/1916 01/12/1916 01/11/1916 Pneumonia Notes Died in Buffalo; graduate of Cornell, class of 1910. Married Olive Smith of Ithaca October 27, 1915. Widow of William K. Cesana. Died in Colorado. Former resident of Dryden. Buried in Burdett. Former pastor of First Methodist Church in Ithaca. Present pastor of West Genesee St. Church in Syracuse. Husband of Sallie Kolter Galligher. See article on p. 7 of 1/7/16 Ithaca Journal. Died in Louisville, KY. Father of Mrs. W.R. Ogden and J.F. Burba of Ithaca. Civil War veteran., Company E, 64th Regiment. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ellis. Died in Cornell Infirmary. Daughter of Dr. F.D. Boynton, Superintendent of Ithaca Schools. Was a Cornell student, class of 1917. See story on p. 3 of 1/10/16 Ithaca Journal. Died at King City, MO. Son of Captain B.R. McAllaster. Former resident of Newfield. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace H. Breck. Died in Newfield; wife of William Savercool. Wife of Samuel R. Mother of Edgar Cummings; widow of Augustus Cummings. Died in Duluth, MN. Former resident of Ithaca. (notice) 1916 Diffin James 50 01/11/1916 01/11/1916 Heart Trouble (notice) 1916 1916 1916 Rudy Swan Letts Henry Nelson John 80 79 86 01/11/1916 01/11/1916 01/11/1916 1916 Mitchell Harriet 79 01/13/1916 01/11/1916 01/11/1916 01/12/1916 01/13/1916 (notice) 1916 Mrs. Rose updated 06/24/2010 Harrison 77 01/13/1916 01/13/1916 Died at Trumansburg. Civil War verteran, Sydney Post, G.A.R., Company D, 137th Regiment, NY Volunteers. Died in Anderson, IN, formerly of Ludlowville. Wife of George Mitchell. Died at Trumbull's Corners; survived by husband. Page 32 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 Hutchinson William Herbert 53 01/13/1916 1916 1916 1916 Nagle Armstrong Evans Julia Reed Evan Evan D. 1916 Korts Mary Jane 59 01/14/1916 1916 1916 Thompson Farmer Priscilla William 78 54 01/14/1916 01/14/1916 75 69 01/15/1916 01/15/1916 Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 01/14/1916 The Grip and Fell in bathtub. Died in Utica. Formerly pastor of Fall St. John's Episcopal Church in Ithaca. See story on p. 3 of 1/14/16 Ithaca Journal. 01/14/1916 Wife of James Reed. 01/15/1916 Pneumonia Died at Pittston Hospital. 01/15/1916 Heart Trouble Died in Erie, PA. Formerly of Ithaca; buried in Lake View Cemetery. 01/15/1916 Widow of Howard Korts; mother of Sadie Korts. 01/13/1916 01/13/1916 01/14/1916 01/15/1916 01/25/1916 01/15/1916 Died at Howard City, MI. Son of Mrs. Charles Buckbee of Ithaca. 01/15/1916 Died in Washington, D.C. Well-known here. 01/15/1916 Died in Albany. Father of Harry Stutz and Mrs. George Rogalsky of Ithaca. 01/17/1916 Heart Trouble Died in Trumansburg. 76 80 76 80 01/15/1916 01/16/1916 01/16/1916 01/16/1916 01/16/1916 01/16/1916 01/17/1916 01/17/1916 01/17/1916 01/17/1916 01/18/1916 01/22/1916 Holden 79 01/16/1916 01/25/1916 Carr James M. 57 01/17/1916 01/17/1916 Drowning 1916 1916 1916 1916 Feehan Lincoln Robinson Sincerbeaux Anna Eugene Pauline Leonard 52 80+ 22mos 72 01/17/1916 01/17/1916 01/17/1916 01/17/1916 1916 1916 Smith Morton John Wesley Mark 76 01/17/1916 01/18/1916 1916 Brown Almira 75 01/18/1916 1916 1916 Rev. Corby Stutz I.C. G. Frederick 1916 Mrs. Douglas Charles Nixon Atwater Hopkins Wolcott Beach Wolcott John A. Manning M.M.B. George W. Holden George 68 1916 Beach 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 Mrs. Mrs. Had lived in Turmansburg. Died at Trumansburg. See detailed obituary: 1/22/16 Ithaca Journal. Died near Newfield. Had held several offices in Town of Caroline; Civil War veteran, Co.G, 32nd New York Regiment. Lifelong resident of Newfield. Husband of Flora Dassance. Civil War veteran. See obiturary on p. 7 of 1/25/16 Ithaca Journal. Drowned in Six Mile Creek. Had been missing since 1/12/16. See story on p. 3 of 1/17/16 Ithaca Journal. See also p. 7 of 2/12/16 Ithaca Journal "Sues City for $5,000…" (notice) 01/18/1916 01/18/1916 01/18/1916 01/18/1916 Hardening of Arteries 01/18/1916 Stroke 01/18/1916 (notice) updated 06/24/2010 01/18/1916 Wife of Henry Feehan. Died in Nubia. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Robinson. Died in Groton. Husband of Algenette Bakus Sincerbeaux. Died in Lansing. Died at Syracuse. Formerly of Groton. Buried in Groton. Wife of Newton Brown. Page 33 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Age Death Date Adelia A. 78 01/18/1916 Barnaby John E. 78 01/18/1916 01/24/1916 Fire 1916 1916 Smith Norman Flora May Anna 47 01/19/1916 01/20/1916 01/20/1916 01/20/1916 Wife of James H. Smith. Died in New York City. Former Ithacan. Sister of Patrick Norman of Ithaca. Burial in Trumansburg. 1916 Ferguson William 8 01/21/1916 01/21/1916 Fall 1916 Marshall Asa 35 01/21/1916 01/21/1916 Died from injuries suffered in a fall from a window. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Ferguson. Brother of Phillip Ferguson. Died in Interlaken; brother of Ithaca Police Chief William Marshall. Died in Besemer. Widow of Elisha Sloughter. Died at Groton. Died at South Lansing; son of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Rusicka. Died in Interlaken. Survived by husband, Robert. 1916 1916 Captain Surname Name Vorhis Notice Date Cause of Death 01/19/1916 1916 1916 1916 Mrs. Sloughter Fuller Rusicka Frances J. Archie Louis S. 74 46 10 01/21/1916 01/21/1916 01/21/1916 01/21/1916 01/22/1916 01/22/1916 1916 Mrs. Bell Robert 64 01/21/1916 1916 Harty Sarah 99 01/22/1916 01/24/1916 Bright's Disease 01/22/1916 1916 Pennington Howard Carlyle 39 01/22/1916 01/22/1916 1916 Bishop James A. 77 01/22/1916 01/24/1916 1916 Bouton DeWitt C. 79 01/22/1916 01/24/1916 1916 Paird infant 01/23/1916 01/24/1916 1916 Sweedler Mary 10 01/23/1916 01/24/1916 1916 1916 Tako Long Mary Albert Buchanan 19 days 28 01/23/1916 01/23/1916 01/24/1916 01/24/1916 Pneumonia updated 06/24/2010 Notes Buried in Danby Rural Cemetery. Survived by son Oscar Vorhis. Burned to death in rooming house fire in Schnectady along with two daughters. Was a Civil War veteran. Had worked for a flour and feed firm in Ithaca beore moving to Masonville. See story on p. 3 of 1/24/16 Ithaca Journal. Widow of Jacob Harty.Devoted life to religion. See story and photo on p. 3 of 1/22/16 Ithaca Journal. Buried in King Cemetery. Died after one year illness. Husband of Lillian Pennington. Was a popular headwaiter at the Ithaca Hotel. Engineer of steamboats on Cayuga Lake. See story on p. 3 of 1/24/16 Ithaca Journal. Former Ithacan. Died in Buffalo on his 79th birthday. Practiced law in Tompkins County; later associated with the Ithaca Journal. See p.3 of 1/24/16 Ithaca Journal. Died in Interlaken. Born 1/9/16; weighed 2 lbs. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Paird. Heart Trouble No parents names given. Daughter of John and Marie Tako. Died in Lewiston, PA. Graduate of College of Law, 1911. Well-known here. Page 34 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 01/24/1916 01/25/1916 Pneumonia 1916 1916 Emery Patch Catherine Horace 83 01/24/1916 (notice) 01/24/1916 1916 Beebe Freeman C. 66 01/24/1916 01/27/1916 1916 Mizener Mary 70 01/25/1916 01/27/1916 Fall 1916 Roseman Isadore 21 01/26/1916 01/26/1916 1916 Rounseville William 64 01/26/1916 01/26/1916 1916 Chaffee Fuller 11 01/26/1916 1916 1916 Genung Teeter Jay Jerome 82 73 01/26/1916 01/26/1916 01/27/1916 Malignant Jaundice 01/27/1916 01/28/1916 Throat Hemorrhage Pratt C.C. 72 01/27/1916 01/28/1916 1916 Ross James H. 01/27/1916 01/29/1916 Pneumonia 1916 1916 Potter Van Order Fred S. Mary A. 31 66 01/29/1916 01/29/1916 01/29/1916 01/29/1916 1916 Allen William A. 48 01/29/1916 01/31/1916 Heart Trouble Was invalid; son of late Prof. William Allen. 1916 Barton Gertrude 01/29/1916 01/31/1916 Formerly of Syracuse. Buried in Hayt's Cemetery. Ross James H. 01/29/1916 01/31/1916 Pneumonia 1916 1916 1916 1916 Sabin Smith Grover Patterson Maranda J. Reed Mary A. Ella Heatherington 76 78 60 01/31/1916 01/31/1916 01/31/1916 01/31/1916 01/31/1916 01/31/1916 02/01/1916 02/01/1916 Died, 2 days of death of husband, in Auburn. Formerly Miriam Steenburg of Ithaca. See story on p. 3 of 1/31/16 Ithaca Journal. Wife of Jefferson L. Sabin. 1916 Rolfe Jenett 58 01/31/1916 02/01/1916 (notice) 1916 1916 Colonel Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died at Detroit. Buried in City Cemetery. Born in Caroline; survived by daughter, Mrs. O.H. Wright of Ithaca. Former Ithacan. Who at one time operated a barber shop here. Civil War veteran. Died from complications from recent fall in Interlaken. Widow of George Mizener. Killed in the European War while fighting in the German Army. Sisters lived in Ithaca: Mrs. David Finklestein, Miss Bertha Roseman; also brother Bernard Roseman. See story on p. 7 of 1/26/16 Ithaca Journal. Died in Cortland; former resident of Caroline. Member of Masonic Lodge, Slaterville. Died at Etna. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chaffee. Died at Kennedy's Corners. Civil War veteran. Died in Binghamton; father of Mrs. Louis P. Smith of Ithaca. Was prominent in state and national politics for the Republican Party. See story on p. 7 of 1/28/16 Ithaca Journal. Died in Auburn; formerly of Ithaca. Was a mail carrier in Auburn. Mother of Albert Van Order and Mrs. Fred Carter. Widow of Anson Grover. Lifelong resident of Newfield. Wife of Augustus Patterson. Page 35 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 Mrs. Clock Ezela 78 02/01/1916 1916 Colonel Clark Uri 79 02/03/1916 02/03/1916 1916 Ross Charles H. 38 02/03/1916 02/04/1916 1916 1916 Hanford Corwin Helen Dudley G. 80 02/04/1916 02/04/1916 02/05/1916 02/07/1916 1916 1916 Sinn Dillon Charles W. Harry 69 49 02/05/1916 02/05/1916 02/05/1916 02/07/1916 1916 1916 Nickerson Townley Mary A. Ellen Maria Childs 57 78 02/06/1916 02/06/1916 02/07/1916 02/07/1916 1916 1916 Cole Fowler Mary C. Elizabeth 47 02/07/1916 02/07/1916 02/08/1916 02/09/1916 1916 Smith Harrison 02/07/1916 02/10/1916 1916 1916 1916 Smith Terpenning Lormer Charles Carroll Harriet Charles 02/09/1916 (notice) 02/09/1916 02/09/1916 02/09/1916 02/10/1916 02/10/1916 1916 Hunter Edgar 02/10/1916 02/12/1916 1916 1916 Whitley Johnson Warren Katherine A. 81 42 02/11/1916 02/11/1916 02/11/1916 02/12/1916 1916 Austin William 70 02/11/1916 02/14/1916 1916 1916 Heffron Kemp John George 55 86 02/12/1916 02/12/1916 02/12/1916 02/14/1916 updated 06/24/2010 3 wks 68 75 Notice Date Cause of Death 02/02/1916 Notes Mother of Mrs. Simon Roe of Brookton. Buried in Cooper Cemetery. Heart Trouble Born in Danby; was well-known businessman, skilled silversmith, veteran of Civil War. Widower of Hattie Patterson. See story on p. 3 of 2/3/16 Ithaca Journal. Pneumonia Died at Auburn Hospital. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ross who died earlier this week of pneumonia. See p. 3 of 2/4/16 Ithaca Journal. Wife of Jasper Hanford. Suicide by Prominent Cortland contractor. Father of Charles Shooting D. Corwin, Cornell Instructor. See story p. 2 of 2/7/16 Ithaca Journal. Bronchitis Died in Cortland; brother of William Dillon of Ithaca. Was a well-known vaudeville performer and songwriter. See story p. 3 of 2/7/16 Ithaca Journal. Wife of John J. Nickerson. Heart Trouble Died in Groton. Wife of R. A. Townley. Died in Detroit; buried in Trumansburg. Wife of Fred T. Fowler. Sister of A.C. North of Ithaca. Died at King Ferry from injuries when thrown from his buggy. Civil War veteran, member of Cowan's Battery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Smith. Died at Dryden. Died in Dryden on his 75th birthday. Was youngest of 12 children. Died in Chicago; brother-in-law of Mrs. C.E. Stevens of Ithaca. Buried in Burdett family plot. Wife of James E. Johnson, proprietor of Manhattan Hotel in Syracuse. Died at Detroit, MI; buried in Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg. Son of Mary Heffron. Died at Newfield. Page 36 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Mrs. Russell Taggart VanDeMark C.M. Margaret Leroy 71 72 02/12/1916 02/14/1916 02/14/1916 Knettles Cassie 63 02/15/1916 Died at Newfield. Died at Newfield; buried in Cutter Cemetery. Died in Dryden; wife of Leroy VanDeMark who survives. 02/15/1916 Heart Trouble Wife of S.B. Knettles. 1916 1916 Holmes Wesley Sanford 65 02/15/1916 02/16/1916 Well-known Ithacan, Superintendent of Williams Brothers Foundry and Machine Shop. See story p. 3 of 2/16/16 Ithaca Journal. Hopkins Byrum Nelson Elizabeth 76 71 02/15/1916 02/15/1916 02/16/1916 02/17/1916 1916 1916 1916 Frank Riddle Allen Josephine I. Samuel R. Bertha Louise 43 02/16/1916 02/17/1916 (notice) 02/17/1916 02/16/1916 02/17/1916 02/17/1916 1916 Sutfin John 68 02/17/1916 02/17/1916 Died at Groton. Died in Enfield; wife of Roderick Byrum who survives. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Frank. Buried in Trumansburg Cemetery. Died in Trumansburg. Sister of Charles and Alfred Allen; daughter of Mary Allen. Died at Dusenberry Hollow; buried at Willow Glen. 1916 Danser Harry Root 20 02/18/1916 02/19/1916 1916 Jackson Charles 02/19/1916 02/19/1916 1916 1916 1916 Emmons Hunter Davis Ann Louise William H. 80 73 02/19/1916 02/20/1916 02/21/1916 02/25/1916 02/23/1916 02/21/1916 1916 Howard Hannah Gage 70 02/21/1916 02/22/1916 1916 Conant Rufus Leander 88 02/23/1916 02/24/1916 1916 Reidy John 87 02/23/1916 1916 Taylor James H. 02/24/1916 Hardening of Was an immigrant from County Kerry, Ireland. Arteries Owned many East Hill properties. 02/24/1916 Died following a long illness. Husband of Hester A. Taylor who survives. Was a steward at D.K.E. Fraternity House. See obituary p.3 of 2/26/16 Ithaca Journal. 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 Mrs. Mrs. 2 mos Notice Date Cause of Death 02/14/1916 02/14/1916 02/15/1916 Pneumonia (notice) updated 06/24/2010 02/23/1916 Notes Died in explosion at benzol Recovery plant near Syracuse. Was a Cornell student from Skaneatles. See story p.5 of 2/19/16 Ithaca Journal. Died at Meany Sanatorium after one year illness. Born in Danby; employee of Ithaca Gun Works. Buried in King Cemetery. Buried in Lansingville. Died at Trumansburg. Died at Lambertville, NJ. Brother of Mrs. Nelson Lyon of Ludlowville. Born in Brackney, PA. Widow of Leonard Gage. After his death in 1914, she married Rev. L.P. Howard who survives her. Buried in Danby Rural Cemetery. Died in Groton after illness of several months. Page 37 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 1916 Tyler Allen Richard Emily Culver 58 68 02/23/1916 02/23/1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 Elyea Allen Cornell Hollister Frances Rueben Jesse Frank 73 77 66 69 02/24/1916 02/24/1916 02/24/1916 02/24/1916 02/24/1916 02/25/1916 02/25/1916 02/25/1916 1916 1916 Close Hall Orson W. Hannah 64 93 02/25/1916 02/25/1916 02/26/1916 02/26/1916 1916 1916 Monk Casterline George W. Louisa 68 99 02/26/1916 02/28/1916 02/26/1916 03/01/1916 1916 Walker Mary A. 02/28/1916 03/01/1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 Donovan Ewers Carr Whitcomb Peter Alvah Keziah R. Seymour A. 69 88 89 94 03/01/1916 (notice) 03/01/1916 03/03/1916 03/04/1916 03/01/1916 03/01/1916 03/03/1916 03/10/1916 1916 Mazza Raffaele 74 03/06/1916 03/06/1916 1916 1916 Storm Perkins Frederick Stewart Charles 84 4 days 03/06/1916 03/07/1916 03/06/1916 03/08/1916 1916 Austin Gertrude Manning 03/07/1916 03/09/1916 Sweetland John 53 03/07/1916 Brown Hamilton Jacob E. Charles Henry 82 51 03/08/1916 03/08/1916 03/09/1916 Auto Accident Died in Constantine, MI; formerly of and buried in Dryden. Son of George J. Sweetland of Dryden. See story p.3 of 3/9/16 and p. 9 of 3/16/16 Ithaca Journal. 03/08/1916 Died at Peruville. 03/09/1916 Accident Died of injuries after cave-in of sand and rock where he was digging at Cornell Heights. Husband of Former Lulu Mix. See story on p. 7 of 3/9/16 Ithaca Journal. Buried in Lake View Cemetery. 1916 1916 1916 Title Mrs. Dr. updated 06/24/2010 Notice Date Cause of Death 02/24/1916 Pneumonia 02/25/1916 Notes Was a cattle breeder; lived near Dryden. Died in Trumansburg; wife of Ephraim S. Allen. Died in Danby; buried in King Cemetery. Died in Trumansburg. Buried in Snyder Hill Cemetery. Died near Slaterville. Buried in Willow Glen Cemetery. Died in Trumansburg. Widow of William Henry Hall. Daughter of Ebenezer Mack, founder of The Journal. See story on p. 3 of 2/26/16 Ithaca Journal. Oldest member of the Aurora Street Methodist Church. Buried in Hayts Cemetery. Died at Ludlowville; buried in Ithaca Ciry Cemetery. Died at Wichita, KS; formerly of Ithaca. Died at Etna; buried at Willow Glen. Buried in Willow Glen Cemetery. Formerly of Ithaca; died at home of daughter, Mrs. Hattie Snyder, in Spencer. Buried at Thurston, NY. Heart Husband of Giovanna; born in Italy. Buried in Disease Calvary Cemetery. Died at Lansingville. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold C.. Perkins. Buried in Fulton. Tuberculosis Died in Binghamton; formerly of Dryden. Page 38 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 Powers 1916 Notice Date Cause of Death 03/09/1916 Harriet A. 84 03/09/1916 Casey Simon 89 03/09/1916 03/09/1916 1916 Perrine August F. 40 03/09/1916 03/09/1916 1916 1916 Todd Hendricks Libbie B. Theodore 81 66 03/09/1916 03/09/1916 03/09/1916 03/11/1916 Heart Disease 1916 McNamara Michael 03/10/1916 03/10/1916 1916 1916 1916 Hicks Tanner Work Alvah Albert John Stewart 03/10/1916 03/10/1916 03/10/1916 03/11/1916 Pneumonia 03/11/1916 Pneumonia 03/11/1916 Pneumonia Haywood N.J. 03/10/1916 03/14/1916 Pneumonia 1916 Caley Clara J. 39 03/11/1916 03/13/1916 1916 1916 1916 Ozmun Griffin Spencer William A. Catherine Eva 64 60 03/11/1916 03/13/1916 03/14/1916 03/13/1916 03/14/1916 Bronchitis 03/15/1916 1916 Stevens Frederick C. 64 03/14/1916 03/15/1916 Apoplexy Wiggins Ayers Irvin Sarah E. 55 44 03/14/1916 03/15/1916 03/15/1916 Stroke 03/15/1916 1916 Scribner Gertrude 03/15/1916 03/17/1916 1916 Corey Jesse G. (notice) 1916 1916 1916 Mrs. Mrs. 73 77 69 03/16/1916 03/16/1916 (notice) 1916 Justis updated 06/24/2010 Charles H. 81 03/16/1916 03/17/1916 Notes Died in Springport, MI; formerly of Danby. Widow William E. Powers. Mother of Mrs. O.L. Dean of Ithaca. Formerly of and buried in Susquehanna. Resident of Ithaca for 4 years. Father of Mrs. Maurice Roche of Ithaca. Buried in Johnson City. Proprietor of Perrine Studios. Found dead in barn, owned by Clarence Carman, where he had been working in Mecklenburg. Former employee of Lehigh Valley Railroad. Husband of Ellen. Died in Groton. Died in Groton. Cornell sophmore, son of Rev. Edgar Work of New York City. Died in New York City. Mother of Clark N. Haywood of Ithaca. Wife of Edward Caley; buried in East Lansing. Died at North Lansing. Died at Saratoga. Mother of Frank Spencer of Ithaca. Died at home in Attica. Well-known; former State Superintendent of Public Works and Cornell University trustee. See story p. 7 of 3/15/16 Ithaca Journal. Died after a two year illness in Interlaken. Wife of A.C. Ayers; daughter of James P. Goff of Enfield Falls. Was an invalid, formerly of Ithaca. Died at West Orange, NJ. Her family was prominent in Ithaca, both in the community and in the Congregational Church. See story on p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 3/17/16. Died in Town of Venice. Was postmaster in Ledyard during President Cleveland's term. Died at Ludlowville. Was at one time a Philadelphia bank note engraver. Page 39 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 1916 Oltz Anderson 1916 1916 Notice Date Cause of Death 03/17/1916 03/18/1916 Elizabeth Elizabeth 78 03/17/1916 03/18/1916 Mettler Margaret 38 03/18/1916 03/20/1916 Hopkins Lena Newton 44 03/19/1916 03/20/1916 Marsh Aaron 82 03/19/1916 03/24/1916 1916 Tubbs Gameliel 89 03/19/1916 03/24/1916 1916 1916 Wooley Tallmadge Georgiana Louis H. 55 03/19/1916 03/20/1916 03/24/1916 03/20/1916 1916 Tallmadge Richard 1916 1916 Cochran Williams Elizabeth Lafayette Clarke James 1916 Starks Evaline M. 1916 1916 Bulkley Rich Aaron Tracy G. (notice) 1916 Mrs. (notice) 03/20/1916 03/20/1916 (notice) 1916 Mrs. 67 81 03/20/1916 03/20/1916 03/20/1916 03/20/1916 03/21/1916 03/21/1916 Pneumonia 85 03/21/1916 03/21/1916 52 03/21/1916 03/22/1916 03/24/1916 03/22/1916 (notice) 1916 1916 Letts Bundy Maggie Harlow E. 57 03/22/1916 03/22/1916 03/22/1916 03/23/1916 1916 Walter Martha 86 03/22/1916 03/24/1916 1916 Stewart Hiley 64 03/23/1916 03/23/1916 updated 06/24/2010 Notes Buried in King Cemetery. Well-known to many Ithacans; former Miss Lizzie Andrus. Died at Boston. Died following lingering illness, in Myers. Buried at Phillipsburg, N.J. Died at Locke; formerly of Groton. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Newton. Died after short illness in Richford. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Died at Richford Hotel in Richford. One of the oldest residents in Richford, would have been 90 on 4/5/16. Had lived at Tubbs Hill; widower of former Pamela D. Burley. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Had lived at Lansing. Died at Saskatchewan, Canada. Former Groton resident; brother of E.S. Tallmadge of West Groton. Died in Cooperstown, South Dakota. Former West Groton resident; grandson of E.S. Tallmadge of West Groton. Buried at Covington, PA. Father of Mrs. W.S. Hunt of Ithaca. Buried in Catatonk. Died near Ludlowville; survived by husband, children and sister. Died near Asbury Church; buried in Peruville Cemetery. Lived in Binghamton; spent his summers in Slaterville. Wife of George W. Letts. Had lived in Endicott; spent summers in Slaterville Springs. Died at Willow Creek; wife of Barnett Walter. Formerly of Strasburg, PA. Died at Varna. Page 40 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Lynch James 49 03/23/1916 Rumsey Ralph 20 03/23/1916 03/25/1916 Tubbs William 61 03/23/1916 03/25/1916 Rogers J.H. 03/24/1916 03/30/1916 1916 Hatch Clara L. 79 03/25/1916 03/25/1916 1916 Conlon Mary C. 51 03/26/1916 03/27/1916 1916 Havens Minnie 51 03/27/1916 03/28/1916 1916 Barnard David J. 74 03/28/1916 03/28/1916 Brown J.W. 62 03/28/1916 03/28/1916 Manning Edward C. 32 03/28/1916 03/29/1916 1916 1916 Mrs. 1916 1916 1916 Rev. Mrs. 1916 Notice Date Cause of Death 03/24/1916 1916 Mrs. Maynard Edward 77 03/28/1916 04/03/1916 Heart Disease and Pneumnoia 1916 Mrs. Van Buskirk John 90 03/29/1916 03/30/1916 1916 1916 Brown Gillam Mary Joe 03/30/1916 03/30/1916 03/31/1916 03/31/1916 Drowning 1916 Lovell Alice 49 03/30/1916 03/31/1916 1916 Naylor Rayfield 17 03/30/1916 03/31/1916 Drowning updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died following a long illness. He was Ithaca Postmaster; prominent in business and political affairs. Survived by his widow, former Mary Herson and brothers Frank and John. See story on p. 3 of 3/24/16 and 3/27/16 Ithaca Journal. Survived by mother and husband; buried at Trumbull's Corners Cemetery. Had lived at Enfield; buried in Hayts Cemetery. Died at Oberlin, OH; former resident of Trumansburg. Mother of Mrs. Wilford Wilson of Ithaca. Widow of Rev. Alonzo P. Hatch, Methodist Episcopal Church. Buried at Oregan, ILL. Wife of John J. Conlon; buried at Downsville, NY. Died following surgery. Death notices in 3/27/1916 and 3/28/1916. Died at Trumansburg; buried in Hayts Cemetery. Civil War veteran, 109th Regiment, New York Volunteers. Buried in Hayts Cemetery. Wife of Dr. J. Watson Brown. Daughter of Mrs. Anna Booth of San Francisco. Died at Trumansburg; son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Manning. Buried in Grove Cemetery. Died in Caroline; former Louise Perry burial at Central Chapel. Died in Jacksonville following 2 week illness. Oldest resident of Jacksonville. Was a resident of Slaterville. Canoe capsized, with his friend, Rayfield Naylor, at Seneca Lake Harbor, at Geneva. Gillam was fromGeneva. See story on p.3 of 3/31/16 Ithaca Journal. Widow of Fred Lovell; mother of Mrs. C.E. French. Buried in Lake View Cemetery. Canoe capsized in Seneca Lake Harbor, at Geneva. Son of Edwin Naylor of Ithaca. See story on p. 3 of 3/31/16 Ithaca Journal. Page 41 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 Miller Thomas Grant 65 03/31/1916 1916 Dodd-Brown Mary 65 03/31/1916 04/01/1916 1916 Murphy G.M. 03/31/1916 04/01/1916 1916 Nelson Ralph C. 26 04/01/1916 04/01/1916 Suicide 1916 Mulvey Mary 82 04/01/1916 04/03/1916 Todd E.F. 65 04/01/1916 04/03/1916 Bright's Disease 1916 Van Kirk Oliver P. 76 04/01/1916 04/03/1916 1916 1916 1916 Gray Cushman Bement Mary C. Lena M. Edward 77 59 04/02/1916 04/03/1916 04/04/1916 04/03/1916 04/04/1916 04/04/1916 Pneumonia 1916 Baker James L. 69 04/04/1916 04/05/1916 Heart Disease and Diptheria 1916 Van Buskirk Phineas 95 04/04/1916 04/05/1916 1916 Seamon Peter 76 04/05/1916 04/04/1916 Churchill Miller Charles Judson 04/05/1916 (notice) 04/05/1916 04/05/1916 04/06/1916 1916 Gray Michael 67 04/06/1916 1916 Lyon Martha 90 04/07/1916 04/07/1916 Typhoid Pneumonia 04/07/1916 1916 1916 1916 Title Mrs. Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Notice Date Cause of Death 03/31/1916 Notes Died following illness of one year, in Boston Hospital. Senior member of T.G. Miller and Sons, paper dealer. Prominent Ithaca businessman. Story on p. 3 of 3/31/16 Ithaca Journal. Information on will on p. 7 of 4/14/16 Ithaca Journal. Had been a resident of Slaterville where she was a housekeeper for the late Moses Bull. She was formerly from West Virginia. Had lived in Romulus; died in Trumansburg at home of brother, John F. Buried in Interlaken. See story on p. 7 of 4/1/16 Ithaca Journal. Buried at Seneca Falls. 60 year resident of Ithaca; survived by son Michael. Died at West Danby. Former Ellen Finette Lewis; widow of Byron Todd of Bath. Buried in West Danby Cemetery. Brother of Leroy and Henrietta; buried in Hayts Cemetery. Buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Well-known accountant in Ithaca. Story on p. 7 of 4/4/16 Ithaca Journal. Was a well-known attorney. See lengthy article on p. 3 of 4/5/16 Ithaca Journal. Died near Newfield. One of oldest Tompkins County residents. Well-known farmer. Died at Freeville; Civil War veteran. Buried at Willow Glen. See obituary on 4/16/16. Death notice in 4/4/1916 and 4/5/1916. Died at Jacksonville; buried in Grove Cemetery in Trumansburg. 50 year resident of Ithaca. Widow of Calvin Lyon. Buried at Five Corners Cemetery. Page 42 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 Stickles Ethel L. 9 04/07/1916 1916 Hoose Charles S. 41 04/07/1916 04/08/1916 1916 Crowley Joseph M. 29 04/08/1916 04/08/1916 Pneumonia 1916 Maloney John 90 04/08/1916 04/08/1916 1916 Sincebaugh Edna Mae 16 mos 04/09/1916 04/10/1916 Tucker W.L. 79 04/09/1916 04/10/1916 Woodelton Johnson Elijah John 64 75 04/09/1916 04/10/1916 04/10/1916 04/10/1916 Intestinal Trouble 1916 Title Mrs. 1916 1916 Notice Date Cause of Death 04/07/1916 Notes Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Stickles. Buried in Hayts Cemetery. Survived by wife, 4 daughters,son, Edgar, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoose. Former employee of Lehigh Valley RR. See also 4/11/16 Ithaca Journal obituary. Formerly a farmer in Jacksonville. Died at Geneva; buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Sincebaugh, sister of Catherine E. Sincebaugh. Died and buried at Mecklenburg. Survived by husband and 4 daughters. Died at Slaterville. Was a carrier at Ithaca Post Office for 27 years. Veteran of Civil War. In late 1860s he became well known after a fall of 150 feet into Fall Creek Gorge, just below the falls. See p. 7 of 4/10/16 Ithaca Journal. Died in Groton. 1916 Mrs. Hall C.W. 65 04/10/1916 1916 Mrs. Leonard Mark 67 04/10/1916 04/11/1916 Heart Disease 04/11/1916 1916 Simons Rose Rothschild 04/10/1916 04/11/1916 Died at New York City; sister of Isaac, Jacob and Daniel and Miss Bella Goldman, all of Ithaca, proprietors of Rothschild Brothers Dept. Store. 1916 1916 Davis Foster Ruby C. Ella L. 83 59 04/11/1916 04/11/1916 04/11/1916 04/12/1916 1916 1916 Knickerbocker Creque Helen Martha 75 76 04/11/1916 04/13/1916 04/14/1916 04/13/1916 1916 Menzie Winifred B. 19 04/13/1916 04/15/1916 Acute Indigestion 1916 Crutts Ellen 77 04/14/1916 04/15/1916 1916 1916 Lamont McWhorter Mary Elisabeth C. Fred 67 04/14/1916 04/14/1916 04/15/1916 04/15/1916 Died at West Danby. Wife of Charles Foster; buried at Willow Glen Cemetery. Died at Binghamton; formerly of Ithaca. Died from effects from shock. Widow of Abram Creque. Had lived at Krum's Corners. Died in Newark, NJ. Formerly of Ithaca; daughter of Officer O.H. Menzie, Ithaca Police Dept. Buried in Calvary Cemetery. Died at Varna. Buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died at Freeville. Died following surgery. Formerly owned grocery store. See story on p. 7 of 4/15/16 Ithaca Journal. updated 06/24/2010 Died at Newfield; buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. Page 43 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name 1916 Brewer Walter S. 1916 Searles Marcus W. 84 04/15/1916 04/17/1916 1916 Terwilliger Margaret 72 04/16/1916 04/17/1916 1916 Perkins Watson 75 04/16/1916 1916 Raub Sarah 73 04/16/1916 1916 Bates Robert 3 04/17/1916 Andrews Charles T. 77 04/17/1916 04/24/1916 Apoplexy 1916 1916 Bradt Schuyler Mary Shaw Nancy Louisa 95 04/18/1916 04/18/1916 04/19/1916 04/19/1916 1916 1916 Yaple Hart Mary E. James Morgan 72 77 04/18/1916 04/18/1916 04/19/1916 04/20/1916 Yaple George 04/18/1916 04/20/1916 1916 Dockstader Frank L. 62 04/19/1916 04/20/1916 1916 Terrry John 66 04/19/1916 04/20/1916 1916 1916 Letts Benson Julia Fraces B. 72 56 04/20/1916 04/20/1916 04/20/1916 04/21/1916 1916 Scott David Craig 04/21/1916 04/22/1916 Suicide 1916 Seamon Elizabeth J. 04/21/1916 04/22/1916 1916 Valentine Laura C. 04/21/1916 04/22/1916 1916 Adams Albert J. 04/22/1916 04/22/1916 1916 1916 Title Mrs. Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Age Death Date 04/14/1916 91 Notice Date Cause of Death 06/20/1916 Notes Former Ithaca resident. No other information given. Died near Ludlowville; was a well-known farmer. Wife of Harrison Terwilliger; buried in Fisher Cemetery. 04/18/1916 Bright's Had been employed by Treman, King and Co. Disease Buried in Lake View Cemetery. 04/25/1916 Died at Indianapolis, IN. Wife of Samuel Raub; buried in Indianapolis. 04/18/1916 Memberanus Son of Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Bates, former Ithacans. Pneumonia Died at South Bend, IN. Formerly of Ithaca. Former school teacher; buried at Hector, NY. Died at Ledyard, Cayuta County. Died following a long illness; wife of Henry C.Schuyler. Buried at Lake View Cemetery. Died at Central Chapel; wife of George. Died at Washington, D.C. Formerly head of English Dept., Cornell University. See story p. 3 of 4/20/16 Ithaca Journal. Died suddenly at Central Chapel, Town of Caroline. Was former Mary Jordan. Wife of George. See story on p. 11 of 4/20/16 Ithaca Journal. Had been ill for a long time; buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died in Trumansburg; father of Mrs. Charles Brewer of Ithaca. Wife of Dennis Letts. Burial Hayts Cemetery. Died at Town of Groton; wife of C. Fay Benson. Died at Newburgh. Prominent lawyer. Despondent over illness. Cornell grad 1897. Widow of James Seamon. Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died at New York City; resident of Ithaca for many years. Buried at East Lawn Cemetery. Died at Willard State Hospital. Well-known stenographer in Ithaca. Page 44 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1916 Mrs. Curtis Charles B. 1916 Prof. Hess Howard Drysdale 1916 LaBarr Andrew J. 1916 Austin Alice 1916 Babcock 1916 1916 Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 04/24/1916 04/22/1916 44 Notes Died at Bay City, MI. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial: City Cemetery. Died unexpectedly in Buffalo where he had gone to consult a specialist. Was Cornell faculty member, Dept. of Machine Design. See p.2, 4/24/16, Ithaca Journal. Died at Dutton, AL; born in Lansing. His father, Ephraim LaBarr, was former Tompkins County sheriff in 1840s. Andrew was veteran of Civil War. 04/22/1916 04/24/1916 04/22/1916 05/05/1916 69 04/23/1916 04/24/1916 Died at Groton; buried in Groton Rural Cemetery. Mary E. 58 04/24/1916 04/24/1916 Fahey William A. 44 04/25/1916 04/26/1916 Died while visiting son in Ithaca. Wife of H.W. Babcock; had lived in Oxford, NY. Well-known Ithaca druggist, businessman. See story, p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 4/26/16; p.3, 4/27/16. Mintz Herschel 20 04/26/1916 04/26/1916 (notice) 1916 1916 1916 Heath Rumsey Southard Amanda Myron Amelia 78 84 04/26/1916 04/26/1916 04/26/1916 04/27/1916 04/27/1916 05/04/1916 1916 1916 Woodlin Boyce Ford Ruth A. 65 43 04/28/1916 05/01/1916 04/28/1916 05/01/1916 1916 Godfrey Edgar 35 05/01/1916 05/01/1916 Appendicitis 1916 1916 1916 1916 Bossard Letts Chater Wallenbeck Charles E. Dennis John J. George 59 82 60 05/02/1916 05/02/1916 05/04/1916 (notice) 05/04/1916 05/03/1916 05/03/1916 05/04/1916 Suicide 05/04/1916 Accident 1916 Snyder Mary E. 58 05/04/1916 05/05/1916 1916 Baker Lucy 81 05/05/1916 05/06/1916 updated 06/24/2010 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mintz of Newark, NJ. Formerly of Ithaca. Had lived in Newfield. Had lived in Newfield. Died at home of niece, Mrs. E.O. Nash of Pueblo, CO. Had lived in Ithaca for 80 years. Had lived in Newfield. Wife of Harry D. Boyce; burial: Quick Cemetery. Died following surgery. Machine shop proprietor. See story on p.3, Ithaca Journal, 5/1/16, also p.8, 5/4/16. Had lived in Enfield. Body found off Esty's Point. Died from injuries after bicycle collided with a car. Was well-known Willow Creek farmer. See story p.3, Ithaca Journal, 5/4/16; obituary on p. 3, 5/8/16. Died at Lansing; wife of J.C. Snyder. Burial: Fisher's Cemetery. Died at Lansing. Page 45 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 McGreevy John 78 05/06/1916 1916 1916 Barnes Goodrich Charity E. Almeda 74 13 05/07/1916 05/07/1916 05/08/1916 05/08/1916 1916 Johnson Mary Louise 05/07/1916 05/08/1916 1916 Lormore Carrie 52 05/07/1916 05/08/1916 Suicide by Poisoning 1916 Medlock Robert, Sr. 65 05/08/1916 05/08/1916 1916 1916 Huddle Sweet Bertha E. John Edson 53 84 05/08/1916 05/08/1916 05/09/1916 05/09/1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 Wheeler Lewis Bedell Breakey Amos Henry J. Mary Elizabeth 91 62 77 74 05/08/1916 05/08/1916 05/09/1916 05/09/1916 05/09/1916 05/13/1916 05/09/1916 05/09/1916 1916 Evans Cleon 6 05/09/1916 05/09/1916 1916 1916 1916 Banfield Congdon DeJoy Eugene Ellen Bell Joseph 67 61 40 05/09/1916 05/09/1916 05/11/1916 05/10/1916 05/10/1916 05/12/1916 Murdered Nichols Freelove 75 05/11/1916 05/12/1916 1916 Wood James E. 78 05/11/1916 05/12/1916 Pneumonia 1916 Ross Kate 81 05/12/1916 05/12/1916 1916 Title Miss updated 06/24/2010 Notice Date Cause of Death 05/08/1916 Notes Prominent Elmira businessman. Former Ithaca resident when McGreevy Construction Co. had offices here. See story p. 5, 5/8/16 Ithaca Journal. Burial: City Cemetery. Suffocated in house fire. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Goodrich. See story on p.3. Ithaca Journal, 5/8/16. also p. 11 on 5/12/16. Died at Clifton Springs Sanitorium. Wife of Chester L. Johnson. Had lived in New York City. Formerly of Ithaca. Died in Dryden; despondent over illness. Wife of James Edward Lormore, prominent farmer. See story p. 3, 5/18/16 Ithaca Journal. Struck by lightning while standing under a tree near Trumansburg. Survived by son, Robert, Jr. Was farmer at Podunk. See story p. 5, 5/8/16 Ithaca Journal. Wife of A.E. Huddle; buried in Interlaken. Died at Syracuse; former professor at Cornell. Was third President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. See story p. 6, 5/9/16 Ithaca Journal. Had lived near Searsburg. Died at Speedsville. Had lived in Newfield. Had been teacher at Central School for 32 years. Survived by brother, William Breakey. Died following surgery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Mott Evans of Reynoldsville. Died at Ellis. Wife of David V. Congdon. Died in Auburn. Former resident of Myers; owned Hotel in Auburn. See story p.3 of 5/12/16 Ithaca Journal. Sister of Mrs.Robert L. Post. Buried in Spencer. Died at Dryden. Buried in soldier's plot, City Cemetery. Formerly of Owego. Sister Edgar Middaugh of Ithaca. Page 46 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 Gleason Oriana 74 05/12/1916 1916 Mosher Helen 1916 Bond Rachel Everett 70 05/13/1916 Harrington C.J. 85 05/14/1916 1916 Base John 35 05/15/1916 1916 Sears Clermont 77 05/15/1916 05/16/1916 1916 Brown Ella 71 05/16/1916 05/16/1916 Neuralgia 1916 Martin Thomas Frederick 44 05/17/1916 05/17/1916 1916 1916 Northrup Payne Anne William H. 80 60 05/17/1916 05/17/1916 05/17/1916 05/17/1916 Buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died following a recent shock at Newfield. Was a well-known farmer. Former Newfied Justice of Peace and member of Town Board. 1916 Manning Eliza 68 05/17/1916 05/18/1916 05/19/1916 05/23/1916 05/22/1916 05/22/1916 Bright's Disease 05/22/1916 Diptheria Died at Auburn; former resident of Ithaca. Burial: McLean Catholic Cemetery. Died at Los Angeles, CA; daughter of late Pliny Hall of Ithaca. Burial in Rochester. Died at Cortland; had lived in Groton. Died at Saranac Lake; former resident of Ithaca and Cornell graduate 1906. Wife of John Henry Wright. Burial: Hayts Cemetery. Died at Port Wayne, MI; was resident of Ithaca. 05/23/1916 05/23/1916 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Johnson. 1916 Title Mrs. 05/12/1916 1916 Mrs. Servis Jennie Hall 1916 1916 Mrs. Ryan Wright Katherine Kelly Jessie Allen D. 61 31 05/20/1916 05/20/1916 Lathrop Charles 26 05/22/1916 1916 Notice Date Cause of Death 05/13/1916 Notes Died at San Francisco; former Ithaca resident and school teacher. Sister of late James L. Baker and T. Baker of Ithaca. Burial: East Lawn Cemetery. 05/17/1916 Heart Trouble Died at North Danby; wife of John Mosher. Buried at East Lawn Cemetery. 05/15/1916 Died at Trumansburg; buried in Grove Cemetery. Wife of Joseph Bond. 05/15/1916 Died at Shiloh, ME; mother of Fred and George Harrington of Ithaca. 05/15/1916 Murdered Shot to death after an argument . Well-known cobbler; story on p. 3, 5/15/16 Ithaca Journal. See future stories: p.3, May 16-18 and 22, 1916. Well-known businessman in coal, lumber and grocery businesses. Husband of Former Mary E. Brown. See lengthy obituary, p. 3, 5/16/16 Ithaca Journal. Wife of Collingwood B. Brown, well-known Ithaca jeweler. Died following intestinal surgery. Was a wellknown barber at Ithaca Hotel and expert dog fancier with one of New York's finest bull dog kennels. See story on p.3, 5/17/16 Ithaca Journal. (notice) 1916 1916 Nolan Johnson updated 06/24/2010 Mary A. Mildred 70 7 mos 05/22/1916 05/23/1916 Page 47 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Age Death Date George C. 62 05/23/1916 Morrill Abner 89 05/23/1916 05/23/1916 1916 Justin Helen DeWitt 16mos 05/25/1916 05/25/1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 Mayberry Gibbons Morris Butters Henry Edward Robert Davis H. infant 56 2mos 77 05/25/1916 05/26/1916 05/27/1916 05/28/1916 1916 Driscoll Mary 87 05/28/1916 1916 Durling Velma 5mos 05/28/1916 1916 Dean Emma M. 80 05/30/1916 1916 Maloney Simon 1916 Seeley Laura B. 1916 McCarthy Michael 1916 1916 Rev. Surname Name Keeler Notice Date Cause of Death 05/23/1916 Accident (notice) 16 05/26/1916 05/26/1916 05/27/1916 05/29/1916 Bright's Disease 05/29/1916 Notes Died from injuries after being struck by a car in Elmira. He had been employed for 36 years at Fall Creek Milling Co. See story on p. 3, 5/23/16 and 5/24/16, Ithaca Journal. Found dead in bed; ill for several weeks. Had lived in Etna; was pastor at Etna Baptist Church. See obituary p. 3, 5/23/16 and p. 9 of 5/29/16 Ithaca Journal. Died at Chippewa Falls, WI; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Justin, formerly of Ithaca. Mrs. Justin was former Susie Bates. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mayberry. Former head waiter at Ithaca Hotel. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Morris. Had lived in Erin; burial in Erin. 05/31/1916 05/31/1916 Bronchial Pneumonia 06/01/1916 Heart Disease 06/01/1916 05/31/1916 06/01/1916 Mother of John L. and Michael. Burial: Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carie Durling, West Danby. Had lived in Homer; burial in Cortland Rural Cemetery. Well-known Ithaca landscape gardener; brother of Patrick Maloney. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Seeley of Ovid. 06/01/1916 Died in Rochester. Had barber shop in Ithaca. Buried in Interlaken. Died at Newfield; survived by son, Lee, of Waverly. Widow of Smith Woodhull. Buried in Lakeview Cemetery. Husband of Mary M. Lived most of his life in Seneca Falls. Died in Trumansburg. Born in Covert to Daniel and Phoebe Bishop Clark. Widower of Parmella Cuffman. Was a carriage maker and licensed in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Trumansburg. See obituary p.3, 6/3/16 Ithaca Journal. 06/01/1916 (notice) 1916 1916 Starrett Starr Alpheus William 54 63 06/01/1916 06/01/1916 06/01/1916 06/02/1916 1916 Woodhull Elvira C. 76 06/01/1916 06/02/1916 1916 Garling Charles 80 06/02/1916 06/02/1916 Stroke Clark J. Grandin 85 06/02/1916 06/03/1916 1916 Rev. updated 06/24/2010 Page 48 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 Mackimson August 82 06/02/1916 1916 Hause Alfred B. 59 06/02/1916 06/05/1916 1916 Mackinson Augustus H. 81 06/02/1916 07/07/1916 1916 1916 1916 Smith Van Marter Grisworld George V. Louis Marilla Mineah 79 67 06/03/1916 06/04/1916 06/05/1916 06/05/1916 06/05/1916 06/06/1916 1916 Van Order Edward 77 06/06/1916 06/07/1916 1916 Drake Edith 43 06/07/1916 06/08/1916 Inman Moore Henry Barney 77 71 06/07/1916 06/07/1916 06/08/1916 06/08/1916 1916 Pai George 49 06/07/1916 06/08/1916 Accident 1916 1916 Wilcox Banfield George Emily Krum 94 06/07/1916 06/08/1916 06/13/1916 06/08/1916 1916 Smith Eva 06/08/1916 06/10/1916 1916 Riley Evelyn May 3days 06/09/1916 06/10/1916 1916 Culver George W. 91 06/13/1916 06/15/1916 1916 Barber Amy D. 62 06/14/1916 06/14/1916 Woodin Maynard George T.H. 75 60 06/14/1916 06/14/1916 06/16/1916 06/17/1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 Title Mrs. Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Notice Date Cause of Death 06/03/1916 Notes Died at Newfield; Civil War veteran. Survived by niece, Mrs. Oscar Noble. Died in New York City; formerly of Ovid. Buried in Ovid. See obituary p.3,6/5/16 Ithaca Journal. Died at Newfield. Was a Civil War veteran; had been a POW twice. Widower of Mandanna P. Stamp of Pony Hollow. See story on p. 11 , Ithaca Journal, 7/7/16. Buried at Trumbull's Corners Cemetery. Died at Newfield; formerly of Enfield. Died at Dryden. Widow of Luther Griswold; daughter of John and Salvina Dodge Mineah. Well-known steamboat captain. Buried in City Cemetery. Died at Spencer. Daughter of Catherine J. Drake. Burial: East Lawn Cemetery. Died at Lansingville. Died at the County Home. No known relatives. Burial: Pine Grove Cemetery. Died when struck by Lehigh Valley freight train near Portland Point. He was a track walker for the railroad. Leaves a wife and 6 children. See p. 7, 6/8/16 Ithaca Journal. Had lived at Virgil. One of Tompkins County's oldest residents. Mother of Fred J. of Snyder Hill. Died at Auburn; formerly of Jacksonville. Was a blind musician. Burial: Hayts Cemetery. Daughter of Prof. and Mrs. William A. Riley; sister of Alice L. Riley. Died at Daisy Hollow. Father of John and William Culver and Mrs. Viola Kennedy. Burial: Virgil. Wife of George S. Barber; buried in Willow Glen Cemetery. Died at Elmira; formerly of Ithaca. Died following surgery at Saginaw, MI. Wife of Dr. T.H. Maynard. She was the former Ida Wistmiller of Ithaca and, at one time, an employee of the Ithaca Journal. Page 49 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1916 Linderberry 1916 1916 1916 Mason Clarkson Stanton Edward Katherine Elizabeth 1916 1916 Kellogg Sears George Esther 1916 1916 Squier Burns Sarah Elizabeth M. Marcella 1916 Carpenter Henry Gay 1916 Moffat Burnham 1916 1916 Taber Latta Marinda N.M. 1916 Walter Earl J. Age Death Date 80 06/15/1916 7 06/15/1916 06/16/1916 06/16/1916 Notice Date Cause of Death 06/16/1916 06/17/1916 06/18/1916 06/16/1916 06/17/1916 06/17/1916 Memberanus Croup 06/19/1916 06/20/1916 85 22 06/19/1916 06/21/1916 06/20/1916 06/21/1916 45 06/21/1916 06/21/1916 06/21/1916 06/22/1916 86 82 06/21/1916 06/21/1916 06/22/1916 06/23/1916 61 06/22/1916 06/22/1916 (notice) 1916 Ellsbree Nathan C. 37 06/22/1916 06/22/1916 1916 1916 Fahey Earle John Joseph J. Walter 55 62 06/22/1916 06/22/1916 06/22/1916 06/24/1916 Reynolds Charles 75 06/23/1916 06/23/1916 1916 Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Notes Widow of John Linderberry. Burial: City Cemetery. Well-known Dryden farmer. Died at Trumansburg. Daughter of M.L. Stanton of Freeville and sister of Charles. Died at Trumansburg after short illness. Death notices in 6/20/1916 and 6/21/1916. Mother of Mrs. Ida Gutsell; buried in Kirkville. Appendicitis Died following surgery. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James G.Burns. Graduate of the Parochial School; active in school and church related activities. See lengthy obituaries on p. 3 of 6/21/16 and 6/23/16 Ithaca Journal. Suicide by husband of former Mary Lindsay of Albany. Shooting Despondent over failing health. Prominent businessman, junior member of Robinson and Carpenter, coal and wood dealers. See story on p. 7 of 6/21/16 Ithaca Journal. Auto Accident Died in New York City. Was a lawyer; brother of Dr. John Moffat of Ithaca. See story p. 3, 6/22/16 Ithaca Journal. Died following long illness, in Trumansburg, at home of her daughter, Mrs. Frederick C. Biggs. Buried in family plot, Leavenworth, KS. Died in New york City; brother-in-law of Mrs. Charles W. Major of Ithaca. Son of Phoebe C. Ellsbree and the late Llewlyn Ellsbree. Prominent lawyer in Towanda, PA. Leaves a widow and sons Thomas N. and Llewlyn. Died in New York City. Former Ithacan and former president of RemingtonTypewriter Company. Husband of Rita Carr Mack of Ithaca. Son of J. Thomas and Susan Margaret Taylor Earle. See story on p. 5, 6/24/16 Ithaca Journal. Had lived in Trumansburg. Page 50 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 King John D. 45 06/23/1916 1916 1916 McCready Maynard James T. George 82 06/23/1916 06/24/1916 06/24/1916 06/24/1916 1916 1916 Weslley Hull Paul Wallace G. 39 73 06/24/1916 06/24/1916 06/24/1916 06/26/1916 1916 1916 Rainey Kenyon Margaret L. Crandall A. 74 06/24/1916 06/25/1916 06/26/1916 06/26/1916 1916 Niles Charles 27 06/26/1916 06/26/1916 Accident Died from injuries from crash of his monoplane in Oshkosh, WI. Was well-known in Ithaca; had learned to fly at Thomas Bros. Aeroplane Co. and performed dare-devil flying at county fairs. See story on p. 3 of 6/26/16 Ithaca Journal. 1916 Howard Alvin F. 63 06/27/1916 06/27/1916 Hedden Deyo Franklin Samantha 76 67 06/27/1916 06/28/1916 06/28/1916 07/01/1916 1916 Potts Jean 06/29/1916 07/11/1916 Fall 1916 1916 1916 1916 Ganoung Knapp Rinkach Barnes Samantha Henry Alexander Adaline 82 76 infant 66 06/30/1916 06/30/1916 07/01/1916 07/02/1916 06/30/1916 07/05/1916 07/03/1916 Pneumonia 07/03/1916 Died at McLean. Retired farmer. Well-known in insurance business and town government. See p. 3 of 6/27/16 Ithaca Journal. Died at Groton. Widow of Edward Deyo. Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died from injuries after a fall from her horse, near her home in Troy. She was a Cornell grad, 1912, well-known in Ithaca. See story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 7/11/16. Died at Jacksonville. Burial: Hayts Cemetery. Died at Dresserville. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rinkach. Had the distinction of being born in the first house ever built in Tompkins County, in which her mother was also born, near Buttermilk Falls. Buried at Inlet Valley Cemetery. 1916 1916 Kellogg Quinn Samantha A. Joseph 82 32 07/02/1916 07/02/1916 07/03/1916 07/03/1916 Fall 1916 Gridley Grace Lewis 26 07/03/1916 07/05/1916 1916 1916 Title Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Notice Date Cause of Death 06/24/1916 Drowning Notes Fell from boat while fishing; was well-known Interlaken farmer. See story p.3, 6/24/16 Ithaca Journal. Buried at Buffalo. Had lived in Speedsville. Born in Hawkhurst, Kent, England. Had lived at Myers. Veteran of Civil War. Had a tinsmith shop at his home on W. State St. Civil War veteran; burial in Lake View Cemetery. Widow of Joseph Kellogg. Died from injuries after falling from his produce wagon. Died at Dryden after long illness. Wife of Clifford Gridley. Burial: Green Hill Cemetery. Page 51 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 Kohm Pauline 19 07/04/1916 1916 Perry Ernest H. 25 07/04/1916 07/05/1916 1916 Scanlon Catherine 19 07/04/1916 07/05/1916 Drowning Goddard Baldwinn Bower Rowland Foster Brown Helen William P. Carrie T. Almira E. Miles Emily Elizabeth 88 57 75 74 07/04/1916 07/05/1916 07/06/1916 07/06/1916 07/07/1916 (notice) 07/07/1916 07/06/1916 07/05/1916 07/07/1916 07/07/1916 07/07/1916 07/07/1916 1916 Furman Laura E. 14 07/08/1916 1916 Bishop Mary Elizabeth 1916 Grover Mae E. 61 07/08/1916 1916 1916 Ballard Brown William P. Martha Watrous 76 07/09/1916 07/10/1916 Halsey Beach Brenner William McDowell Arad Joseph 66 89 20 07/11/1916 07/11/1916 07/11/1916 1916 Hallam Ruth E. 35 07/11/1916 1916 Shiels John 1916 Fulton Susie J. 07/08/1916 Tonsilectomy She was a brilliant student in public school and a Complication musician at the Conservatory of Music. Daughter s of Mr. and Mrs. Dana C. Furman. Buried at Lake View Cemetery. 07/10/1916 Wife of Clarence Bishop. Burial in Hayts Cemetery. 07/10/1916 Wife of Ira S. Grover; burial in Willow Grove Cemetery. 07/11/1916 Died at East Steemburg. 07/12/1916 Died at Cortland; formerly of Groton. Widow of David H. Brown. 07/11/1916 Died at Oswego; formerly of Ithaca. 07/12/1916 Died at Groton. 07/12/1916 Drowning Drowned in Fall Creek Gorge, near the suspension bridge on Cornell campus. Was a Cornell sophomore; son of H.E. Brenner of Brooklyn. See story on p.3, Ithaca Journal, 7/12/16. 07/12/1916 Died following brief illness at cousin's, James Hallam, home. Survived by sisters and brothers in England and in British Columbia. Burial in City Cemetery. 07/15/1916 Died at Rochester. Brother of John Shiels of Ithaca. Husband of Jennie Dowd Shiels. 07/14/1916 Burial in Hayts Cemetery. 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 Title Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 07/08/1916 07/12/1916 52 07/14/1916 Notice Date Cause of Death 07/05/1916 Drowning Notes In Cayuga Lake, at Frontenac Beach. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Kohn. Story on p. 3 of 7/5/16 Ithaca Journal. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Irving H. Perry. He had lived with his grandmother, Mrs. Caroline Young. Died with cousin Pauline Kohm at Frontenac Beach. She had lived inbuffalo. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Scanlon. See story on p.3 of 7/5/16 Ithaca Journal. Had lived in Trumansburg. Died at Groton. Died at Waterburg. Widow of David Bower. Daughter of the late John Whiton. Died at Dryden; formerly of Central Chapel. Had stroke on 6/15/16. Widow of Orson Brown. Page 52 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 Gokey 1916 Charles 60 07/14/1916 Teeter Jacob 80 07/16/1916 07/17/1916 1916 Bush June infant 07/16/1916 07/18/1916 1916 Sheehan Ellen Mason 65 07/17/1916 07/18/1916 1916 Wheeler DeWitt 07/17/1916 07/18/1916 1916 Little Ruth Allen 07/17/1916 07/19/1916 1916 Stanion Lillian M. 07/17/1916 08/01/1916 1916 Benson Mary Haring 07/18/1916 07/26/1916 Heart Failure Died in West Groton; wife of Giles Benson. 1916 Gay Edward 44 07/19/1916 07/20/1916 Had lived in Danby. Burial in Curtis Cemetery. 1916 1916 1916 Straccmore Wilson Crooker Rinaldo Alexander Irene 3 75 07/19/1916 07/21/1916 07/21/1916 07/20/1916 07/21/1916 07/24/1916 1916 Gallagher John Joseph 40 07/22/1916 07/24/1916 1916 Buckingham Traver C. 07/23/1916 07/24/1916 Drowning 1916 Christopher Emily 20 07/23/1916 07/24/1916 Drowning Son of Mr. and Mrs. Guido Straccmore. Died at Ludlowville. Was born in England. Died following a shock. Mother of Rev. J.C. Crooker of Ludlowville. Died at San Francisco; formerly of Ithaca. Son of Catherine Gallagher. See p.2, Ithaca Journal, 7/24/16. Near Cayuga Lake State Park. Was a Cornell Student, class of 1918. See story p.7, Ithaca Journal, 7/24/16 (Two Canoeists Lose Lives) amd 7/26/16. Near Cayuga Lake State Park along with Traver Buckingham. Had lived in Waterloo. See story on p.7, Ithaca Journal, 7/24/16 and 7/26/16. 1916 Shultz John 26 07/23/1916 07/24/1916 Fall 1916 Sweazey Fred 50 07/23/1916 07/24/1916 Drowning updated 06/24/2010 35 Notice Date Cause of Death 07/15/1916 Drowning Notes Drowned in Cayuga canal lock. Had lived in Auburn. Died at Lansing. Was well-known for his race horses. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James B.E. Bush. Burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died in Syracuse. Formerly of Ithaca. Wife of David Sheehan. Died at Interlaken. Was a prominent businessman and one of Interlaken's oldest citizens. See p.3, Ithaca Journal, 7/18/16. Died at Cortland; formerly of Dryden. Wife of Isaac L. Little; mother of Edward and Paul Little. Died in Kansas. Wife of Ralph Stanion, formerly of Ithaca. Both worked for the government in the Indian Bureau. Burial was in Oklahoma. Died when boarding a train in Groton. Was a Bohemian immigrant. See p.3, Ithaca Journal, 7/24/16. In Cayuga Lake near Lansing Station. See story p.3, Ithaca Journal, 7/24/16. Page 53 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 Abel Asbury 95 07/23/1916 1916 Stapelton Margaret 70 07/24/1916 07/25/1916 1916 1916 Van Marter Westbrook Alonzo Beatrice 75 4 07/24/1916 07/25/1916 07/26/1916 07/25/1916 1916 Lindsey Joseph 78 07/25/1916 07/26/1916 Terry John 81 07/25/1916 08/04/1916 1916 1916 Nicholas Pratt Anna David S. 58 80 07/26/1916 07/27/1916 07/26/1916 07/29/1916 1916 Dickson Kenneth 8 07/29/1916 1916 Dederer William 18mos 07/30/1916 1916 Shakespeare C.B. "Bill" 24 07/30/1916 1916 Burr Helen 1916 Anderson Angie W. 73 08/01/1916 1916 1916 Mullen Smith Susie A. Clinton DeWitt 63 08/02/1916 08/04/1916 1916 1916 Wheeler Wortman Sarah A. J. Gordon 69 53 08/04/1916 08/05/1916 1916 Title Judge updated 06/24/2010 07/31/1916 Notice Date Cause of Death 07/25/1916 Notes Died at Wilkes-Barre, PA; formerly of Trumansburg. Burial in Grove Cemetery. Was employed for many years by prominent Ithaca families. Burial in Syracuse. Had been in poor health; died in Groton. Heart Trouble Died of valvular heart trouble. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Westbrook. Died at Caroline Center; was a Civil War veteran. Born in Town of Covert; was a circuit judge in St. Louis, MO. Brother of Eugene Terry of Ithaca. Burial in City Cemetery. Died in Chicago; formerly of Trumansburg. Buried in Grove Cemetery. 07/31/1916 Heart Trouble Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. VanRiper Dickson. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. 08/02/1916 Acute Son of Dr. and Mrs. Carleton Dederer of Indigestion LosAngeles,CA. Mother is former Hortense Wadsworth, of Ithaca, a former school teacher. See p.7, Ithaca Journal, 8/2/16. 08/07/1916 Infantile Died in Philadelphia. Was Cornell grad, 1915, wellParalysis known here. 08/05/1916 Died at Chappaqua, NY; widow of James A. Burr. Had lived in Ithaca for many years. 08/05/1916 Died at Interlaken. Daughter of the late Lewis and Clarissa Matthews. Burial in Sheldrake. 08/03/1916 08/05/1916 Apoplectic Died while visiting Buffalo. Was a professor of Stroke agriculture at Cornell. Had lived in Trumansburg. See story on p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 8/5/16. 08/05/1916 08/05/1916 Buried in Spencer. Well-known, prominent businessman; was in the meat business with his father and brothers. Elected Tompkins County Sheriff in 1909 and owned race horses. See story on p.3 of 8/5/16 Ithaca Journal. Page 54 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 Benjamin Catherine Welch 93 08/05/1916 1916 Howland Jennie 52 08/05/1916 1916 1916 1916 Huff Green Oswalt Lillie D. Anson Clarence 48 08/05/1916 08/05/1916 08/06/1916 1916 English John 1916 Gardner George 63 08/07/1916 1916 Furey Edward J. 27 08/08/1916 1916 Lyons Benjamin 1916 Dumars Helen Potter Charles B. 08/10/1916 1916 Gibson Charles H. 08/10/1916 1916 Robinson Mary S. 08/10/1916 1916 Van Hoesen James H. 76 08/11/1916 1916 Wakeman Scudder Bradley 90 08/11/1916 1916 Smith Merton 18 08/11/1916 1916 Mathews George 6 08/12/1916 12 Notice Date Cause of Death 08/07/1916 08/09/1916 (notice) 1916 Dr. Wife of S.T. Benjamin; daughter of Thomas and Nancy Welch who were among the early settlers of Ithaca. Buried in Caroline Cemetery. See story, p.3, Ithaca Journal, 8/7/16. 08/07/1916 08/07/1916 60 Notes 08/09/1916 Died at Slaterville. Wife of Duanne Howland. Burial in Fisher's Cemetery. 08/07/1916 Burial in Lakeview Cemetery. 08/09/1916 Had lived in Danby. 08/07/1916 Drowning At Six Mile Creek's 30 foot dam. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Oswalt. Story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 8/7/16 08/08/1916 Died after being kicked by a horse; in Lansing while working on his farm. 08/08/1916 Son of William and Ruth Tuthill Gardner of Danby. Burial in Waverly. 08/09/1916 Killed when train hit his car at Geneva area crossing. Son of Mrs. Sarah Furey. Was wellknown feed store owner. See story on p.3, Ithaca Journal, 8/9 & 10/16. 08/09/1916 Tuberculosis Died in Denver, CO hospital. Brother of Clarence Lyons of Ithaca. 08/09/1916 Heat Wife of James H. Dumars, was living in Elmira, Prostration but for many years were Ithaca residents. 08/10/1916 Heart Trouble Well-known veterinarian; burial in Willow Glen Cemetery. 08/11/1916 Spinal Died in Williamsport. Brother of Mrs. Leland Meningitis Boynton of Ithaca. 08/11/1916 Died at Dunkirk; widow of Charles Robinson. Was former Mary Schutt, born in Slaterville. 08/11/1916 Heart Trouble Formerly of Trumansburg and Corning; burial in Corning. 08/11/1916 One of Trumansburg's oldest residents; died at home of son Burr Wakeman in Trumansburg. 08/15/1916 Infantile Paralysis 08/12/1916 Infantile Paralysis Died in Syracuse. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith of Virgil. Died at home in Princeton, NJ. Father, George Mathews, owned Mathews Construction Co. and built many Ithaca dormitory buildings. (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Page 55 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Age Death Date John Miller 45 08/13/1916 Horton J.H. 73 08/14/1916 1916 Hardisky Mary 6 days 08/14/1916 1916 Hildebrant Lydia Ellis 88 1916 1916 Hopper Hunter Arvilla Peckham Caroline 1916 Caywood Charles 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 Cole Reed Willard Grinnell Ecross Eli Ellen C. Curtis H. Mary B. George Hauser Worden Calvin Fred 68 08/19/1916 08/19/1916 1916 Maynard Louise Valier 22 08/20/1916 08/21/1916 Valvular Daughter of Ida Maynard. Burial in Cortland. Heart Trouble 1916 Brown Jennie Eshbach 56 08/21/1916 08/22/1916 Drowning 1916 Drake Mary Alexander 66 08/21/1916 08/22/1916 Borden Phillip H. 08/21/1916 08/23/1916 1916 1916 Col. Surname Name Davidge Notice Date Cause of Death 08/15/1916 Septic Pneumonia Notes Died in Connecticut; graduate of Cornell Law School, 1896. Was a prominent businesman in Binghamton, born in Berkshire. Well-known in Ithaca. Story on p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 8/15/16. 08/14/1916 Died at Buffalo. Was a veteran of the Civil War and for many years employed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad in Ithaca. The Cayuga Lake steamer, The Col. J.H. Horton, was named after him. Burial was in Worcester, MA. 08/15/1916 08/15/1916 Cholera Infantum 08/16/1916 65 74 08/15/1916 08/16/1916 08/16/1916 08/17/1916 Died in Ludlowville. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hardisky. Was the daughter of the late James and Betsey (Ellis) McElheney of Dryden. Wife of A.P. Hopper. Died at Trumansburg; widow of Charles F. Hunter. 91 08/16/1916 08/19/1916 Stroke 08/17/1916 08/17/1916 08/17/1916 08/17/1916 08/18/1916 08/17/1916 08/17/1916 08/17/1916 08/21/1916 08/19/1916 Accident (notice) 1916 1916 1916 Mrs. Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 79 51 13 Died in Lodi. Former postmaster; well-known in area. Died at Lansingville; burial in Homer. Died at Slaterville. Mother of Rose Grinnell. Died from injuries when thrown from a hay wagon in Speedsville. Story on p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 8/19/16. 08/22/1916 Died at Groton. 08/24/1916 Tuberculosis Died at West Danby. At Esty's Point. Wife of Dr. Hugh D. Brown. See story, p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 8/22/16 and p. 7 of 8/28/16 Ithaca Journal. Died at Newfield where she was a prominent member of the Newfield Methodist Church. Wife of Frank Drake; buried at Brookside. Died following surgery in Boston. Wife of Phillip; daughter of late Benjamin and Sylvia Deuel. Formerly of Slaterville and Dryden. Page 56 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year 1916 Title Surname Name Age Death Date Mrs. Glazier Henry 84 08/22/1916 Strong Buell Bessie M. Gilbert N. 85 08/22/1916 08/23/1916 1916 1916 Notice Date Cause of Death 08/23/1916 08/23/1916 08/23/1916 (notice) 1916 Rev. Cook Seth 60 08/24/1916 08/24/1916 Accident 1916 Lunger Jemima 53 08/24/1916 08/25/1916 1916 Stephens Thomas J. 70 08/24/1916 08/25/1916 1916 Trefethen Regina G. 2 08/25/1916 08/25/1916 1916 Gregory Mary N. 65 08/25/1916 08/26/1916 1916 Mitchell Charlotte E. 82 08/25/1916 08/26/1916 1916 1916 Reed Trumbull Julia E. James Alexander 69 32 08/25/1916 08/25/1916 08/26/1916 08/26/1916 Strong B.M. (notice) 1916 Miss 08/26/1916 08/26/1916 Notes Formerly of Trumansburg; burial in Grove Cemetery. Died at Bergen, NY; father of Mrs. Maurice Burritt of Ithaca. Killed when car struck by train at Lodi Station. Was pastor at Dryden's Presbyterian church. See story on p.3 of 8/24/16 Ithaca Journal. Wife of William Lunger; burial in Trumansburg. Was a Civil War veteran. Also owned a marble business. Widower of Sarah McBride. See story on p.3 of 8/25/16 Ithaca Journal. Died in New York City. Daughter of R.A. Trefethen, formerly of Ithaca. Burial in City Cemetery. Died at Covert. Sister of the late Dr. John Gregory of Ithaca. Life long resident of the old Michell House at East Lawn. Buried inEast Lawn Cemetery. Died at Brookton; burial at Central Chapel. Died at Tucson, AZ. Nephew of James A. McKinney of Ithaca. 1906 Cornell graduate. Formerly of Ithaca; well-known here. See p. 3; Ithaca Journal, 8/26/16. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City. (notice) 1916 1916 Parker Walker Timothy Thomas 33 08/26/1916 08/26/1916 08/26/1916 08/28/1916 Accident Resident of Groton. Died in an auto accident near Cato, NY. Was pastor for several years at Jacksonville Methodist Church. See story on p.7, Ithaca Journal, 8/28/16. 1916 Schutt William F. 77 08/27/1916 08/28/1916 1916 1916 Brooks Loveless John Marjorie 57 9 08/28/1916 08/29/1916 08/28/1916 08/29/1916 Valvular Heart Trouble Civil War veteran: Co. E, First NY Mounted Rifles. Burial in Quick Cemetery. Burial at Horseheads. Daughter of mr. and Mrs. James A. Loveless. 1916 1916 Smith McFall Susan J. William Lawrence 08/29/1916 08/29/1916 08/29/1916 08/30/1916 Rev. updated 06/24/2010 Daughter of late Dr. George E. Smith. Was a traveling salesman from Weatherford, Texas; burial in Texas. Page 57 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 Osborn 1916 Notice Date Cause of Death 08/30/1916 Alvah P. 78 08/29/1916 Smith Everett 71 08/30/1916 1916 Hoffman Leon 27 08/30/1916 08/31/1916 Accident 1916 1916 Wager Soule Frank Hattie 72 50 08/30/1916 08/31/1916 09/05/1916 08/31/1916 1916 Sanford Augustus Clinton 82 08/31/1916 09/01/1916 1916 Hillick Richard A. 2 09/01/1916 1916 Thilly Frank 12 09/01/1916 1916 Citch Rosa 9 mos 09/01/1916 Hopkins VanDoren Hunt Sullivan Drusilla Peter Peter J. Robert Lee 88 65 09/01/1916 09/01/1916 09/02/1916 09/02/1916 09/01/1916 Infantile Paralysis 09/01/1916 Infantile Paralysis 09/02/1916 Infantile Paralysis 09/02/1916 09/04/1916 09/05/1916 09/05/1916 1916 1916 Angus McCutcheon Ellen Crozier Edward 68 09/03/1916 09/03/1916 09/05/1916 09/14/1916 1916 Lamkin Merritt 16 09/04/1916 1916 Manley Viola 5 09/04/1916 1916 Brown Edith Campbell 09/05/1916 Infantile Paralysis 09/05/1916 Cholera Infantum 09/05/1916 Accident 1916 1916 Carty Gaines Mary John B. 08/30/1916 Notes Born in Covert, lived most of his life in Trumansburg. Husband of Mary J. Disbrow; had law defree from Albany Law School, did editorial work at Free Press and Sentinel. Retired NYC policeman. Father of Mrs. Elmont Ackley and Mrs. Oliver Lanning, Ithaca. (notice) 1916 1916 1916 1916 Mrs. infant 09/05/1916 Struck by train at Trumansburg. Story on p. 5 of 8/31/16 Ithaca Journal. Had lived near Ludlowville. Died suddenly at Trumansburg Fairgrounds. Had lived at Reynoldsville. Well-known businessman; employed by Ithaca Journal at one time. Burial in city cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis X. Hillick. Son of Dean and Mrs. Frank Thilly. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Citch. Had lived in Trumansburg. Had lived near Interlaken. Died soon after birth. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sullivan. Wife of George N. Angus. Died while serving as a lieutenant in the British Flying Corps. He had graduated from Ithaca High School in 1907 while living with uncle, Prof. and Mrs. J.E. Creighton. See story p.3, Ithaca Journal, 9/14/16. Died in Newfield; son of Mr. and Mrs. Almon Lamkin. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Manley of Danby. Killed in auto accident near Los Angeles, CA. Wife of Chauncey Brown; both former Ithacans. (notice) 82 09/05/1916 09/06/1916 09/06/1916 09/06/1916 (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Wife of Thomas Carty; burial in Cortland. Died at Atlantic City. He was the former head waiter at the Clinton House. Page 58 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 1916 1916 McCarthy VanMarter Kellogg Elizabeth Levina Paul 58 21 09/06/1916 09/06/1916 09/08/1916 1916 Lynch Isaac 71 09/08/1916 1916 Albright Fred 41 09/09/1916 1916 1916 Shaw Webster Mary Jane Frederick 74 09/10/1916 09/10/1916 09/09/1916 Suicide by Hanging 09/09/1916 Typhoid Fever 09/12/1916 09/15/1916 Drowning Foote George F. 97 09/11/1916 09/12/1916 King Olive Alphea 65 09/11/1916 09/12/1916 Prosser Charles Smith 09/11/1916 09/12/1916 Suicide by Drowning Leffingwell Elisha D. 09/11/1916 09/13/1916 Swearer Wilbur C. 09/11/1916 09/13/1916 Stroke 1916 Evans Laura Cooper 09/11/1916 09/14/1916 1916 Barnes Marion 09/12/1916 Carlin William 09/12/1916 Infantile Paralysis 09/14/1916 1916 Title Mrs. 1916 1916 Prof. 1916 Dr. 1916 Rev. 1916 Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 77 6 09/13/1916 Notice Date Cause of Death 09/06/1916 09/07/1916 09/09/1916 Notes Wife of Thomas McCarthy. Died at Enfield Center. Died following a short illness in Interlaken. Son of Mrs. Theodore Kellogg. Was a Cornell student. Died near West Slaterville. Father of Antoinette and Melvin Lynch. Died at Dryden. Husband of Alice Albright. Died at Groton. Died in Lake Champlain while with a group from Cornell. Was from Ithaca. Died at St. Louis, MO. Widow of Dr. George F. Foote. Stepmother of Mrs. C.P. Beamon of Ithaca. Mrs. Foote was a former Ithaca resident. Buried at Batavia. Wife of DeLancey M. King; daughter of late John and Emmeline Huestis Worts of Enfield. Died in Ohio. Former Cornell professor in geology department. Well-known author of books on geology. See story on p. 5 of 9/12/16 Ithaca Journal. Died at Oswego. Cornell graduate of 1872, graduate of Bellevue Medical College in 1877. Founder of Watkins Glen and Dansville sanitariums. Story on p.6 of 9/13/16 Ithaca Journal. Died at Adams; was Korean missionary of Methodist Episcopal Church at Pittsburgh. Husband of Miss May Shattuck, formerly of Ithaca. Died in New York City; wife of Prof. Austin P. Evans of Columbia University. She was graduate of Cornell, class of 1911. Burial in Elizabeth, NJ. Died at Danby ; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amos A. Barnes. Died at Candor. Page 59 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1916 Ballou Jay M. 1916 Brown James William 1916 Shay 1916 Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 09/15/1916 Accident 09/14/1916 Notes Killed by explosion of an ammonia tank in Newark, NJ; formerly of Dryden. Son of Homer Ballou of Dryden. See story on p.5 of 9/15/16 Ithaca Journal. Died at East Lansing. Husband of Charlotte Jeanett Brown. Burial at North Lansing. Died at Myers. Sons of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Shay. 66 09/14/1916 09/15/1916 twin sons not given 09/14/1916 09/16/1916 Marble William D. 64 09/15/1916 1916 O'Dell Daniel 1916 Winiecki John "Pooch" 30 09/17/1916 1916 1916 1916 LaBar Toner Bell Demmie J. Margaret Robert 45 46 62 09/17/1916 09/17/1916 09/18/1916 1916 1916 Wallenbeck Baker Lewis Amassa 59 09/18/1916 09/19/1916 09/16/1916 Heart Trouble Died at home of his son, Rupert Marble. Had lived, was buried , at DeRuyter. 09/19/2019 Neuralgia of Had lived at White Church; burial at Smith Valley the Heart Cemetery. 09/18/1916 Was superintendent of Ithaca's Fire Alarm System. Burial in Elmira. See also 9/19/16 09/19/1916 Burial in City Cemetery. 09/19/1916 Burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. 09/18/1916 Died at Willard State Hospital. Had lived in Interlaken. Well-known gardener and florist. At one time was chief gardener for H.H. Westinghouse at summer home at Kidders. Burial in Grove Cemetery. 09/22/1916 Stroke Died at Enfield Center. 09/19/1916 Had lived in Newfield; son of Mrs. Azelia Baker. 1916 Nagle Michael 09/19/1916 09/19/1916 1916 Moore Esther M. 73 09/19/1916 09/20/1916 1916 Shepherd Eliza 77 09/20/1916 09/20/1916 1916 Winn Alliene 09/20/1916 1916 Allen James C. 86 09/21/1916 09/21/1916 Acute Diabetes 09/21/1916 Atwater Egan Collins George Patrick John 64 76 09/21/1916 09/21/1916 09/22/1916 09/25/1916 09/27/1916 09/23/1916 Jennings Rosebrooks Judson Margaret 75 09/22/1916 09/22/1916 09/23/1916 09/23/1916 09/16/1916 (notice) 1916 1916 1916 Mrs. 1916 1916 Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Husband of Ellen Nagle. Father of Michael. Burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Died at son's home in Rochester (Clarence E.); burial in City Cemetery. Wife of Ezra Shepherd. Was prominent in patriotic organizations. Died at Ledyard; formerly of Ludlowville. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Winn. Died at Danby. Was a Civil War veteran. Burial in Peterburg, NY. Died at Belltown; formerly of Lansingville. Died near Asbury; formerly of North Lansing. Lived near Asbury Church; burial in Asbury Cemetery. Died at Danby. Died at Newfield; burial at Pony Hollow. Page 60 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Harvey Abigail 76 09/22/1916 Tompkins George A. 1916 1916 1916 1916 King Palmer Wood Bradley Eva Edgar D. Helen M. Mary 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 Palmer Roberts Schutt Donnelly Stoddard Daniel E. Payton G. Sylvester Catherine Ada M. 1916 Koiner Mabel 1916 Ridgeway Walter J.J. 6 09/28/1916 09/28/1916 Pneumonia 1916 Minogue Joseph 78 09/28/1916 09/29/1916 1916 1916 Ferris Mix W. Myron Charles 09/28/1916 09/28/1916 09/30/1916 10/02/1916 Holden Bailey Selah Alvin F. 78 09/29/1916 09/30/1916 09/29/1916 10/02/1916 1916 Morris George E. 65 10/02/1916 1916 Marsh Nellie M. 55 10/02/1916 10/02/1916 Heart Trouble Died at West Danby. Burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 10/03/1916 Wife of John H. Marsh. Burial in City Cemetery. 1916 1916 Kelly Farrell Mary Helen 50 1 10/03/1916 10/04/1916 10/03/1916 10/04/1916 1916 Washburn Victor Howard 18mos 10/04/1916 10/04/1916 1916 Wilkins Fred 50 10/05/1916 10/06/1916 Pneumonia 1916 1916 Dr. Notice Date Cause of Death 09/25/1916 Stroke 09/22/1916 09/28/1916 44 72 81 64 09/23/1916 09/23/1916 09/23/1916 09/23/1916 09/23/1916 09/23/1916 09/23/1916 09/25/1916 Cancer 73 38 85 55 65 09/23/1916 09/23/1916 09/23/1916 09/26/1916 09/27/1916 09/25/1916 09/25/1916 09/25/1916 09/28/1916 09/28/1916 Uraemic Poisoning 09/28/1916 09/28/1916 Notes Died at Enfield Center a few days after her brother, Lewis Wallenbeck, also died of a stroke. No known relatives. Burial at Enfield Center. Had lived in Homer; burial in Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg. Died at Groton; wife of Daniel Bradley. Burial in Groton Rural Cemetery. Burial at Newfield. Burial in Lake View Cemetery. Died at Slaterville Springs. Died at Interlaken; wife of Peter Donnelly. Died at Elma, NY. Sister of E. Schyuler Stoddard. Burial in City Cemetery. Died at Saranac Lake. Daughter of C.W. Stillwell of Trumansburg. Burial in Trumansburg. (notice) 1916 1916 Mrs. Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 Died at White Church. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ridgeway. Burial in Lane Cemetery. Heart Trouble Died in New York City; formerly of Ithaca. Was manager of a chain of restaurants. Had lived in East Spencer. Brother of Percy Mix of Bethel Grove; had lived at Willseyville. Had lived in Ludlowville. Pneumonia Died at Barre, MA; former Minerva Wilcox of Etna. Names of parents not given, only "daughter of Syrian parents residing at Portland Point." Died at Ludlowville. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard S. Washburn. Survived by widow and son, Lester. Burial at Lake View Cemetery. Page 61 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Surname Name 1916 Wingerd 1916 1916 1916 1916 Title Mrs. 1916 1916 1916 Mrs. Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 10/06/1916 Heart Disease John H. 80 10/05/1916 Holden Selah 79 10/06/1916 10/06/1916 Tucker Orrin 3 10/06/1916 Westbrook Dicker James M. 54 10/06/1916 10/08/1916 10/07/1916 Heart Disease 10/09/1916 10/09/1916 Master Albina infant 10/08/1916 10/09/1916 VanBenschoten Leroy 55 10/08/1916 10/10/1916 Blackhall Robert N. 20 10/09/1916 10/09/1916 Drowning (notice) 1916 Bruce Minnie 10/10/1916 10/10/1916 Suicide (notice) 1916 Katsenhuber Barbara 64 10/10/1916 10/10/1916 1916 Snyder Mary 64 10/10/1916 1916 Strong Margaret 84 10/10/1916 10/11/1916 Suicide by Hanging 10/11/1916 1916 Hicks Edison 1916 1916 Metzgar Albright William Marion 5 10/11/1916 10/12/1916 1916 Leverich Stephen Duncan 70 10/14/1916 1916 Shelton Seward 10/11/1916 10/11/1916 Suicide by Hanging 10/16/1916 10/13/1916 Infantile Paralysis 10/14/1916 Notes Died in Trumansburg. Veteran of the Civil War; mason by trade. Burial in Grove Cemetery. Was ill for 2 years/ died one week after wife's death. Burial in North Lansing Cemetery. Had lived in Dryden. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Tucker. Died at Lansing Station. Survived by widow, 6 sons, one daughter. Burial in Jewish Cemetery. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Master. Burial in Calvary Cemetery. Died at Groton; burial in Groton Rural Cemetery. Died in East River, New York City. Had been a Cornell freshman. One year after husband's body - also suicide was found in the Danby woods. Wife of George J. Katsenhuber; burial in Lake View Cemetery. Died at Dryden; former Mary Robinson. Story on p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 10/11/16. Died at Cortland sanatorium; widow of B.E. Strong. Sister of Mrs. Henry Williams. Was a Cornell student had lived in Rushville. Story: p.3, Ithaca Journal, 10/11/16. Had lived at North Lansing. Died at Newfield. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Albright. Died at home of his daughter, Mrs. George Hooper in Madison, NJ. Formerly of Kidders; burial in Lake View Cemetery in Interlaken. Active in Seneca County Politics and business. See story on p 9, Ithaca Journal, 10/14/16. (notice) 10/14/1916 10/14/1916 (notice) 1916 1916 French Congdon Caroline E. Cecile 1916 1916 Fish Knapp Robert A. John W. updated 06/24/2010 69 9 10/14/1916 10/15/1916 10/16/1916 10/16/1916 Poliomelitis 11mos 64 10/15/1916 10/15/1916 10/16/1916 Poliomelitis 10/16/1916 Died at Minneapolis, MN; former resident of Dryden. Burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died at Groton. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merton Congdon. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fish. Died at Groton. Burial in Jeruville Cemetery. Page 62 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 10/16/1916 1916 Naughton Gertrude 1916 Quinn William 1916 McDaniels Arthur 1916 Blakeslee Dorothy 92 10/16/1916 10/17/1916 1916 Holly Charles E. 60 10/16/1916 10/17/1916 10/17/1916 10/17/1916 10/17/1916 10/18/1916 10/17/1916 10/18/1916 10/17/1916 10/18/1916 10/19/1916 10/24/1916 10/15/1916 37 10/15/1916 Died at Dorchester, Ma. Wife of William; formerly of Ithaca. Burial in Calvary Cemetery. 10/16/1916 Heart Trouble Had lived in Binghamton. 10/16/1916 10/16/1916 (notice) 1916 Mrs. Turner Eben T. 1916 Mrs. Bardwell Thomas 1916 Farrington Charles L. 1916 Malone Martin Andrew 1916 Reeme Adele Cutter 1916 Downie Fred Sidney 42 10/20/1916 10/21/1916 Jackson Reeves Rightmeyer Beecher Harry D.H. 63 10/21/1916 (notice) 10/21/1916 10/21/1916 10/21/1916 10/21/1916 Stroke 10/21/1916 1916 Shierly John H. 35 10/21/1916 10/21/1916 1916 Bush John Locke 30 10/21/1916 10/23/1916 1916 Harrington George 57 10/21/1916 10/23/1916 Fall 1916 1916 Nesbit Konetsky Mary Niven Ross Nellie 75 35 10/21/1916 10/22/1916 10/24/1916 10/23/1916 1916 1916 1916 Mrs. Mrs. updated 06/24/2010 88 74 Notes Body found in an Enfield ravine. Had lived in Newfield. Last seen on 9/27/16. See story: p.3, Ithaca Journal, 10/16/16 and 10/18/16. Widow of Amasa Blakeslee; born in Danby. Daughter of Joseph Wilson. Burial in City Cemetery. Had lived in Newfield; brother of Miss Laura King. Died in New York City. She and her husband were former, well-known residents of Ithaca. Widow of Thomas Bardwell. Died at Trumansburg home of sister, Mrs. Sanford Sawyer. Died at Peoria, IL. Son of Dr. and Mrs. J.M. Farrington. Burial in Grove Cemetery. Last surviving member of the Confederate Army; well-known; tinsmith by trade. See story on p. 3 of 10/18/16 Ithaca Journal. Died at Kansas City, MO. Born in Newfield; lived most of her life in Kansas. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Downie. Burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died at Union. Former Verna Bailey of Ithaca. Was employee of Williams Foundry. Died at Jacksonville. Wife of D. Harmon Rightmeyer; burial in Grove Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Shierly. Burial in Calvary Cemetery. Died at Utica; Cornell '08 grad. Resident of Ithaca; worked for NY State. Husband of former Nellie Reed of Ithaca. Son of D. Bush. Burial in Lake View Cemetery. Fatally injured in a fall at the construction site of the Elks Building on W. State St. See story on p.3 of 10/23/16 Ithaca Journal. Burial in Willow Glen Cemetery. Wife of John Konetsky. Burial in Calvary Cemetery. Page 63 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 10/25/1916 10/23/1916 Accident 1916 1916 Strait Swartwood David William 86 13 10/22/1916 10/23/1916 1916 Ford Raymond 17 10/23/1916 10/24/1916 Acute Heart Trouble 1916 Cox George W. 60 10/24/1916 10/24/1916 1916 1916 Goetchus Sears Mary Jane Demetrus 87 75 10/24/1916 10/25/1916 10/24/1916 10/26/1916 1916 DePutron Lewis 3 10/26/1916 1916 Rice Mary A. 67 10/26/1916 10/26/1916 Infantile Paralysis 10/27/1916 1916 Seulke Robert J. infant 10/27/1916 10/27/1916 (notice) 1916 Bishop Demetrius Oscar 73 10/29/1916 10/30/1916 1916 Personius Mary F. 72 10/29/1916 10/30/1916 1916 1916 Oaks Colegro Norman Nicola 10/30/1916 (notice) 10/30/1916 10/30/1916 10/30/1916 Accident 1916 Lang William F. 10/30/1916 10/30/1916 Accident 11/02/1916 11/03/1916 11/03/1916 11/03/1916 11/04/1916 11/13/1916 1916 Mrs. Smith Augusta 1916 1916 Mrs. Burger Perry Herbert Nelson Freeman updated 06/24/2010 55 57 83 Notes Had lived in Spencer; burial in Candor. Died of gunshot when brother was trying to clear a jammed shell. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Swartwood of Cayuta.See story on p.3 of 10/23/16 Ithaca Journal. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Giles Ford of Richmond Hill. Formerly of Dryden; burial in family plot, Willow Glen. Had lived in Newfield. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Widow of Amasa Goetchus. Burial in Homer. Well-known Trumansburg resident. Husband of former Mary R. Yates; father of Roscoe D. Sears. Died in Danby; burial in Quick Cemetery in Brooktondale. Burial in Cavalry Cemetery. Death notices in 10/27/1916 aand 10/28/1916. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Karl J. Seulke. Burial in Lake View Cemetery. Died from effects of earlier stroke. Was Civil War veteran, and Commissioner of Education, prominent member of the State St. Methodist Church. Burial in East Lawn Cemetery. Lengthy obituary on p.3 of 10/30/16 Ithaca Journal. Wife of Leonard Personius. Burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died near Harford village. Died from injuries while working at Cayuga Lake Cement Co. Burial in Calvary Cemetery. His car struck a train near Trumansburg. He was owner of pickling plant, known as "kraut factory". He lived in Brooklyn. Story on p.3 of 10/30/16 Ithaca Journal. Died at Binghamton; formerly of Ithaca. Widow of Sylvanus A. Smith. Burial in Lake View Cemetery. Died at Ludlowville. Died at Muskegon Heights, MI. Was an assessor there for many years. Was born in Tompkins County. Page 64 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 Davis 1916 Hungerford 1916 McArthur 1916 Morgan Clark 1916 1916 Williamson McCutcheon George William 1916 1916 Atwood Rounds 1916 Ephraim 78 11/04/1916 Jennie E. 39 11/05/1916 11/06/1916 86 11/05/1916 11/06/1916 11/08/1916 11/09/1916 Accident 62 88 11/08/1916 11/10/1916 11/10/1916 11/11/2009 Fannie J. Price 50 11/11/1916 11/11/1916 Haskins George 30 11/12/1916 1916 1916 Miller Stewart Joseph W. John 66 11/12/1916 11/12/1916 11/13/1916 11/14/1916 Pleuropneumonia 11/13/1916 Typhoid Fever 11/13/1916 11/14/1916 Stroke 1916 Shepherd John Franklin 34 11/13/1916 11/13/1916 Acute Tuberculosis 1916 Hankins George 11/13/1916 11/14/1916 1916 Bailey Joseph 11/14/1916 11/15/1916 Suicide 1916 Slater Samuel S. 11/17/1916 11/21/1916 1916 VanDuser Jeremiah 75 11/17/1916 11/24/1916 Accident 1916 Golden Prentice E. 73 11/18/1916 11/18/1916 updated 06/24/2010 40 Notice Date Cause of Death 11/06/1916 Notes Died at North Lansing. Had lived many years in the West. Sister of Mrs. Ford Whiting. Burial in East Lawn Cemetery. Died near Etna. Son of Daniel McArthur, an immigrant from Scotland. Survived by widow, Emma Stewart McArthur. Burial in Willow Glen Cemetery. Died when he stepped off a passenger train in Auburn. Had lived near McLean. Story on p.3 of 11/9/16 Ithaca Journal. Died at Trumansburg; burial in Interlaken. Died at Newfield. Had lived in Etna up to 3 years ago. Burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Burial in Cooper Cemetery. Died at Virgil. Son of Mrs. Putnam Cornish. Burial in Lake View Cemetery. Died in a rooming house in Groton. Worked for the Road Roller Co. Was a picture framer, employed by H. J. Bool Co. Was a well-known glass blower; recently had left Ithaca to work at Point Marion, PA. Born in and buried at Pleasant Mills, NJ. See p.3 of 11/14/16 Ithaca Journal. Brother of Charles Bailey, a Jacksonville farmer. Story on p.5 of 11/15/16 Ithaca Journal. Died at New York City. Was 1894 Cornell Law School graduate. Was on editorial board of Cornell Daily Sun. Husband of former Ithacan, Miss Carrie Adsitt. See story on p.7 of 11/21/16 Ithaca Journal. Died of internal injuries after being struck by auto near Catatonk. See story on p.7 of 11/24/16 Ithaca Journal. Burial in East Lawn Cemetery. Page 65 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1916 1916 VanDuser Morgan Jeremiah Harry D. 1916 Sawka Alex Age Death Date 77 32 11/18/1916 11/18/1916 Notice Date Cause of Death 11/18/1916 11/20/1916 11/19/1916 11/20/1916 Notes Had lived and was buried in Catatonk. Died of severe burns suffered in May auto accident. See story on p. 3 of 11/20/16 Ithaca Journal. Died in fire at Remington Salt Works on east shore of Cayuga Lake. See story on p.3 of 11/20/16 Ithaca Journal. Died at Interlaken. Widow of William VanOstrand. Burial in Lake View Cemetery in Interlaken. 1916 Mrs. VanOstrand William 65 11/19/1916 11/21/1916 Apoplexy 1916 1916 1916 Cole Love Shurger Mortimer J.S. Andrew 76 Mrs. 82 11/20/1916 11/20/1916 11/21/1916 11/21/1916 11/22/1916 11/22/1916 1916 Carberry Florence 11 11/21/1916 11/23/1916 1916 Shaffer Amos 92 11/22/1916 11/22/1916 Died at Newfield. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. 1916 Tinker Margaret Maritta 76 11/22/1916 11/22/1916 1916 Detrick Ethel 11 11/22/1916 1916 Ford Abram M. 88 11/22/1916 11/23/1916 Infantile Paralysis 11/24/1916 Pneumonia Died in Clifton Springs Sanitarium. Mother of Dr. Martin Tinker. Burial in Granville, MA. Died at Lansing. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Detrick. Died in New Haven, CT. Former editor of Dryden Herald. Burial in Willow Glen Cemetery. 1916 King Julia 89 11/22/1916 11/27/1916 1916 Baker William Leroy 71 11/23/1916 11/23/1916 Suicide by Hanging 1916 McEvoy John 11/23/1916 1916 Shaver Harriet 86 11/24/1916 1916 Harris Charles 40 11/25/1916 11/23/1916 Cancer of Stomach 11/25/1916 Neuralgia of the Heart 11/27/1916 1916 1916 Morgan Wallenbeck Phoebe Reuben H. 75 11/26/1916 11/26/1916 11/27/1916 11/27/1916 updated 06/24/2010 Well-known Trumansburg resident Died at Groton. Died near South Lansing. Burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died following an appendectomy in Cortland. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carberry of Etna. Died at New York City. Mother of Ella J. Congdon of Ithaca. Burial in Grove Cemetery. Died in Danby. Despondent over health problems. Was a Civil War veteran. Burial in Curtis Cemetery in Danby. Was proprietor of Eagle Hotel in Lodi. Died at Freeville. Died at Willard State Hospital. Had lived in Slaterville; son of Mrs. Clarissa Harris. Burial in Hill Cemetery. Widow of Phillip Morgan; burial at Dryden. Was a Civil War verteran. Died the day after his 75th birthday. Page 66 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1916 Mowers 1916 Henrietta 86 11/27/1916 Rumsey Mary 32 11/27/1916 1916 Noble Dan 82 11/27/1916 11/28/1916 Heart Disease 01/05/1917 1916 Edwars Addie 61 11/28/1916 11/28/1916 1916 Peck George 11/28/1916 1916 Fisher Helen Morton 11/28/1916 1916 Hunt Mary 70 11/28/1916 11/29/1916 Heart Trouble Was former Town of Caroline supervisor and wellknown Democrat. Burial in Quick Cemetery, Brooktondale. 12/01/1916 Died at Cortland. Widow of Warren Fisher. Burial in Groton Rural Cemetery. 12/01/1916 Heart Trouble Died at Groton; burial in Five Corners Cemetery. 1916 1916 Niver Flisher Clarence O. Jane Van Buskirk 74 11/28/1916 11/28/1916 12/02/1916 12/04/1916 1916 Snyder Bradford 81 11/29/1916 11/29/1916 1916 Thatcher George 66 11/29/1916 11/29/1916 1916 Cummings Laura E. 15 11/29/1916 1916 Brown Ernest H. 12/01/1916 Tuberculosis Died at Groton. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Cummings; sister of Calton. Burial in Groton Rural Cemetery. 12/01/1916 Died at Willard State Hospital; had lived in Ithaca. 1916 Marion Clifford G. 3 11/30/1916 1916 Wafer Flora 40 11/30/1916 12/01/1916 Broncopneumonia 12/01/1916 Pneumonia 1916 Tubbs Walton 97 11/30/1916 12/02/1916 updated 06/24/2010 11/30/1916 Notice Date Cause of Death 11/28/1916 Notes Died at home of her son, Edward Newman, at Kennedy's Corners. Burial - Hayts Cemetery. Died at Enfield Center. Burial at Trumbull's Corners. Notorious robber convicted in 1871 in Owego. Prosecuted by Ithaca attorneys. See full story on p.5 of 1/5/1917 Ithaca Journal. Wife of Alonzo Edwards. Burial - City Cemetery. Died at Schenectady. Formerly of Ithaca. Died at Willard. Widow of Thomas Flisher. Formerly of Jacksonville. Burial in Grove Cemetery. Died at Etna. Was secretary of Dryden and Groton Ins. Co. and of the Etna Co-op Butter and Cheese Co. Was also director of the Dryden Tel. Co. Died at Brooktondale; burial in Quick Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen P. Marion of Slaterville Rd. Burial in Hayts Cemetery. Died at San Diego, CA. Wife of Charles Wafer. Both were former Ithaca residents. Died at Enfield home of his son,George. Burial in Grove Cemetery. Page 67 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Age Death Date Clarence 65 12/01/1916 Peirce Wells Willard B. Benjamin 93 12/01/1916 12/01/1916 12/02/1916 12/02/1916 Haskell McGiven T.A. James 76 67 12/01/1916 12/02/1916 12/06/1916 Pneumonia 12/04/1916 Besemer Martin 69 12/03/1916 12/04/1916 1916 Terry Fannie 12/03/1916 12/04/1916 1916 Warren Robert Kenneth 14 mos 12/03/1916 1916 Boldt George C. 65 12/05/1916 1916 LaRue James Albert 57 12/05/1916 12/04/1916 Infantile Son of Dr. and Mrs. R.C. Warren. Burial - Lake Paralysis View Cemetery. 12/05/1916 Heart Trouble Died in New York City. Proprietor of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and former trustee of Cornell University. Raised funds for Cornell's residential halls. See story on p.2 of 12/5/16 Ithaca Journal. Burial in Slaterville. 12/05/1916 Pneumonia Father of Mrs. Minnie Feeley. Burial in Newfield. 1916 White Sophia 12/05/1916 12/06/1916 1916 1916 Greening Wellin Thomas Lydia 80 63 12/06/1916 12/06/1916 12/07/1916 12/07/1916 Robinson Samuel 21 12/06/1916 12/09/1916 Had lived near Interlaken. Burial, along with her infant child, in Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken. 1916 Crissey Aura Mae 32 12/07/1916 12/07/1916 Wife of C.M. Crissey. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Butler. Burial - Lake View Cemetery. 1916 Yaple Ella 61 12/08/1916 12/09/1916 Wife of Ross Yaple; burial in Slaterville Cemetery. 1916 1916 1916 Mrs. 1916 1916 1916 1916 Dr. Mrs. Surname Name Smith updated 06/24/2010 Notice Date Cause of Death 12/01/1916 Notes Died at Trumansburg. Former Tompkins County district attorney, Cornell graduate. Had practiced law for many years. Father of M. Truman and Florence Smith. Burial in Grove Cemetery. Burial in East Lawn Cemetery. Died at Brooklyn.Father of Henry L. and Samuel Wells of Ithaca. Burial in Brooklyn. Died at Jenksville. Had lived in Newfield. Burial in Seabring Cemetery. Well-known physician and hunting enthusiast. Husband of Emma Walcott Besemer. See lengthy obituary on p.3 of 12/4/16 Ithaca Journal. Had lived in Trumansburg. Widow of John Terry. Died at Cortland; widow of Dr. A.J. White. Had been resident of Ithaca. Died at Groton. Had lived at Kingtown; burial in Grove Cemetery. Page 68 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1916 Hlavacek Mary 1916 Townley Richard A. 1916 McGillivray Josiah 1916 Morgan Daniel N. 1916 1916 Hulbert Peck 1916 Age Death Date 12/08/1916 Notes Died at Leith, ND; formerly of Newfield. Had 20 children. Sister of Mrs. Pauline Auble and Mrs. Victorine Kulp of Ithaca. See p. 5 of 2/26/1917 Ithaca Journal, regarding probate of will. 12/09/1916 12/12/1916 Died at Groton. Burial in Groton Rural Cemetery. 12/09/1916 01/06/1917 59 12/10/1916 12/12/1916 Nina C. James H. 46 69 12/11/1916 12/11/1916 12/11/1916 Pneumonia 12/12/1916 Stroke Baker Albert, Jr. 84 12/12/1916 12/13/1916 Died in Detroit at home of his son, Ellsworth. Formerly of Ithaca. Died at Groton. Brother of Howard Morgan. Burial in McLean Cemetery. Wife of E.H. Hulbert. Was a janitor at Fall Creek School. Burial - Lake View Cemetery. Had lived in ithaca and, later, in Lansingville. Was at one time an employee at C.T. Stephens hardware store. Burial - Lansingville Cemetery. 1916 VanDuzer Edward George 1 mo 12/12/1916 12/13/1916 Pneumonia 1916 Blakeslee Pope Marshall 12/13/1916 12/13/1916 1916 Brokaw Roger S. 5 12/14/1916 12/14/1916 Pneumonia 1916 1916 Letts Moe Mary J. Theodore Frederick 71 17 12/14/1916 12/14/1916 12/14/1916 Pneumonia 12/14/1916 1916 Lunger William Henry 77 12/16/1916 12/16/1916 1916 Robinson Amelia 72 12/16/1916 12/18/1916 1916 1916 Bogardus Georgia George Willard Boyd 53 67 12/17/1916 12/17/1916 12/18/1916 12/18/1916 1916 Millspaugh Emma 71 12/17/1916 12/18/1916 1916 Miller baby girl 4 days 12/17/1916 12/19/1916 1916 Beers Mabel 83 12/20/1916 12/20/1916 updated 06/24/2010 80 Notice Date Cause of Death 02/26/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank VanDuzer. Burial - City Cemetery. Had lived in Niagara Falls. Son of P.M. Blakeslee of Newfield. Burial - Fisher Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Brokaw of Groton. Burial - Lake View Cemetery. Burial in Hayts Cemetery. Son of John T. Moe. Burial - Lake View Cemetery. Had lived in Montour Falls; burial in City Cemetery. Widow of Melvin Robinson. Burial in City Cemetery. Burial in South Hill Cemetery. Heart Trouble Senior member of real estate and insurance firm, W.B. Georgia and Son. Prominent Ithaca businessman. See story p.3, 12/18/16 Ithaca Journal. Died at Elmira; formerly of Ithaca. Burial in City Cemetery. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Miller, Interlaken. Died at Danby; burial Danby Rural Cemetery. Page 69 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Dr. Hanley Sholar Malone Merchant VanZile Bangs Elizabeth Hattie Thomas Ann Cornelia Edwin Mayo 16 60 12/20/1916 12/20/1916 12/21/1916 12/21/1916 12/21/1916 12/22/1916 1916 Allen Jane Annette 83 1916 Guldi Walter E. 1916 1916 1916 Carberry Downie Anderson Lillie Gaston Robert L. John Jordan Frank 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 Mrs. 74 63 58 67 76 Notice Date Cause of Death 12/21/1916 12/21/1916 12/21/1916 12/27/1916 12/27/1916 Pneumonia 12/22/1916 Pneumonia 12/24/1916 12/27/1916 12/25/1916 12/27/1916 Accident 12/27/1916 12/27/1916 12/28/1916 12/27/1916 12/27/1916 12/29/1916 12/29/1916 12/29/1916 (notice) Notes Burial in Lake View Cemetery. Burial City Cemetery. Burial Mr. Olivet Cemetery. Had lived in Etna; burial in Etna cemetery. Burial in Groton Cemetery. Well-known Ithaca physician. Burial in Boston, MA. Died in Danby at home of her son, Dr. J. Frank Allen. Died in auto-train crash near his home at Sayville, L.I. Was Cornell student. See story, p.5, Ith. Jour., 12/27/1916. Wife of Edward Gaston; lived in Dryden. Burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died at Jacksonville. Was born in England; lived in Ithaca 50 years. Burial - Lake View Cemetery. Died at London, England. Former Grace Mack of Ithaca. Wife of R.E. Dickens. Burial in Hayts Cemetery. 1916 Dickens Mary C. 49 12/29/1916 12/30/1916 1916 VanBuskirk Adaline 77 12/29/1916 01/03/1917 1916 1916 Head Mulvihill Levi L. John J. 68 39 12/30/1916 12/30/1916 12/30/1916 12/30/1916 1916 Foster Ida M. 43 12/31/1916 01/02/1917 1916 Moore Harriet E. 50 12/31/1916 01/02/1917 Tuberculosis Died at Dryden. Had owned a millinery business. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Moore. 1917 Rehn John F. 36 01/01/1917 01/02/1917 Pneumonia 1917 Morton Luther 91 01/01/1917 01/04/1917 1917 1917 1917 Mrs. Messpell Brown DeBiajio William P. Alvah Angelo 67 20 01/02/1917 (notice) 01/02/1917 01/02/1917 01/02/1917 01/02/1917 01/02/1917 updated 06/24/2010 Died at New York City. Formerly of and burial at Newfield. Died at Caroline; burial at Caroline. Died at Slaterville. Burial in Willow Glen Cemetery. Died at Newfield. Wife of Rev. M. D. Foster, Methodist Church of Newfield. Burial at Burdette. Was superintendent of Cayuga Cement Corp. in Ludlowville. Husband of Adele Niggli Rehn. Burial in Lake View Cemetery. See story p. 5 of 1/2/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died at Cheektowaga, NY. Widower of Elizabeth, father of Willis Morton. Had lived near Dryden. Burial at Willow Glen. Died at Newfield. Was ill for several months. Former Mary C. McGrade. Burial in Cavalry Cemetery. Page 70 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Searles John 83 01/02/1917 1917 Garling Mary 76 01/03/1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 01/10/1917 01/03/1917 (notice) 1917 1917 Reeves Personius John W. Leonard 84 81 01/03/1917 01/03/1917 01/03/1917 01/04/1917 1917 Allen Edith Abbott 29 01/04/1917 1917 Gluck Bessie 47 01/04/1917 01/04/1917 Typhoid Fever and Pneumonia 01/04/1917 1917 Stewart Harriet Theresa 01/04/1917 01/04/1917 1917 Davidsen Robert 89 01/04/1917 01/09/1917 Pneumonia 1917 Nixon William D. 43 01/04/1917 01/10/1917 Pneumonia 1917 1917 1917 Lobdell Sabin Allick Fannie C. Jefferson L. Delia Briggs 76 78 87 01/05/1917 01/05/1917 01/05/1917 01/05/1917 01/08/1917 01/10/1917 1917 Speer Freeman F. 74 01/06/1917 1917 Breakey Abigail A. 92 01/07/1917 01/08/1917 Intestinal Problem 01/08/1917 1917 1917 1917 Cornelius Vandermark Warren Henry Herman Charles 63 81 73 01/07/1917 01/07/1917 01/07/1917 01/08/1917 Pneumonia 01/08/1917 01/08/1917 1917 Dwyer James 40 01/07/1917 01/09/1917 1917 Hyde J.M. 67 01/07/1917 01/09/1917 1917 1917 Harker Harker Charles W. Charles Wesley 61 62 01/08/1917 01/08/1917 01/08/1917 01/09/1917 updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died north of Cayutaville. Lived most of his life on farm where he died. Brother, Howard, died at Harrisburg, PA only one week before. Burial at Newfield. Formerly of Seneca Falls; resided in Ithaca for 4 years. Burial in Lake View Cemetery. Burial at Pine Valley. Retired farmer; burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Married only 7 months to Kenneth Allen. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Abbott. Burial at Interlaken. Formerly of Niagara Falls; widow of Alvah Hector Gluck who conducted the Ithaca Hotel for 4 years. Burial at Niagara Falls. Died following surgery. Wife of James H. Stewart. Burial in City Cemetery. Was oldest survivor of the famous Seventy-Sixth Regiment. Had lived in McLean. Died at Minneapolis, MN. Well-known muscian of Patrick Conway's Ithaca Band. Burial in East Lawn Cemetery. Story on p. 5 of 1/10/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died at Ludlowville. Wife of Thomas Lobdell. Died at Danby; burial in South Hill Cemetery. Life long West Danby resident. Wife of DeWitt Allick. Veteran cigar maker. Story p. 3 of 1/8/1917 Ithaca Journal. Life long Ithaca resident. Burial at Inlet Valley Cemetery. Died at Dryden. Died at Newfield; burial at Asbury. Died at Buffalo; formerly of Ithaca. Burial in City Cemetery. Died at Groton; burial at Catholic Cemetery in Groton. Died near Groton; burial in Groton Rural Cemetery. Died following surgery; had lived in Lansing. Burial in Lake View Cemetery. Page 71 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1917 Palmer Harold J. 1917 Mrs. Rulison Charles 1917 Cornell Frank 1917 Gould Edwin B. 1917 Campbell Mary J. 1917 Alexander Isaac 1917 Myers 1917 Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 01/09/1917 Pneumonia 01/08/1917 Notes Died at his home in Poughkeepsie. Was head of English Dept. at Cascadilla School in Ithaca. 1915 Cornell grad. Died at Freeville. Burial in Willow Glen Cemetery. 76 01/09/1917 01/10/1917 6 mos 01/09/1917 01/11/1917 61 01/09/1917 02/06/1917 01/09/1917 1/171917 72 01/10/1917 01/16/1917 Herman 65 01/11/1917 01/11/1917 Apoplexy Clapp Lewis A. 65 01/11/1917 01/12/1917 Bright's Disease 1917 Small Mary A. 71 01/11/1917 01/13/1917 Died and burial at North Lansing. Was North Lansing correspondent for the Ithaca Journal. 1917 VanTine Amanda Shevalier 78 01/11/1917 01/16/1917 Pneumonia 1917 Wood Almerian T. 88 01/12/1917 Had lived in Dryden. Widow of Isaac VanTine. Burial in Willow Glen Cemetery. Death notices in 1/16/1917 and 1/20/1917. Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred Doolittle of Interlaken. Burial at Cayuta. Died while undergoing treatment at Clifton Springs. Burial at Lodi. Died at Lansing; burial North Lansing Cemetery. Wife of Orin Miller. Had lived on Slaterville Rd. Wife of Leonard Sisson. Burial in Lake View Cemetery. Former state dairy head. See story p.3 of 1/15/1917 Ithaca Journal. Child of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boda of Danby. Had lived in Trumansburg. Burial at former Schwartz residence in Ulysses, PA. Died at Jacksonville. 01/12/1917 (notice) 1917 Mrs. Keyes C.R. 01/12/1917 01/12/1917 1917 Miller Emma Linderman 59 01/12/1917 01/12/1917 Shock 1917 Sisson Addie E. 27 01/12/1917 01/13/1917 1917 Howard William Burr 85 01/13/1917 01/15/1917 1917 1917 Boda Schwartz Irving Emily infant 01/13/1917 01/14/1917 01/17/1917 Pneumonia 01/17/1917 1917 Miss VanDine Theodosia 80 01/15/1917 01/15/1917 updated 06/24/2010 Youngest of Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Cornell of Slaterville. Died at Dresserville, at home of sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones. Born in Candor; had lived in Newark Valley. Long time member of the Newark Valley Band. Died in LaHabra, CA where she had lived since 1902. Died at Soldier's Home;Dayton, OH. Had lived in Newfield; Civil War veteran. Was a veteran cigar maker born in Germany. Story on p. 3 of 1/11/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial in Lake View Cemetery. Publisher of The Weekly Ithacan. Born in Dryden. Husband of Lillian. See story on p. 5 of 1/12/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial in Fisher's Cemetery. Page 72 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 1917 1917 Personius Crawford King 1917 James Jane Elizabeth Sylvester 90 81 90 01/15/1917 01/16/1917 01/16/1917 Tillotson Almira Gere 76 01/16/1917 01/17/1917 Heart Attack 1917 Malone Bridget 75 01/17/1917 01/17/1917 1917 Sheffield Alice E. 4 mos 01/17/1917 01/17/1917 1917 Norris Jennie 49 01/17/1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 Sisson Bates Hoagland Todd Piper Addie McFall Stephen S. Walter Mary N. Emeline 98 91 70 51 01/18/1917 (notice) 01/18/1917 01/18/1917 01/18/1917 01/19/1917 04/17/1917 Rheumitism of the Heart 01/18/1917 01/19/1917 01/19/1917 01/19/1917 01/19/1917 1917 Osmun Janette 87 01/19/1917 01/20/1917 Fall 1917 1917 Perry Farrington Herman Charlotte 68 01/19/1917 01/19/1917 01/20/1917 01/22/1917 1917 1917 Ferris Sherman Lewis Lisette Jones 79 01/20/1917 01/20/1917 01/22/1917 01/23/1917 Appendicitis 1917 Grover Maryett E. 78 01/21/1917 01/22/1917 Stroke 1917 1917 Mrs. 1917 Lewis Overacker Louis Mary Cleoma Rachael Mary Briggs 87 65 86 01/21/1917 01/21/1917 01/21/1917 01/22/1917 01/22/1917 01/24/1917 1917 Snyder Arthur 9 01/22/1917 01/22/1917 updated 06/24/2010 Notice Date Cause of Death 01/20/1917 01/16/1917 01/17/1917 Notes Had lived at Caroline Center where buried. Burial in Fisher's Cemetery. Had lived in Trumansburg. Burial at Grove Cemetery. Daughter of Donald T. Tillotson and Jane Ann Gere; member of one of Ithaca's oldest families. Burial in City Cemetery. Widow of James Malone. Ithaca resident for 50 years; burial Mr. Olivet Cemetery. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sheffield. Burial in Hayt's Cemetery. Was a bookkeeper at grocery firm: Wanzer & Howell. Funeral and burial at Sayre, PA. Had lived near Slaterville, formerly of Danby. Died at Dryden; husband of Nora Bates. Died at Brooktondale; burial at Richford. Burial at Odessa, Laurel Hill Cemetery. Had lived at Newfield. Daughter of Mrs. Henry Piper. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Died from injuries. Widow of Rev. John D. Osmun. See lengthy obituary on p. 3 of 1/29/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial at Wilseyville. Died at Syracuse; formerly of Jacksonville. Widow of Warren Farrington. Burial at Grove Cemetery in Trumansburg. Burial at Newfield. Died following surgery at Kansas City. Wife of Merritt Sherman. She was an 1878 graduate of Cornell. They lived on Sherman Ranch, Crawford, KS. Widow of Peter Grover. Burial at City Cemetery. Had lived in Newfield. Burial at Snyder Hill Cemetery. Died at West Danby; widow of Alfred Lewis. Burial at Baptist Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Snyder of Groton. Burial at Owego. Page 73 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Lovell 1917 1917 William Henry 72 01/22/1917 Tyler Westervelt Mae Mary Phillip 46 69 01/22/1917 01/22/1917 01/23/1917 01/23/1917 Wife of Locey Tyler, local druggist. Died at Newfield; burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. 1917 Legg Dora 84 01/22/1917 01/25/1917 Died at Speedsville; burial Speedsville Cemetery. 1917 Rosencrans not given 9 mos 01/22/1917 01/25/1917 1917 1917 Sprouls Harris Rebecca Thomas 80 76 01/22/1917 01/23/1917 01/25/1917 01/24/1917 1917 Vorhis Esther C. 01/23/1917 01/24/1917 1917 Knickerbocker James R. 80 01/23/1917 01/25/1917 1917 Nixon Frank 48 01/23/1917 01/29/1917 1917 1917 Fournier Green George Rufus 63 63 01/24/1917 01/24/1917 01/24/1917 01/24/1917 Died at Bostwick's Corners. Child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rosencrans. Burial Enfield Center Cemetery. Died near Groton; burial at West Homer. Heart Collapsed and died on the street. Was a painter; Problem burial Hayts Cemetery. He was at first mistaken for E. M. Weed. Story on p.3 of 1/24/1917 Ithaca Journal. Widow of Andrew C. Vorhis. Died at Spencer; formerly of Brooktondale. Died at Newfield home of Mrs. A.J. Decker, his sister. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery. Heart Trouble Died at New Woodstock. Born in and buried at Speedsville. Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. George Nixon. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died at Danby; burial in Danby Rural Cemetery. 1917 1917 1917 Knettles Leonard Griffen Emily Gardner Emma J. Charles B. 66 65 01/24/1917 01/24/1917 01/24/1917 01/24/1917 Pneumonia 01/24/1917 01/25/1917 Died at VanEtten; formerly of Ithaca. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Hayt's Corners; burial Hayt's Cemetery. 1917 Judge Emma 88 01/24/1917 01/29/1917 1917 Wright George Robert 51 01/24/1917 01/29/1917 1917 Perigo Daniel 70 01/25/1917 01/25/1917 1917 Nelson Mary 73 01/25/1917 01/25/1917 Stroke Died at Locke. Born in County of Kent, England. Came to America in 1900. Burial Bird Cemetery, West Groton. Husband of Katherine Batty Wright; father of Paul. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. Died and burial at Trumbull's Corners. Civil War veteran. Widow of George H. Nelson; burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Death notices in 1/25/1917 and 1/27/1917. updated 06/24/2010 Notice Date Cause of Death 01/23/1917 Pneumonia Notes Was Elmira postmaster and a pioneer in the tobacco raising industry. Was a member of many organizations and well-known to Ithacans. Story p.3 of 1/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. Page 74 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Newport 1917 1917 1917 1917 Arlula C. 46 01/25/1917 Taylor Haring Smith Walter Mina Cornelia B. M. Treman Helen 65 80 22 01/26/1917 (notice) 01/26/1917 01/27/1917 01/27/1917 01/26/1917 Pneumonia 01/27/1917 01/29/1917 01/29/1917 1917 Mrs. Slater not given 86 01/27/1917 02/02/1917 1917 1917 1917 Saylor Carmer Seaman Emma A. Walter Caroline J.B. 90 11 01/28/1917 01/29/1917 01/30/1917 01/30/1917 01/31/1917 01/30/1917 1917 1917 Parker McGowen Charles W. Marion W. 84 80 01/30/1917 01/31/1917 02/01/1917 01/03/1917 1917 Beach Fannie 01/31/1917 01/31/1917 1917 Ayers Nelson 93 01/31/1917 02/05/1917 1917 Ayers Molancy 77 02/01/1917 02/02/1917 1917 1917 Starr DeMun Susie John L. 89 02/01/1917 02/01/1917 02/02/1917 02/05/1917 1917 Peck Lydia 80 02/02/1917 02/02/1917 1917 1917 Youngs Cox Margaret Frances 82 57 02/03/1917 02/03/1917 02/03/1917 02/05/1917 1917 1917 Straight Ayres Caroline Daniel H. 76 69 02/03/1917 02/03/1917 02/05/1917 02/06/1917 Pneumonia updated 06/24/2010 Notice Date Cause of Death 01/26/1917 Notes Wife of Theodore Newport; burial Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn. Burial in Spencer. Burial East Lansing. Lived entire life in Trumansburg. Died in NY City; daughter of F.E. Walter of NYC. Granddaughter of Helen Freer of Ithaca. Had lived in Danby with daughter, Mrs. Frank Eastman. Burial Bethlehem, PA. Died at Dryden; burial Willow Glen Cemetery. Wife of Luther W. Seaman. Burial Coddington Cemetery. Died at Willow Glen; formerly of Freeville. Sister of Andrew Stevenson; burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died at Newfield; widow of John Beach. Burial Ennis Cemetery at Swartwood. Died at Hornell. Formerly of Jacksonville area. Widower of Maria VanKirk and Sarah Francis. Related to Treman family of Ithaca. See p.3 of 2/5/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died at Etna. Widow of Job Ayers of Harford. Burial at family plot Lapeer, Cortland County. Had lived at Newfield. Died at Covert. At one time the leading dealer for lumber, coal and grain at Kidders and Morehouse areas. Husband of Emeline DeMun. Burial at Interlaken's Lake View Cemetery. Sister of Theron Primrose. Widow of William Grover, Freeville, and William Peck, Groton. Died at Newfield; widow of George Cox. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Died at Slaterville. Died at Samaritan Hospital at Troy where he had gone on a business trip. Had operated Cayuga Lake Orchards at Trumansburg. Son of Daniel B. and Harriet Holister Ayres; husband of Sarah Gregg Ayres. Page 75 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age 1917 Rivenberg H. E. 1917 1917 Lane VanMarter Elizabeth Martha 1917 Herron Ann 1917 1917 Mrs. 1917 Lane Playford Reed Mary E. E. Charles D. 67 1917 Brooks 1917 Death Date 02/03/1917 02/04/1917 02/04/1917 02/05/1917 02/05/1917 02/04/1917 02/06/1917 22 02/04/1917 02/04/1917 02/05/1917 02/06/1917 02/06/1917 02/08/1917 Pneumonia Charles E. 68 02/06/1917 Browning Cecilia 38 02/06/1917 02/06/1917 Suicide by Gunshot 02/07/1917 1917 Adams Edward 02/06/1917 02/08/1917 1917 Mrs. Depew Frank 52 02/06/1917 02/08/1917 1917 McClellan Frederick 6 mos 02/06/1917 02/10/1917 Pneumonia 1917 1917 1917 Donovan Hoagland Knuntila Catherine George not given 75 57 3 mos 02/07/1917 02/07/1917 02/07/1917 02/08/1917 02/08/1917 Pneumonia 02/09/1917 Pneumonia 1917 1917 Holmes Kelly Martha Mary 61 83 02/08/1917 02/08/1917 02/08/1917 02/09/1917 1917 1917 Sutfin Burger Charity Charity M. 85 82 02/08/1917 02/09/1917 02/10/1917 Pneumonia 02/09/1917 1917 Conklin Henry 18 02/09/1917 02/10/1917 Pneumonia 1917 1917 Stafford McMahon Cassius M. John 54 75 02/09/1917 02/10/1917 02/10/1917 02/10/1917 1917 Vandenburg Henry 76 02/10/1917 02/10/1917 Exposure 1917 1917 Leonard Mastin Jacob Harriet E. 58 90 02/11/1917 02/11/1917 02/12/1917 02/12/1917 updated 06/24/2010 63 74 Notice Date Cause of Death 02/08/1917 Pneumonia Notes Died at Sunbury, PA. Had lived in Groton; was a salesman. Burial in Preston Hollow, NY. Died near Ludlowville. Wife of Calvin Lane. Wife of Rev. Estus VanMarter; sister of William Pew. Burial Snyder Hill Cemetery. Died at King Ferry at home of daughter, Mrs. Henry Murray. Died at Lansingville. Mother of Mrs. J. M. Hoefflin. Died at Cortland. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Reed. Burial in Dryden Green Hill Cemetery. Died at Waverly. He was police chief, suffering from an illness for a year. Wife of James Browning. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Harford; was well-known phone operator; crippled with rheumatism. Had lived near Caroline at Union Valley. Burial Maple Grove Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George McClellan; brother Ida. Burial Catholic Cemetery, Groton. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Died at Newfield; child of Mr. and Mrs. Alick Knuntila. Widow of Wesley S. Holmes. Died at Slaterville. Widow of Luthern Kelley. Formerly of and burial at Waverly. Died at Freeville. Died at Ludlowville. Widow of William N. Burger. Burial in Pine Grove Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Conklin of Groton. Burial in Groton Rural Cemetery. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died of complications after illness of several months. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Strayed from home of his daughter, Mrs. May Gaul, and died from effects of bitter cold. Burial Newton, PA. Wife of Lucius Mastin. Burial Danby Rural Cemetery. Page 76 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1917 1917 Wiser Bowen Frank F. Augusta A. 1917 1917 Ward Cain Thomas Mary E. 1917 1917 Teeter Townley Truman M. Fred A. 1917 Miss Jessup 1917 Age Death Date 55 02/12/1917 02/13/1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 02/12/1917 02/20/1917 Pneumonia Notes Husband of Agnes. Died at Joliet, IL. Widow of Lt. James Rumsey Bowen. Sister of Mrs. A.K. Warner of Ithaca. 02/14/1917 02/15/1917 02/14/1917 02/15/1917 61 58 02/15/1917 02/16/1917 02/16/1917 02/16/1917 Sophronia 81 02/16/1917 02/17/1917 Stanley Charles Matthew 74 02/16/1917 02/17/1917 Heart Attack 1917 Thomas David J. 78 02/16/1917 02/17/1917 1917 Williams Elizabeth 02/16/1917 1917 Burdick Isabella A. 83 02/17/1917 02/17/1917 Pleuropneumonia 02/17/1917 Stroke 1917 Ford Margaret H. 52 02/17/1917 02/17/1917 1917 1917 Finch Kazmeier Elizabeth Ethel Benjamin 94 32 02/17/1917 02/17/1917 02/19/1917 02/21/1917 1917 1917 Dimmick Moffat Alton M. John L. 47 63 02/18/1917 02/18/1917 02/19/1917 02/19/1917 1917 1917 Smith Tillotson Alonzo F. Henry N. 76 80 02/18/1917 02/18/1917 02/19/1917 02/19/1917 Burial at Trumansburg. Brother of Anna L. Tillotson; burial City Cemetery. 1917 Ashton George 81 02/18/1917 02/20/1917 Died at Groton; burial at Groton Rural Cemetery. updated 06/24/2010 Died at Groton; formerly of Peruville. Died at Willard State Hospital. Wife of J.B. Cain. Burial City Cemetery. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died after several strokes. Was a well-known contractor. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery, Ludlowville. Died at Dundee home of her niece, Miss Jessie Bower. Jessup family resided in Newfield many years ago. Miss Jessup to be buried in Newfield. Civil War veteran. Had owned a shoe store for over 50 years on E. State St. Husband of Catherine. See story and photo on p.3 of 2/17/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died following 5 year illness. Veteran of Civil War, Co. G, 109th Regiment, NY Volunteers. Burial in Burdette where he had previously lived. Wife of Frank Williams. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Widow of Welcome S. Burdick. Active in women's organizations. Died of complications after year long illness. Wife of Philip Ford; burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Burial City Cemetery. Died at Bryan, Texas. Wife of Prof. Fred Kazmeier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olney T. Benjamin. Burial City Cemetery. Burial at Interlaken. Prominent retired physician who moved to Ithaca from Brooklyn. Will be buried in Brooklyn Page 77 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1917 Cook John W. 1917 Backus Age Death Date 42 02/20/1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 02/21/1917 02/21/1917 02/21/1917 (notice) 1917 Eray Adelia 65 02/21/1917 02/22/1917 1917 Edgerton Josephine 63 02/21/1917 02/23/1917 1917 Reed Mary 54 02/22/1917 02/22/1917 1917 Mrs. Strang J.W. 02/22/1917 02/23/1917 1917 1917 Robinson Robinson Mary L. Fanny 61 02/23/1917 02/23/1917 02/23/1917 Pneumonia 02/27/1917 1917 1917 1917 Drake Cady Cushing Charles Bridget John 79 62 50 02/24/1917 02/24/1917 02/24/1917 02/24/1917 02/26/1917 02/26/1917 1917 1917 Boice Hurlbut David Millard P. 80 21 02/24/1917 02/25/1917 1917 Mills Hannah 92 02/25/1917 02/27/1917 02/26/1917 Typhoid Fever 02/26/1917 1917 Mrs. Bishop Truman 57 02/25/1917 02/27/1917 1917 Col. Houtz George H. 81 02/26/1917 02/26/1917 1917 1917 Jones Murphy Mary Timothy J. 76 42 02/27/1917 02/27/1917 02/27/1917 02/28/1917 1917 Gregg James G. 39 02/27/1917 03/02/1917 Pneumonia updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died at Willard State Hospital. Son of Mrs. Catherine Spicer of Ithaca. Died at NY City. Son of Mrs. D.H. Backus of Groton. Wife of Charles Eray. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. Wife of George Edgerton; daughter of Betsey and James Chase. Formerly of and burial at Rock Stream, NY. Wife of William Reed. Daughter of Charles Loucks. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Trumansburg at home of daughter, Mrs. Howard K. Aiken. Burial at Waterloo. Burial at Breeseport. Widow of Daniel Robinson, formerly of Ithaca. Died at Providence, R.I. burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Danby; burial Danby Rural Cemetery. Wife of A.B. Cady; burial St. Louis, MO. Fell into an Interlaken creek and died of exposure. Had worked at Lehigh Valley Railroad, Interlaken. See story on p. 3 of 2/26/1917 Ithaca Journal. Buried at Mecklenburg. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred N. Hurlbut. Burial Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg. Died at Brooktondale; burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died at Willard State Hospital; burial Hayt's Cemetery. Died at Etna. Former colonel of the 5th Batallion, NY National Guard. Later proprietor of an Etna feed mill and organizer and director of the Tompkins Cooperative Fire Ins. Co. See lengthy obituary p.6 of 3/9/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Husband of Mary Murphy; formerly of Danbury, CT. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Died at NY City. Husband of Florence Alexander Gregg. Burial Grove Cemetery. See story p.5 of 3/2/1917 Ithaca Journal. Page 78 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Dr. 1917 1917 Hollister Bennett Reilly Eugene George J. Furnie 70 20 02/28/1917 (notice) 02/28/1917 02/28/1917 1917 1917 1917 Crance Snyder Townley Stephen . Fannie Mary R. 85 90 69 02/28/1917 03/01/1917 03/01/1917 1917 1917 Young Miller Charles H. Joshua 1917 Smith Irene F. 1917 Elmendorf 1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 02/28/1917 02/28/1917 02/28/1917 Acute Meningitis 03/02/1917 03/02/1917 03/02/1917 03/01/1917 03/01/1917 03/02/1917 03/08/1917 22 03/02/1917 03/03/1917 Accident Earl Bruce 24 03/03/1917 03/05/1917 Pneumonia Van Kuren William "Jack" 40 03/03/1917 03/05/1917 Murdered 1917 Donohue Bridget 03/04/1917 03/05/1917 Stroke 1917 Mowry Sarah M. 03/04/1917 03/05/1917 1917 1917 Minor Emery Hally Burton 03/04/1917 03/05/1917 03/07/1917 03/05/1917 Pneumonia 1917 Mrs. 1917 Bott Naughton Arthur Mary 03/05/1917 03/05/1917 03/06/1917 03/06/1917 1917 Kellogg Frances 03/05/1917 03/07/1917 1917 Gardner Alexander 03/06/1917 03/06/1917 updated 06/24/2010 27 76 Notes Died at Newark, NJ; formerly of Danby. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Reilly. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Died at West Danby. Died at Newfield; burial at Snyder Cemetery. Died at Groton. Wife of L.J. Townley. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Dodd of Ithaca. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. See obituary on p.5 of 3/2/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial City Cemetery. Died after suffering a shock; lived at Krum's Corners. Burial at Trumansburg. Died of injuries after struck by car. Was a Cornell student from Gloversville. See story p.3 of 3/3/1917 Ithaca Journal. Son of Mrs. J.C. Elmendorf. He was well known draftsman at Thomas Aeroplane Co. See story p.5 of 3/5/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial at Candor. Died of stab wounds during an argument. Had lived in Brooktondale. See story on p.3 of 3/3 & 7/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Quick Cemetery. See Ithaca Journal: 4/23-27/1917. Died of complications from stroke. Widow of Timothy Donohue; burial Calvary Cemetery. Died of old age health problems. Wife of H.F. Mowry. Daughter of late Ephraim LaBarre of Lansing, former Tompkins County sheriff. Burial City Cemetery. Died at Interlaken. Had injured his ankle while cutting wood at Newfield. Husband of former Mabel Blauvelt of Newfield. Son of Minnie Emery. Burial at Middlebury, VT. Died at Boston, MA; formerly of Ithaca. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Died of disease complications at Interlaken. Wife of Supervisor Dan Kellogg. Burial Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken. Civil War veteran. Burial at Lyndonville, NY. Page 79 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Catherine 84 03/06/1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 03/06/1917 Pneumonia 1917 Halliday 1917 Hakes L.A. 66 03/06/1917 03/07/1917 Pneumonia 1917 1917 Johnson Berti Byron Vittorio 65 25 03/06/1917 03/06/1917 03/07/1917 03/09/1917 1917 1917 1917 Ward Sherman Walker Sarah Beers Hiram Almon William W. "Daddy" 67 70 03/07/1917 (notice) 03/07/1917 03/07/1917 03/07/1917 03/07/1917 03/08/1917 1917 Mrs. Messer William 03/08/1917 03/09/1917 1917 Sincebaugh Eva L. 48 03/08/1917 03/09/1917 1917 Hitchcock Albert H. 39 03/08/1917 03/12/1917 Pneumonia 1917 Ashdown James 80 03/09/1917 03/09/1917 1917 Troy Ellen 40 03/09/1917 1917 Card Parthema 77 03/09/1917 03/09/1917 Suicide by Hanging 03/10/1917 1917 Colton Edwin Hall 51 03/09/1917 03/10/1917 Pneumonia 1917 Matson Dora 70 03/09/1917 03/10/1917 1917 Randolph William C. 87 03/09/1917 04/02/1917 Pneumonia 1917 1917 Drake Newton Mary L. John W. 86 03/10/1917 03/10/1917 03/12/1917 03/12/1917 updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery. Died at Lake Ridge. Born at Herkimer. Was in real estate business in Syracuse for many years. Burial at King Ferry. Apoplexy Died at Cortland. Formerly of Groton. Died following surgery at Bellevue Hospital. Had lived in Ithaca. Husband of Anita; father of Alberto. Died at Gloversville; formerly of Danby. Burial Ellis Cemetery. Heart Trouble Was caretaker at Odd Fellows Temple. Born in NYC, lived and is buried at Binghamton. See story p. 3 of 3/8/1917 Ithaca Journal. Lived near Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Sincebaugh. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Flushing, L.I. Brother of Jessica Hitchcock. Burial at Flushing. Volunteer member of Ithaca Fire Dept. for 64 years. Also a machinist for Delaware and Lackawanna and Western Railroad when their machine shops were located in Ithaca. Last of 10 children, survived by one son, Fred J. Burial Lake View Cemetery. See story p.3 of 3/9/1917 Ithaca Journal. Daughter of Mrs. Bridget Troy. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Survived by son, C.B. Card, and sister, Mrs. A. Hiles. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. Died at Dryden. Husband of Nellie Colton. Burial Green Hills Cemetery. Died at Slaterville; burial in Caroline, Maple Grove Cemetery. Died at Highland Springs, CA. Formerly of Ithaca. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Randolph. He was a jeweler by trade. See story p. 2 of 4/2/1917 Ithaca Journal. Survived by four nieces. Died at Willard State Hospital. Page 80 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Sniffen 1917 William A. 67 03/10/1917 Sutton Electa 32 03/10/1917 03/12/1917 1917 Green Ida 03/11/1917 03/12/1917 1917 1917 Mrs. Joiner Kittrick Matthew William 03/11/1917 03/11/1917 03/12/1917 03/13/1917 Blood Poisoning 1917 1917 McKean Swick Clara Chermont 32 03/11/1917 03/11/1917 03/13/1917 03/13/1917 Pneumonia 1917 Wood Lavinia M. 73 03/12/1917 05/28/1917 1917 1917 Chilson Seeley Charles O. Bertha I. 53 34 03/13/1917 03/14/1917 03/14/1917 03/14/1917 1917 1917 Briggs Dunn William John D. 15 60 03/14/1917 03/14/1917 1917 Gaskell Burr 03/14/1917 03/15/1917 03/15/1917 Complication s 03/21/1917 1917 Mrs. Mead Winslow M. 03/15/1917 1917 Personius Carrie L. 53 03/15/1917 1917 Whitlock Lorenzo R. 79 03/15/1917 1917 Dr. Beach Judson 1917 Higgins Ellen 1917 Whittaker Eddie 84 Notice Date Cause of Death 03/12/1917 Had owned a parcel delivery service and conducted a printing establishment at his home. Burial at VanEtten. Wife of C.A. Sutton; daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Ayers. Died at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. Wife of Harry Green; sister of W.J. Troy. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Died at home of son, H.J. Kittrick, at Camden, NJ. Widow of William; former Ithaca residents. Burial at Camden, NJ. Burial at Auburn. Died at Searsburg. Husband of former Martha Parker. Burial Jones Cemetery. Died at Larned, KS; born in Ithaca, daughter of K.S. and Maria D. Van Voorhees. Widow of William V. Wood. Wife of Meaker Seeley; daughter of Adelbert Van Burger of Syracuse. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Had lived and was buried at Interlaken. Died of complications. Husband of Pauline Dunn. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Died at Willard. (p.7, Mecklenburg, 3/21/1917 Ithaca Journal) 03/16/1917 Complication Died of complications at home in Albany. Former s Miss Hattie Barnes of Ithaca. 03/16/1917 Died at Newfield; wife of David Personius. Burial Caroline Center. 03/16/1917 Farmer, always lived in Town of Ithaca. Burial in City Cemetery. 03/16/1917 Civil War veteran; died at Etna. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. See p.6 of 3/27/1917 Ithaca Journal. 03/16/1917 65 Notes 03/16/1917 03/16/1917 03/17/1917 03/17/1917 Pneumonia Died from burns suffered in kitchen fire. Story p.3 of 3/16/1917 Ithaca Journal. Death notices in 3/16/1917 and 3/19/1917. Died at Great Lakes Camp in IL. Member of US Army. Had lived at Enfield Center. See also Enfield Falls, p. 7 of 3/22/1917 Ithaca Journal. (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Page 81 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Woodson Jasper 80 03/17/1917 1917 1917 Conrad Johnston Adda L. John J. 63 03/17/1917 03/17/1917 03/19/1917 03/23/1917 1917 Campbell Beatrice 15 03/18/1917 03/19/1917 Appendicitis 1917 Gardner Marion B. 60 03/18/1917 03/19/1917 1917 Gardner Minnie 03/18/1917 03/24/1917 1917 Lucas Theressa B. 03/19/1917 03/21/1917 1917 Sutton Charles 92 03/19/1917 03/22/1917 1917 Nourse Francis L. 59 03/20/1917 03/21/1917 1917 Powers Patsey 03/20/1917 03/22/1917 1917 1917 Smith Gaskell Rufus Lois 03/20/1917 03/21/1917 03/23/1917 03/21/1917 74 Notice Date Cause of Death 03/17/1917 (notice) 1917 Grover William 37 03/21/1917 03/21/1917 1917 Persons George R. 63 03/21/1917 03/21/1917 1917 Mrs. 1917 Brown Heffron E.E. Leroy 82 55 03/21/1917 03/21/1917 03/22/1917 Pneumonia 03/23/1917 1917 Mrs. Tyler Moses Colt 03/22/1917 03/23/1917 1917 Brown H.B. 03/23/1917 03/23/1917 Accident updated 06/24/2010 Notes Born in slavery. Came north from Virginia after Civil War. Resident of Ithaca for 60 years. Worked for Treman, King and Co. for 40 years. Wellknown in Ithaca. Died at Endicott; formerly of Danby. Was a deacon at Endicott Baptist Church. Died from complications following surgery. Had lived at Lake Ridge. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Campbell. Burial at Ludlowville. Widow of Edward T. Gardner. Remains taken to Rochester for cremation. Died at Ithaca; formerly of Krum's Corners. (Krum's Corners p. 7) Wife of Horace Lucas; burial in Lake View Cemetery. Died at Spencer; was Civil War veteran. Father of William Sutton. (p. 7, Spencer, Ithaca Journal) Prominent resident of Danby.Husband of Charlotte. Burial Danby Rural Cemetery. Died at Spencer; was Civil War veteran. (p. 7, Spencer, Ithaca Journal) Died at Ludlowville. Had lived near Krum's Corners. (p.7, Mecklenburg, 3/21/1917 Ithaca Journal) Survived by brother, John, and sister, Dolly. Burial Fisher's Cemetery. Burial at Inlet Valley Cemetery. Death notices in 3/21/1917 and 3/22/1917. Died at Groton. Burial North Lansing. Died at Johnson City. Formerly of Slaterville Springs. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. Died at Coconut Grove, FL. Widow of Cornell professor, Moses Colt Tyler. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. See story p. 7 of 3/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died in train collision. Was an employee of Lehigh Valley R.R. See story p. 3 of 3/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. Page 82 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Ellis Orien 80 03/23/1917 1917 Grace William 03/23/1917 03/23/1917 Accident 1917 Rynelle Oscar 03/23/1917 03/23/1917 Accident 1917 Mrs. Darling O.L. 71 03/23/1917 03/24/1917 1917 Craver William H. 72 03/24/1917 1917 Beebe John C. 77 03/24/1917 1917 Bura John 40 03/24/1917 1917 1917 Tompkins Atwater Louisa Fred 79 74 03/24/1917 03/24/1917 1917 Crain Margaret 88 03/24/1917 1917 Ludlow Leona 1917 1917 Bissel Phelps Albert Adelia D. 70 03/26/1917 03/26/1917 03/23/1917 Heart Trouble Well-known resident of Ovid Center. See story p.3 of 3/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. 03/24/1917 Died near Ludlowville. Born in Groton; burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 03/24/1917 Accident Killed when struck by train near Newfield. Was a Lehigh Valley R.R. employee and lived at Newfield. See story p. 5 of 3/24/1917 Ithaca Journal. 03/24/1917 Pneumonia Burial Woodlawn Cemetery in Newfield. 03/26/1917 Stroke Was a well-known grocer and charter member of Complication Tornado Hook and Ladder Co. No. 3. See story s p.3 of 3/26 & 28/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Lake View Cemetery. See also story p.6 of 4/5/1917 Ithaca Journal. 03/27/1917 Died at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (Groton, p.7) 03/28/1917 Died at Lansing Station; burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 03/27/1917 Died at Lake Ridge. 03/28/1917 Died at Athens, PA. Widow of Harmon A. Phelps who once owned a jewelry store on State St. in Ithaca with his brother-in-law, Eugene W. Davies. 1917 1917 1917 Lester Wood Eastman Ann Jane Cyrus 87 71 73 03/27/1917 03/28/1917 03/28/1917 updated 06/24/2010 03/24/1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 03/23/1917 Pneumonia 03/28/1917 03/28/1917 03/29/1917 Notes Died at Varna where he had been postmaster for 30 years. Known as "O.T." See story p.7 of 3/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died in train collision. Was an employee of Lehigh Valley R.R. See story p. 3 of 3/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died in train collision. Was an employee of Lehigh Valley R.R. See story p. 3 of 3/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died at Lansing, MI; well-known in Ithaca area. Died at Lansing; burial East Venice. Died at Ludlowville. Died at Central Chapel. Was a prominent farmer and Civil War veteran, 16th New York Artillery. Page 83 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Hine 1917 1917 1917 Bessie Tupper 29 03/28/1917 Sears Hyland Bull Fred Richard Erma Besemer 60 65 43 03/28/1917 03/29/1917 03/31/1917 03/29/1917 03/29/1917 04/02/1917 1917 Space Thomas 65 03/31/1917 04/02/1917 1917 1917 1917 Line Milligan Marsh Sarah Sears Marvin J. Harriet 73 61 69 03/31/1917 04/01/1917 04/01/1917 04/04/1917 04/02/1917 Stroke 04/04/1917 1917 Noxon Lawren F. 75 04/02/1917 04/02/1917 Heart Disease 1917 Thompson James H. 65 04/02/1917 1917 Pemberton James F. 26 04/03/1917 04/03/1917 Typhoid Fever and Pneumonia 04/03/1917 Fall 1917 Rappleye Peter W. 79 04/03/1917 1917 Coon Joel 04/03/1917 04/04/1917 Acute Indigestion 04/05/1917 Stroke 1917 Cook James 04/04/1917 04/05/1917 1917 Davis Charles L. 84 04/04/1917 04/05/1917 1917 1917 Griswold Simpson Laura George E. 85 46 04/04/1917 04/05/1917 04/05/1917 04/05/1917 updated 06/24/2010 Notice Date Cause of Death 03/29/1917 Notes Died following appendectomy. Had lived at Newfield. Wife of Wilbur Hine. Member of West Danby Baptist Church and a teacher at Newfield High School. Died near Groton. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Died after brief illness near Slaterville Springs. Wife of J. Roy Bull. Burial West Stalerville. Husband of Anna Tyler Space. Died at Dryden. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. Died at Mecklenburg; burial Laurel Hill. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. Died at Colton, CO. Widow of Edward C. Marsh; mother of Mrs. F.D. Deuel of Ithaca. Well-known seed and grain merchant. Husband of Bertha Haight Noxon. Burial Lake View Cemetery. See story p. 2 of 4/2/1917 and p. 3 of 4/4/1917 Ithaca Journal. Had lived and was buried at Trumansburg. Fell 540 feet at Rock Salt Corp. at Portland Point. Was a blacksmith and tool sharpener. Previously lived at Virginia, MN. See story p. 3 of 4/3 & 4/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Interlaken. Was a Civil War veteran. Burial North Lansing Cemetery. (p. 9, East Genoa) Died at Auburn; formerly of Ithaca. Was Civil War veteran. Prominent resident and undertaker at Slaterville Springs; well-known Democrat and notary public. Was said to be the third man to join Caroline Lodge of Masons. Died at McLean; burial at Green Hill. Son of Ella M. Simpson. Page 84 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Starkins John 78 04/05/1917 1917 1917 Frister Hammond Mary Susie A. 5 52 04/05/1917 04/05/1917 04/06/1917 04/06/1917 1917 Crozier Charles C. 04/06/1917 04/06/1917 1917 Johnson Clara 04/06/1917 04/07/1917 1917 1917 Tillton Wilgus Elisha Sarah Esty 92 86 04/07/1917 04/07/1917 04/07/1917 04/09/1917 1917 1917 1917 Akenstine Bognar Field Charles D. Charles Nettie 67 48 04/08/1917 04/08/1917 04/08/1917 04/09/1917 04/10/1917 Pneumonia 04/10/1917 Gastritis 1917 Fisher Charlotte 04/08/1917 04/10/1917 1917 Rotata not given infant 04/08/1917 04/12/1917 1917 Stanton Ray 28 04/09/1917 04/09/1917 1917 1917 Mrs. 1917 Cole Dougherty Mount David John Robert S. 80 27 10 04/10/1917 04/10/1917 04/10/1917 04/11/1917 04/11/1917 04/11/1917 Accident 1917 Garrity Julia M. 22 04/10/1917 04/11/1917 1917 Sutfin Isaac Lanning 04/10/1917 04/13/1917 1917 Cornell Ira 04/12/1917 04/13/1917 updated 06/24/2010 69 Notice Date Cause of Death 04/05/1917 Notes Civil War veteran, 137th Regiment, NY Volunteers. Was a carpenter by trade and employed by Cornell for 30 years. Burial Coddington Cemetery. Wife of William Hammond. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Syracuse; formerly of Ithaca. Husband of Susan Crozier. Brother of James and William of Ithaca. Died at Monrovia, CA. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Johnson, formerly of Ithaca. Died at Kennedy's Corners. Widow of Henry Wilgus, one of Ithaca's foremost merchants. See obituary p. 3 of 4/9/1917 and p. 5 of 4/10/17 Ithaca Journal. Husband of Ida Akenstine. Burial City Cemetery. Died at Detroit, MI. Former Ithaca resident. Her first husband was the late Myron VanOrman. Former Charlotte Ann Marshall. Died at Enfield Center; widow of William M. Fisher. Death notices in 4/10/1917 and 4/12/1917. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rotata of Myers. (p.7, Myers) Died following appendectomy. Had been employed at Ithaca Gun Co. Had lived in and was buried at Ovid. Died near Groton. Died after being hit by auto at Saltville, VA. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mount; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. R.G.H. Speed of Ithaca. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died of illness complications. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Garrity. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notices in 4/11/1917 and 4/13/1917. Died and buried at Wilmington, DE; formerly of Ithaca. Died at West Danby. Page 85 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Crans 1917 John Sr. 74 04/12/1917 Douglass James U. 78 04/12/1917 04/13/1917 1917 Hadley Henry 73 04/12/1917 04/13/1917 Fall 1917 1917 1917 Hazen Zeliff Knight Fred Eugene Phebe Rose 60 77 04/12/1917 04/12/1917 04/12/1917 04/13/1917 04/13/1917 04/14/1917 1917 Chaddock Jared 76 04/13/1917 04/14/1917 1917 Sherman Laura C. 61 04/14/1917 04/16/1917 1917 Allen Edna Strong 04/15/1917 04/16/1917 1917 Muckey William 04/15/1917 04/17/1917 1917 Turley Hazel 04/15/1917 04/17/1917 1917 Hart Royal C. 21 04/16/1917 04/16/1917 Suicide by Poison 1917 Mrs. Kelly John B. 61 04/16/1917 04/16/1917 1917 1917 Cuffman Rawley Catherine Orrin C. 76 04/16/1917 04/16/1917 04/17/1917 04/18/1917 1917 Mrs. 1917 Osman Sweetland William George 70 87 04/17/1917 04/17/1917 04/18/1917 04/19/1917 1917 Brearley Allie 70 04/18/1917 81 Notice Date Cause of Death 04/13/1917 04/18/1917 (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died and buried at West Slaterville. Was a veteran and member of David Ireland Post of Brooktondale. Died at Trumbull's Corners where he had a grocery store for 35 years. Burial Trumbull's Corners Cemetery. Was a carpenter working on a home in Sheldrake. See story p.3 of 4/13/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. Burial at Salamanca. Died of illness complications in Miami, FL where she had gone for her health. Was a well-known milliner in Ithaca. See p.5 of 4/14/17 and p.3 of 4/18/17 Ithaca Journal. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Veteran, Co. D, 67th NY Volunteers. Burial at Rose in Wayne County. Heart Trouble Died at Moravia; burial Indian Mound Cemetery in Moravia. Died in New York City; formerly of Locke. Wife of H. Ralph Allen. Funeral in Elmira; burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Heart Trouble Had lived at and was buried at Etna. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Turley of Trumansburg. Was a junior at Cornell. Had lived in Wyoming, OH. Story p. 3 of 4/16/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died of a protracted illness. Wife of John Kelly. Burial Cortland Catholic Cemetery. See p. 7 of 4/19/1917 Ithaca Journal. Wife of D.A. Cuffman. Burial at Ellis. Died at Richford; was a carpenter. Resided in Ithaca for 3 years. Burial Newark Valley. Died at Newfield; burial at Cayuta. Died at Dryden. Retired farmer. Oldest member of Dryden Masonic Lodge. Burial Green Hills Cemetery. Had lived in Jacksonville. Burial at Caroline Center. (Caroline Center, p. 7 ) Page 86 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title 1917 Surname Name Snow George Age Death Date 28 04/18/1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 04/18/1917 Notes 1917 Dr. Farrington J.M. 1917 Sincepaugh Lydia Ann 89 04/19/1917 1917 Cannon Grant 52 04/20/1917 1917 1917 Thomas Caveney William M. Mary 83 64 04/20/1917 04/21/1917 1917 Main Nelson 1917 Martin Mary 53 04/23/1917 Died at Meany Sanitorium. Son of William Snow of Caroline. Burial Caroline Center. 04/20/1917 Died at Binghamton; formerly of and buried at Trumansburg. 04/20/1917 Died at Danby. Resident of Newfield for many years. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery. 04/20/1917 Was a chef at Bandhu Fraternity House; previously a janitor at Ithaca Trust Co. 04/21/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery. 04/21/1917 Complication Died of complications. Had lived at Brooktondale; s burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notice in 4/21/1917 and 4/24/1917. 05/09/1917 Died at Greenwood Springs, CO. Formerly of Locke. (See p. 9, Locke news, Ithaca Journal) 04/24/1917 Heart Trouble Died at Spencer. Wife of Frank A. Martin. 1917 Foster George Everett 67 04/23/1917 04/27/1917 Died at Hampton, VA. Former member of the Journal editorial staff and editor of the The Ithaca Democrat. See p. 3 of 4/27/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 1917 Abel Warren Jarvis S. Amelia B. 76 75 04/24/1917 04/24/1917 04/25/1917 04/25/1917 1917 Ballard Stacey 10 04/24/1917 04/26/1917 1917 Hollister Lewis 81 04/26/1917 04/26/1917 1917 Grover Cora Drake 40 04/26/1917 04/27/1917 Died at Abel's Corners. Died at Jacksonville. Widow of John Warren. Burial Grove Cemetery. Died at the home of his brother, Edward, at Dryden. Burial Green Hill Cemetery. Father of Eugene, George, John, Frank; burial at King's Cemetery. Death notice in 4/26/1917 and 4/30/1917. Died at Napanoch. Wife of Seymour Grover; sister of Leon and Earl of Newfield. Burial at Newfield. 1917 Koenig Paul 5 mos 04/27/1917 04/27/1917 1917 Willson William H. 77 04/27/1917 (notice) updated 06/24/2010 04/19/1917 04/22/1917 Son of Dr. and Mrs. F.F. Koenig. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. 04/28/1917 Hardening of Was a well-known merchant who once had a Arteries business near the Ithaca Hotel. Burial City Cemetery. See p. 3 of 4/28/1917 Ithaca Journal. Page 87 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 04/28/1917 1917 Porter Albert Augustus 1917 Hilliker Max 5 04/28/1917 05/09/1917 Diptheria 1917 1917 Hall Fitzgerald Miller Alice 69 70 04/29/1917 04/30/1917 04/30/1917 04/30/1917 1917 1917 Leary Payne Cornelius William Edward 70 49 04/30/1917 04/30/1917 04/30/1917 04/30/1917 1917 Hoyt Leon 75 04/30/1917 05/01/1917 1917 1917 White Charles Daniel M. Andrew J. 77 84 04/30/1917 05/01/1917 05/01/1917 Pneumonia 05/03/1917 1917 Savercool Uri 94 05/03/1917 1917 Clark Newton 24 05/03/1917 1917 Attenborough Ada 05/03/1917 05/07/1917 1917 Townsend Mabel E. 05/04/1917 05/05/1917 Pneumonia 04/28/1917 Notes Died at Paris, France. Was a sophomore at Cornell University. Member of the Ithaca-Cornell unit of the American Ambulance Field Service. Nephew of Mrs. VanRensselaer Thayer, brother of A.L. Porter, Cornell feshman. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Porter of buffalo. See p. 7 of 4/28/1917 Ithaca Journal. (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Died in Detroit, MI where family had moved 7 months previously. Formerly of Newfield, son of Floyd A. Hilliker. See story on p. 3 of 5/9/1917 Ithaca Journal. Pneumonia Had lived near Alpine. Died in Ithaca. Formerly of and burial at Towanda, PA. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Illness Was former waiter at Ithaca Hotel, known as Complication "Willis" Payne. Burial at Harper's Ferry, WV. s Was a well-known tinsmith. Burial at Athens, PA. Died at the Grove Hotel in Dryden. Died at Odessa. Was Civil War veteran, 161st Reg. NY Volunteers. Burial Danby Rural Cemetery. 05/04/1917 Died at Alpine, formerly of Newfield. Burial Eastbrook Cemetery at Pony Hollow. 05/05/1917 Measles, Died at Buffalo. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Clark Scarlet Fever of Danby. Burial at North Spencer. and Pneumonia Complication s Died at Elmira. Wife of George Attenborough. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Poughkeepsie where she had taken a job only one week prior to death. Born in Cortland; had recently been employed at Rothschilds Dept. Store. See story p. 7 of 5/5/1917 Ithaca Journal. Page 88 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Hilliker Maude Sebring 34 05/05/1917 1917 Norton Augustus 50 05/06/1917 1917 Bronson Myron P. 1917 Hollenbeck Fred 1917 Mrs. White Frank 05/06/1917 1917 Mrs. Brewer Fred 05/07/1917 1917 Clark Robert C. 21 05/07/1917 1917 Merritt Ransom Hayward 23 05/07/1917 1917 1917 Mrs. 1917 Pierce Spear Trautman William Fred. W. Myron J. 81 05/07/1917 05/07/1917 05/08/1917 1917 Waite Hattie J. 53 05/08/1917 1917 Bolden Carrie Notice Date Cause of Death 05/09/1917 Diptheria Died in Detroit, MI where family had moved 7 months previously. Formerly of Newfield, wife of Floyd A. Hilliker. See story on p. 3 of 5/9/1917 Ithaca Journal. 05/07/1917 Illness Husband of Ellen Norton. Was Assistant Complication Superintendent of Dept. of Public Works, s popularly known as "Gus." Burial Mr. Olivet Cemetery. See p.5 of 5/7/1917 and p. 3 of 5/9/1917 Ithaca Journal. 05/08/1917 Died at Syracuse. Father of Mrs. Herman Apgar of Ithaca. 05/08/1917 Died at Lansingville. Survived by wife and nine children. 05/09/1917 Died at Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA. Had lived at Jenksville. Burial at Windham. 05/07/1917 Died at Trumansburg. Daughter of Mrs. A.F. Spencer of Ithaca. Burial Grove Cemetery. Death notice in 5/7/1917 and 5/10/1917. 05/07/1917 Stomach Son of Mrs. F.W. Head; brother of Donald G. Ulcer Clark. Employed at Morse Chain. Burial at Trumansburg. 05/07/1917 Accident Killed in plane crash at Mineola, L.I. Was a Cornell Student 1913-14. Story on p. 5 of 5/7/1917 Ithaca Journal. 05/07/1917 Well-known resident of North Lansing. 05/07/1917 Had lived at Ovid. 05/08/1917 Died at home of brother, Fred, at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Formerly of Interlaken, was a master of Farmerville Lodge F and A.M. in 1875-76. He had edited a newspaper in the West. Burial Lake View Cemetery in Interlaken. 05/06/1917 54 Notes 05/06/1917 (notice) 05/09/1917 05/09/1917 Wife of Arthur Waite; burial Lake View Cemetery. 05/09/1917 Died at Cortland; had lived in Ithaca for several years. Wife of Samuel Bolden. Veteran of the Civil War. (See Danby news, p.9 of 5/9/1917 Ithaca Journal.) Died at Buffalo, formerly of Danby. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Clark. (notice) 1917 Charles Andrew Jackson 05/09/1917 05/09/1917 (notice) 1917 Clark updated 06/24/2010 Newton 05/09/1917 05/09/1917 Page 89 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 05/09/1917 1917 Hilliker Alma 1917 Fallon John 80 05/09/1917 05/11/1917 1917 Brown Madge A. 19 05/10/1917 05/10/1917 Septicimia 1917 Rappleyea Wirt 62 05/10/1917 05/10/1917 1917 Gelatt Roland B. 61 05/12/1917 05/17/1917 1917 Patterson Fannie 05/12/1917 05/17/1917 1917 1917 Rev. Osborn Van Dusen William Henry 80 05/13/1917 05/13/1917 05/15/1917 05/28/1917 1917 Elliott Jeanette 89 05/14/1917 05/16/1917 1917 1917 Jacquish Smith Walter Laurence W. 35 infant 05/14/1917 05/15/1917 05/16/1917 05/15/1917 1917 Buckingham Asa T. 37 05/15/1917 05/15/1917 1917 Eshelman Myrtle 5 mos 05/15/1917 05/16/1917 1917 Prof. Mauxion George R. 05/15/1917 06/13/1917 1917 Sweet Glen A. 25 05/16/1917 05/16/1917 1917 Saxton Charles H. 58 05/16/1917 05/18/1917 05/09/1917 (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died in Detroit, MI where family had moved 7 months previously. Formerly of Newfield, daughter of Floyd A. Hilliker. See story on p. 3 of 5/9/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died at King Ferry. He was one of their oldest residents; a Civil War veteran, Co. F., Angel's Battery, Heavy Artillery. Survived by his widow, 4 daughters, 3 sons. Burial at King Ferry. Grandaughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Potter. Was stenographer of Sibley Journal. Sister of E.L. Brown. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Retired farmer; had lived at Interlaken where burial took place. Died at LaCrosse, WI. Newspaper publisher. Cornell grad of 1879. First wife, former Alice Blakeslee, who died in 1883, was from Ithaca. He was well-known here. See story on p.5 of 5/17/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died at Rosedale, KS. Widow of William Patterson. Formerly of Ithaca. (p. 7, Mecklenburg news, Ithaca Journal) Died at Milford, NY. Former pastor of M.E. church at Slaterville. Mother of Dr. G.L. Rood; burial at Center Lisle. Burial at Mainsburg, PA. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Smith; burial at Trumbull's Corners. (p.7, Enfield Falls) Died at Lodi. Formerly of Lansing. Burial at Lansingville. Died and buried at Lake Ridge. (p.7, Lake Ridge news) Killed in the war in Europe. He was a lieutenant in the French army and former professor of architecture at Cornell University. See story, p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 6/13/1917 Son of Mrs. D.T. Sweet; burial East Lawn Cemetery. Formerly of Ithaca, had lived recently at Cortland. Burial City Cemetery. Page 90 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1917 Funderburg Lydia 1917 1917 Linderman Cavanaugh Thomas David 65 05/17/1917 05/17/1917 05/17/1917 05/18/1917 Heart Attack 1917 Van Valken-burg Eugene 75 05/17/1917 05/26/1917 1917 Bays John 86 05/18/1917 05/23/1917 1917 1917 Ellis Smith John S. Sara 74 76 05/19/1917 05/19/1917 1917 Collins Nettie 43 05/19/1917 1917 Tuttle Thomas G. 05/19/1917 1917 Whipple Olive 05/19/1917 1917 Brown Minnie McArthur 05/19/1917 1917 Mrs. 1917 Collins Keegan Walter Lorinda M. 48 70 05/19/1917 05/20/1917 1917 1917 Markell Morehouse Melinda Violet 81 4 05/21/1917 05/21/1917 1917 Pew William 1917 Talmadge Vianna King 89 05/21/1917 1917 Wright Mildred 10 05/21/1917 05/19/1917 Had lived at Jacksonville. 05/19/1917 Heart Trouble Had lived at Newfield; past grand of Newfield Rebekah Lodge. She had gone to Utica to attend the Rebekah State Assembly. See also Newfield News, p. 9, 5/22/1917) 05/21/1917 Had lived at Peruville. Wife of Walter Collins. Burial Kline Cemetery. 05/21/1917 Nephew of Ida Cheesebrough of Ithaca; burial at Millport. 05/21/1917 Died at Pine City. Mother of Mrs. Jay Morey of Ludlowville. 05/22/1917 Pleural Died at Cortland. Wife of Wells D. Brown. Burial Pneumonia Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden. 05/25/1917 (p. 9, Peruville) 05/21/1917 Died at Endicott; formerly of Ithaca. Funeral at Ithaca Unitarian Church. 05/21/1917 05/22/1917 Drowned In Cayuga Lake. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Morehouse. See story on p. 3 of 5/22/1917 Ithaca Journal. 05/22/1917 Had lived at Snyder Hill. Burial at Snyder Hill Cemetery. 05/22/1917 Died at Podunk; mother of Mrs. A.F. Allen of Trumansburg. 05/23/1917 Bright's Died at Lansingville where the family had recently Disease moved from Moravia. Funeral held at Moravia. updated 06/24/2010 Age Death Date 05/16/1917 05/21/1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 05/19/1917 Notes Died at Lansingville. Burial at Missouri, her former home. (p. 7, Lansingville) Burial at West Danby. Body found in neighbor's field near Newfield. See story on p. 3 of 5/18/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died at Flatbush, formerly of Ithaca. Son of William and Harriet Van Valkenburg. Civil War veteran, 109th Regiment, NY Volunteers, commanded by General Benjamin F. Tracy. He had met President Abraham Lincoln. See story on p. 7 of 5/26/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died in Virgil, at home of daughter, Mrs. F. L. Stillman. Burial Virgil Cemetery. (p.7, Virgil News) Page 91 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1917 Miss Freeman Lou 1917 Korts William S. 48 05/23/1917 05/23/1917 1917 1917 1917 Paine Freeman Hanford James Lucy E. Samantha M. 43 05/23/1917 05/23/1917 05/24/1917 05/24/1917 05/31/1917 05/25/1917 1917 1917 Mrs. Burrows Hover Jesse Olin 54 05/24/1917 05/24/1917 05/26/1917 05/26/1917 Typhoid Fever 1917 1917 Mrs. 1917 Nolan Cross Lewis Helen Slocum Oria Kate F. 66 05/25/1917 (notice) 05/26/1917 05/26/1917 05/25/1917 05/28/1917 05/28/1917 1917 Loucks Charles 80 05/27/1917 05/28/1917 Valvular Heart Trouble 1917 Carpenter Louis 70 05/27/1917 05/28/1917 Pneumonia 1917 1917 Irey Shaw Ann J. Mary 79 93 05/28/1917 05/28/1917 05/29/1917 05/29/1917 1917 Pierce Andrew M. 75 05/29/1917 05/29/1917 1917 Brink Robert E. 66 05/29/1917 05/31/1917 1917 Walsh Gladys E. 27 05/29/1917 05/31/1917 1917 Drake Ella Barnes 63 05/30/1917 05/31/1917 updated 06/24/2010 Age Death Date 05/23/1917 84 Notice Date Cause of Death 05/23/1917 Notes Died at Van Nooy Sanitarium in Cortland. Owned millinery shops in Ithaca and Cortland. Burial at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Story on p.3 of 5/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died at Genoa. Was a resident of Buffalo, formerly of Ithaca. Died at Binghamton. Widow of Warren Hanford. Burial Mandeville Cemetery, Danby. Died at Five Corners; burial North Lansing. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Middaugh. Burial at Speedsville. Death notice in 5/26/1917 and 5/31/1917. Had lived at King Ferry. (p.9, King Ferry) Died at Groton. See also, "Additional Personals," on p. 7 of 5/31/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Had lived near Enfield Falls; burial Trumbulls Corners. Death notice in 5/28/1917 and 5/29/1917. Died at Brooktondale; burial Quick Cemetery. Died at Locke. Survived by six children. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. Had been in the building trades. Husband of Clara Louise Skeels. Was member of Masonic Order for 50 years. Burial in Skeels Cemetery, Niagara County. See story p.3 of 5/29/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died at Caroline Center where he conducted a general store for 43 years. Well-known throughout Tompkins County. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. Story p.7 of 5/31/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died at Cortland; wife of Thomas F. Walsh. Member of Lane-Walsh Millinery Concern. Died at Lansing Station at home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Swayze. Page 92 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 84 5 mos 05/30/1917 05/30/1917 1917 1917 Jacox Swartout Leroy C. not given 1917 Darragh Amelia 05/31/1917 05/31/1917 1917 Kenney Morgan J. 05/31/1917 06/02/1917 1917 Durnin Mary A. 06/01/1917 06/02/1917 1917 Dr. Smith Lavelle 06/02/1917 06/02/1917 1917 Overacker Bert 30 06/03/1917 06/04/1917 Accident 1917 1917 Sabin McDowell LaVerne Abraham "Abe Galusha" 38 70 06/03/1917 06/04/1917 06/05/1917 06/04/1917 1917 Sullivan Martina infant 06/05/1917 06/05/1917 1917 Mrs. Mahoney Martin 27 06/05/1917 06/06/1917 1917 Spafford Louis Orlo 24 06/07/1917 06/07/1917 1917 George William F., Jr. 27 06/07/1917 06/09/1917 Appendicitis Died following surgery at Albany, Georgia. Husband of Mabel; son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. George of Lansing. He had left this area to accept the position of steward at a Georgia plantation. 1917 Smith Barbara E. 21 06/08/1917 06/08/1917 1917 1917 Jarvis DeWitt Nora A. Catherine Brown 74 06/08/1917 06/09/1917 06/09/1917 06/09/1917 Daughter of Rev. and Mrs. H.D. Smith of Ovid; 1914 graduate of Ithaca High School. Burial at Binghamton. Burial City Cemetery. Died at Portland, OR. Mother of George B.DeWitt of Ithaca. 59 Notice Date Cause of Death 05/31/1917 06/01/1917 (notice) (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Notes Civil War veteran; burial in Sommerville, PA. Died at Trumansburg; son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Swartout. Wife of George Darragh; burial Rolfe Cemetery, Enfield. Died in Binghamton. Well-known railroad employee; resided in Ithaca many years. Had lived in Auburn. Sister of P.J. Herron of Ithaca. Died at Detroit, MI following surgery for mostoiditis. Son of Mr/Mrs. Willis Smith. (See Black Oak Corners News, p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 6/2/1917) Struck by train near Freeville. Was a farmhand who had lived near Etna. See p. 3 of 6/4/1917 Ithaca Journal. Son of E.M. Sabin. Burial City Cemetery. Died at Hawthorne, NY. Was well-known peddler in Ithaca, often lived as hermit, was placed in the County Home near Jacksonville. Burial at Hawthorne. See story on p.3, Ithaca Journal, 6/4/1917. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sullivan. Burial Cavalry Cemetery. Survived by husband, Martin, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Breen. Had lived in Trumansburg. Burial St. James Cemetery. Died at Saranac Lake. Son of Mr. and Mrs. L.L. Spafford of Tampa, FL. Nephew of Mrs. F.H. Warner of Ithaca. Attended Ithaca High School. Page 93 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Knapp 1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 06/12/1917 Catherine 79 06/11/1917 Hart Charles, Sr. 82 06/12/1917 06/13/1917 Survived by 4 sons and 4 daughters; burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died at Freeville. Burial in Willow Glen Cemetery. 1917 Young Daniel E. 65 06/12/1917 06/13/1917 Died at Ledyard. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 1917 Dean Mary DuBoise 06/13/1917 Died at Macktown. Lifelong resident of Ulysses. (p.7, Krums Corners News) Died at Seneca Falls Hospital. Formerly of Newfield. Died at Geneva. Graduate of Cornell Law School, 1893. Well-known here. See story on p. 6, Ithaca Journal, 6/14/1917. Mother of Isaphine and Aliene. Burial City Cemetery. Died in auto crash in Varna. Had lived at Groton; employee of Corona Typewriter Co. See story on p. 3 of 6/18/1917 Ithaca Journal. Daughter of Mr./Mrs. R.P. Jones; sister of Cecil J. Jones. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Chicago. Mother is former Ithacan, Maude Tree. Father is graduate of Cornell, 1900. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Wife of Dr. E.S. Bates. Had lived in Trumansburg. Details of her will are on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 7/17/1917. Canoe capsized in Cayuga Lake. Cornell freshman; son of Mr./Mrs. M. Augenblick of Newark, NJ. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 6/20 &25/1917 and p. 5, 6/27/1917. Died at Ver Nooy Sanitarium, Cortland. Had lived at Groton. Burial Fisher's Cemetery. Died after 4 months illness. Had been employed at hardware firms. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 06/13/1917 (notice) 1917 Goldsmith Oliver 48 06/13/1917 06/14/1917 1917 Griffith E. A. 51 06/13/1917 06/14/1917 1917 Waters Minnie Marie 49 06/13/1917 06/14/1917 1917 Homolka Joseph 31 06/17/1917 06/18/1917 Accident 1917 Jones Madelin E. 16 06/17/1917 06/18/1917 1917 Goodwin Edward W. 3 06/17/1917 06/19/1917 1917 1917 Bates Brown Lydia H. Annie 06/18/1917 06/18/1917 06/18/1917 07/17/1917 1917 Augenblick Joseph 18 06/19/1917 06/20/1917 Drowned 1917 Kennedy E.W. 62 06/19/1917 06/20/1917 1917 1917 Giltner Johnson Richard D. William W. 71 06/20/1917 06/20/1917 06/20/1917 06/20/1917 1917 Cleveland Elbert 13 06/21/1917 06/21/1917 1917 Cooper Caroline 06/21/1917 06/28/1917 updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died from accidental gunshot wound. Son of Mr./Mrs. Clarence Cleveland. Story on p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 6/21/1917. Also p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 6/25/1917, Interlaken News. Burial Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken. Burial at Groton. (p.11, Groton News) Page 94 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Marion 1917 1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 06/23/1917 Carrie M. 50 06/22/1917 Elston Lynch Harriet H. Hazel M. 79 21 06/23/1917 06/24/1917 06/23/1917 06/25/1917 1917 Denman John F. 83 06/24/1917 06/27/1917 1917 Bradt Henry F. 67 06/25/1917 06/26/1917 1917 Williams Charles Hill 61 06/26/1917 06/26/1917 1917 Mrs. Trumble Philander 06/27/1917 06/27/1917 Notes Wife of DeWitt Marion. Mother of 9 sons and one daughter. Burial Hayts Cemetery. Burial City Cemetery. Died at Central Chapel. Wife of H. L. Lynch; daughter of Mr./Mrs. Orson Snow. Burial Quick Cemetery, Brooktondale. Was an undertaker for 60 years. Burial at Moravia. (p.7, Locke News) Had lived at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Death notices in 6/26/1917 and 6/28/1917. Died at South Dakota; former Locke resident. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Locke News) (notice) 1917 1917 Col. Bower Payne Thomas Oliver Hazard 81 78 06/27/1917 06/27/1917 1917 Griffin Julia 88 06/28/1917 06/28/1917 06/28/1917 06/28/1917 (notice) Died at Jacksonville. Died at New York City. Was benefactor of Cornell University, prominent in steel, oil, mining and railroad industries. See p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 6/28/1917. Died at Trumansburg. Burial Center Cemetery. (p.11, Enfield Center News) Died at Caroline. Burial Maple Grove Cemetery. 1917 Earsley Phebe 79 06/29/1917 07/06/1917 1917 Moe Frank 69 07/01/1917 07/02/1917 Had been employed for 40 years by D.B. Stewart Co. , for many years foreman of their cigar making shop. Worked daily although he was crippled and unable to walk. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 1917 Stoddard Cummings E. Schuyler Frank G. 43 07/02/1917 (notice) 07/02/1917 07/02/1917 07/02/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Enfield Center. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. 1917 Miney William 07/02/1917 07/02/1917 Drowned Canoe overturned. Had been a painter; husband of former Charlotte English of Ithaca. Burial at Buffalo, his former residence. See p.3 of 7/2/1917 and p. 2 of 7/3/1917 Ithaca Journal. Death notice in 7/2/1917 and 7/3/1917. updated 06/24/2010 Page 95 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1917 Clawson Jane Louise 1917 Mrs. Cornell William Age Death Date 30 07/02/1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 07/02/1917 07/03/1917 07/03/1917 (notice) Notes Daughter of Mr./Mrs. J.W. Clawson. Was an assistant in office of Prof. George Cavanaugh, College of Agriculture at Cornell. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notices in 7/2/1917 and 7/5/1917. Had lived in Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Groton News) Auto hit by train at Interlaken. He was a rural mail carrier. See p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 7/3/1917. 1917 Van Court Jason 65 07/03/1917 07/03/1917 Accident 1917 Babcock George 88 07/03/1917 07/05/1917 Well-known pioneer railroad man, former superintendent of Lehigh Valley Railroad shops; active in municipal affairs. Father of Mrs. Mary E. Johnson. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Rumsey Oscar 75 07/03/1917 07/05/1917 1917 1917 Mrs. 1917 Dr. Covert Skiff Clawson Allen G. John C.D. 51 79 07/04/1917 07/05/1917 (notice) 07/06/1917 07/05/1917 07/05/1917 07/07/1917 Lifelong resident of Enfield; was an invalid for many years. Burial Trumbull Cemetery. Died at Danby. Buried at Horseheads, NY. Burial Gainesville, NY. Died at Montour Falls. Well-known physician and director for 40 years of Montour Falls Sanitarium. 1917 Newton Burdette 77 07/06/1917 07/07/1917 Suicide 1917 1917 Robins Lanterman Julia A. Clara 75 68 07/06/1917 07/07/1917 07/07/1917 Stroke 07/07/1917 1917 McLinden Charles Francis (notice) 07/07/1917 07/07/1917 (notice) 1917 Randolph George Lewellyn 20 07/07/1917 07/07/1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 Wise (Wyse) Olney Ross Wilcox Louisa Theodore Martha S. Dorothy 90 75 73 79 07/07/1917 07/08/1917 07/08/1917 07/09/1917 07/10/1917 07/09/1917 07/09/1917 07/09/1917 updated 06/24/2010 Self-inflicted gunshot; despondent over ill health. Died at Homer; formerly of Groton; was a Civil War veteran. Died at Groton; widow of Henry Robins. Burial West Genoa Cemetery. (p.7, King Ferry News) Prominent Lawyer at Troy, NY. Cornell graduate, 1893. Well-known in Ithaca. Died following a long illness. Son of Mrs. Frances E. Randolph. Was an accomplished cartoonist; contributed short stories to magazines; participated in minstrels and was employed by Central NY Southern Railroad Co. Burial Lake View Cemetery. (p.7, Danby News) Died at Caroline Center; burial at Caroline. Burial City Cemetery. Died at North Lansing. Burial North Lansing Cemetery. Page 96 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Frieburg Nelson 45 07/09/1917 1917 Morris Susan M. 82 07/10/1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 07/11/1917 Accident 07/10/1917 (notice) 1917 Burns Mary E. 1917 Herson John 1917 Thayer Margaret A. 1917 McArthur Amy J. 1917 McGhan 1917 Barnes 32 07/10/1917 07/10/1917 07/11/1917 07/11/1917 83 07/11/1917 07/12/1917 83 07/12/1917 07/13/1917 Heart Disease Hugh 07/12/1917 07/14/1917 Oscar 07/13/1917 07/13/1917 (notice) 1917 1917 1917 Mrs. Swansbrough Taber Spaine Edward Lucinda James 69 79 07/13/1917 07/13/1917 07/14/1917 07/14/1917 07/14/1917 07/14/1917 Pneumonia 1917 Taylor Helen Pierce 30 07/14/1917 07/16/1917 Heart Attack 1917 King Ada 07/14/1917 07/19/1917 1917 1917 McWhorter Doetch Charles S. Irving H. 63 23 07/15/1917 07/18/1917 07/16/1917 07/18/1917 Drowned 1917 Houde Mabel 37 07/18/1917 07/19/1917 updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died in explosion in salt mine shaft at Portland Point. Story on p. 3, 7/11/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died at Evansville, IN. Mother of Mrs. William R. Satterlee of Ithaca. Died following one year illness. Daughter of Sarah Burns; burial Cavalry Cemetery. Had been an engineer at the city of Ithaca pumping station. Husband of Kathryn. Died at Binghamton, formerly of Ludlowville. Widow of D.H. Thayer. Burial at Ludlowville. Died at Etna. Former Amy Jane Stuart, widow of Benjamin. Lived on family farm over 50 years. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. Died at Ovid. Well-known, served on Board of Supervisors, was a county clerk and served as sheriff for one term. (p.11, Interlaken News) Died at Sanitaria Springs. Father of Harry L. Barnes. Burial King Cemetery. Widow of Henry Taber. Burial City Cemetery. Died at New York City. Mother of Mrs. Leonard Reulein and James Spaine of Ithaca. Burial in New York City. Died at bathing beach at Amagansett, L.I. Wife of William Winthrop Taylor; granddaughter of Willard B. Pierce of Ithaca. Formerly of Ithaca, she met her husband while he was attending Cornell law school. See story on p.3, Ithaca Journal, 7/16/1917. Funeral at Enfield Center. (p.7, Black Oak Corners News) Burial City Cemetery. Drowned in Lake Erie at Woodlawn Beach near Buffalo. Had lived in Hamburg, NY. Graduate of Cornell Ag. College in June 1917. Had lived in Syracuse; came to Ithaca for surgery. Wife of Dr. W.C. Houde of Syracuse. Burial at Syracuse. Page 97 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title 1917 Surname Name Dougherty Mary J. Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 07/19/1917 07/19/1917 (notice) 1917 Blackman Juliett E. 49 07/19/1917 07/20/1917 1917 1917 Starkweather Riley Mary A. Louisa Lord 81 07/19/1917 07/19/1917 07/20/1917 07/21/1917 1917 1917 Hageman Joiner Herman Parley 65 61 07/20/1917 07/20/1917 07/20/1917 07/20/1917 1917 Raub Samuel 76 07/20/1917 07/27/1917 Dropsy 1917 Tichenor Wilbur 07/21/1917 07/21/1917 (notice) Notes Died at Binghamton. Sister of Mrs. Ella Leonard of Ithaca. Burial Nicholson, PA. Mother of Hobart and Hazel. Burial City Cemetery. Burial at Candor. Died at Plainfield, NJ, widow of William H. Riley. Mother of Howard W. Riley. (p. 9, Interlaken News) Farmer in Dryden. Struck by lightning. Story on p.3 of 7/20/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died at Indianapolis. Formerly of Ithaca; Forest Home area. Burial at Crown Hill Cemetery. (p.7, Forest Home News) Died at Big Pine, CA. Brother of Mrs. Josephine Manning of Myers. Widow of Jared, who died three months previously. Mother of Mrs. C.E. Head. Burial at Rose, NY. Struck by lightning at a farm near Mecklenburg. See story, p. 3, 7/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Mrs. Chaddock Jared 83 07/21/1917 07/21/1917 1917 Newberry Elmer 22 07/22/1917 07/23/1917 1917 Scott Geary C. 40 07/23/1917 07/23/1917 Suicide by Hanging Despondent over ill health. Well-known salesman at Rothschilds Dept. Store for 19 years. Story on p.5, 7/23-25/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Kenyon Elizabeth 07/23/1917 07/25/1917 1917 Mrs. 1917 1917 Mrs. Williams Zinberg Tucker Orpha C. (boy) S.J. 66 2 days 07/24/1917 07/24/1917 07/24/1917 07/25/1917 07/25/1917 08/02/1917 Died at Buffalo. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial Buffalo, NY. Died at West Slaterville. Burial Westona, PA. 1917 Brotherton Merritt G. 25 07/25/1917 07/26/1917 1917 1917 Mrs. Mapes Miller Marian J. Warren 59 77 07/25/1917 07/25/1917 07/26/1917 07/27/1917 updated 06/24/2010 Died following surgery. Had lived at Buffalo, formerly of Ithaca. Died from injuries in salt mine explosion at Portland Point on 7/9/1917. Story p. 3 of 7/26/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. See also: Krum's Corners News, p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 7/30/1917. Died at Interlaken. Wife of Warren Miller. Burial Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken. (p.7, Interlaken News) Page 98 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age 1917 Walker Ada Hall 07/26/1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 07/30/1917 1917 Conway Elizabeth 07/27/1917 07/28/1917 Accident 1917 Goewey John E. 07/27/1917 07/28/1917 1917 Smith Clarence Merritt 07/27/1917 07/28/1917 1917 Simpson Robert 84 07/28/1917 07/31/1917 1917 Hubble Susie Z. 59 07/29/1917 07/30/1917 1917 Havens Mary M. 74 Death Date 07/30/1917 07/30/1917 (notice) Died at Scranton, PA. Formerly of Interlaken. Burial Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken. (p.7, Interlaken News) Killed in auto accident in Auburn. Wife of Dr. M.P. Conway, well-known in Ithaca. Burial at Auburn. Was a former Ithaca seed merchant;resident of Lyons, Civil War veteran; salesman for David Landreth and Sons, Seedmen, of Philadelphia for 35 years. Resided in Rochester. Husband of Alice Emery Smith. (p.7, Trumansburg News) Died at Norman, OK; born in Newfield. Had lived in Iowa and Washington, D.C. Wife of W.D. Hubble. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. Died at Syracuse; formerly of Ithaca. Burial City Cemetery. Died at Batavia. Formerly of Interlaken. Burial Lake View Cemetery. (p.7, Interlaken News) Died at Tioga County almshouse. Formerly of Caroline Center. (p.7, Caroline Center News) Died at Cortland Sanitorium. Former resident of Slaterville. (p.7, Slaterville Springs) Died at Danby; burial Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden. Heat and Overcome while walking home from railroad job. Heart Trouble Burial Calvary Cemetery. 1917 Stout Arthur 60 07/30/1917 08/01/1917 1917 Mrs. Cleveland John 53 07/30/1917 08/07/1917 1917 Lacey Ann 07/31/1917 08/01/1917 1917 Phillips Amelia 81 07/31/1917 08/01/1917 1917 Hassan George G. 67 08/01/1917 08/01/1917 1917 1917 Updike Wood Ada Bertha 45 48 08/01/1917 08/01/1917 08/02/1917 08/02/1917 1917 Van Orman Kate 60 08/02/1917 08/03/1917 1917 Miller John 80 08/02/1917 08/11/1917 1917 Adams Mark 08/04/1917 08/04/1917 1917 Hart Burt 08/06/1917 08/08/1917 Accident updated 06/24/2010 Notes Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died at Enfield Falls. Daughter of late Orson Wood. She was an invalid. Wife of Jacob Van Orman; mother of Dr. Ray Van Orman. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery. Had lived at North Danby. Burial Mandeville Cemetery. (p.7, N. Danby News) Died of injuries from June 17 auto accident. Had lived in Groton;employed at Corona Typewriter Co. See story on p. 5 of 8/4/1917 Ithaca Journal. Killed when train hit his car in Iowa. Had lived in McLean. (p.7, McLean News) Page 99 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 1917 Pickney Smith 1917 Marenos W. Gerald 84 20 08/06/1917 08/08/1917 Card Mary A. 91 08/08/1917 08/09/1917 1917 1917 Hooper Tetly Mary L. J. Frank 71 59 08/09/1917 08/10/1917 08/10/1917 08/14/1917 1917 Hilliard Judith Barrows 87 08/10/1917 08/21/1917 1917 Knapp Zoe 08/11/1917 08/16/1917 1917 DeLong Paul R. 3 mos 08/12/1917 08/13/1917 1917 Banks Stephen B. 89 08/13/1917 08/14/1917 1917 Denniston William W. 08/13/1917 08/15/1917 1917 Sill Henry Augustus 08/13/1917 08/15/1917 1917 Mrs. Martin T.R. 58 08/14/1917 08/14/1917 1917 Grady Michael 65 08/14/1917 08/15/1917 1917 Manning Ferris B. 66 08/15/1917 08/16/1917 1917 Vant John, Jr. 65 08/15/1917 08/16/1917 1917 Evans William 57 08/15/1917 08/18/1917 1917 Rogers Pembroke 73 08/17/1917 08/18/1917 updated 06/24/2010 Notice Date Cause of Death 08/13/1917 08/08/1917 Suicide Notes Died at Fort Smith, AR; formerly of Enfield. Was a Cornell student. Despondent over war and college. Had lived in Pennsylvania. Story on p.3, 8/8/1917 Ithaca Journal. One of Ithaca's oldest residents. Had come to Ithaca by wagon train from Connecticut with her father. Story on p.3 of 8/9/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial in Candor. Burial City Cemetery. Died at Elks National Home at Bedford, VA. Former Ithaca businessman; owned a steam and dry cleaning business. Died at Atwater home of her son, R. Maurice Hilliard. Burial at King Ferry Cemetery. See lengthy obituary on p. 7 of 8/21/1917 Ithaca Journal. Bright's Died at Cortland Hospital; burial at Marcellus. Disease Formerly of Etna. Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Grant DeLong of Slaterville. Burial at Slaterville. Died at Fredericksburg, VA. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. Died at Newark, NJ; former railroad conductor and farmer in Tompkins County. Heart Trouble Died in New York City; was a professor of history at Cornell. Husband of Alfreda Payson Sill. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 8/15/1917. Wife of Theodore R. Martin. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Accident Killed when Lehigh Valley motor car he was operating, while employed at the railroad, was struck by a train near Swartwood. Resident of Breesport. Died at Cortland Hospital; burial Asbury Cemetery. Was clerk at Post Office for many years. Burial City Cemetery. See story p.3, Ithaca Journal, 8/16/1917. Died at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery. Died at McLean. Page 100 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Rogers 1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 08/22/1917 P.C. 73 08/17/1917 Landon Priscilla 74 08/18/1917 08/18/1917 1917 Mrs. Peterson A.G. 31 08/18/1917 08/20/1917 1917 Gay Charles W. 68 08/19/1917 08/20/1917 Heart Disease 1917 Rice Patrick H. 08/20/1917 08/20/1917 (notice) 1917 Bruce Robert Francis infant 08/20/1917 08/21/1917 1917 Miller Polly 87 08/21/1917 08/21/1917 1917 Fippin Robert Allen 13 08/22/1917 08/22/1917 1917 Prof. Somes Albert 63 08/22/1917 08/23/1917 1917 Copp Phillip 08/25/1917 08/25/1917 (notice) 1917 Wiley Elder 08/25/1917 08/25/1917 (notice) Notes Father of E.A. Rogers of Ithaca. (McLean News, p.7. Ithaca Journal, 8/22/1917) Wife of Daniel Robinson; burial City Cemetery. Died at Buffalo. Former Grace Stanford of Ithaca; daughter of O.R. Stanford. Burial City Cemetery. Prominent in business and financial circles; affiliated with First National Bank for 47 years. See Ithaca Journal: p. 3 on 8/20/1917 and p. 5 on 8/22/1917. See lengthy obituary p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 8/20/1917. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Son of Harry S. and Mabel Bruce of Danby. Burial Curtis Cemetery. Died at Ludlowville. Widow of Alpheris Miller. See also Ludlowville News, 8/25/1917. Died following appendectomy. Son of Prof. and Mrs. E.O. Fippin. Died following surgery. For 17 years he was the head of the Somes School at Aurora. See story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 8/23/1917. Had been a night watchman at salt plant. Burial at Auburn. (Myers News, p. 7) Liver Cancer Had been pastor at Christian Church at Trumbulls. (See p. 7, Enfield Falls News) Pneumonia Was an Emeritus Professor, College of Engineering, Cornell University. Husband of Myra G. Robbins. See story p. 5 of 8/25/1917 and p. 3 of 8/29/17 Ithaca Journal. Widow of Alben Phinney. Burial Asbury Cemetery. 1917 Crandall Charles Lee 67 08/25/1917 08/25/1917 1917 Phinney Phoebe 80 08/26/1917 08/27/1917 1917 Mrs. 1917 Griswold Davis John Floyd 49 08/27/1917 08/27/1917 08/29/1917 09/05/1917 Died at Groton. Died at St. Louis; formerly of Ithaca, husband of Elizabeth Edwards. He was one of the early graduates of Cornell. (p. 7, Forest Home News) 1917 Wheeler Belle 08/31/1917 09/06/1917 (p. 7, Mecklenburg News) Burial Jones Cemetery. 1917 Leonard Sarah A. 09/01/1917 09/04/1917 Died following surgery. Wife of J.N. Leonard. Burial City Cemetery. updated 06/24/2010 64 Page 101 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1917 Childs Nancy 1917 1917 Mrs. 1917 1917 King Mabee Leonard Paquetti Mahala Wealthy Margaret Carrie 1917 Booth Richard T. 1917 Mrs. 1917 Dr. Ackley Peck Permella F. H. 1917 Harris Lena 1917 1917 Bradford Hatch Arthur Mary McNerney 1917 Mrs. 1917 Acker Bonezzi 1917 Kelsey 1917 Webster 1917 Dr. Skillman George 1917 1917 Dowd Mintz John Edmund Louis 1917 Snyder Theodore Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 09/06/1917 09/01/1917 73 85 93 09/01/1917 09/02/1917 09/02/1917 09/02/1917 09/06/1917 09/04/1917 09/05/1917 09/18/1917 09/02/1917 09/27/1917 09/03/1917 09/04/1917 09/04/1917 09/04/1917 (notice) 09/04/1917 09/05/1917 09/05/1917 (notice) 09/05/1917 09/05/1917 09/06/1917 Corry Florence Bower 09/06/1917 (notice) 09/06/1917 09/06/1917 09/11/1917 Ernest W. 09/07/1917 09/11/1917 09/07/1917 09/11/1917 09/08/1917 09/08/1917 Accident 51 78 (notice) updated 06/24/2010 infant 65 09/08/1917 09/09/1917 09/08/1917 09/10/1917 82 09/09/1917 09/10/1917 Notes Had lived in Binghamton; formerly of Ithaca. Widow of Civil War veteran, David Childs, who was killed several years ago at an Elmira railroad crossing. Burial at Candor. (p. 7, Trumansburg News) Burial Grove Cemetery. Had lived in Trumansburg. Died at Dover, NJ. Wife of D. Paquetti, formerly of Ithaca. Died of disease complications at Yorks, England. Well-known, famous temperance campaigner who had lived in Ithaca at one time. See story p.3, 9/27/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died at Elmira Heights; burial Trumansburg. Died at Oneonta at home of his sister. Burial at Trumansburg. Died following long illness in New York City. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Harris. Mr. Harris was a well-known Ithaca merchant for many years. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. Had lived at Groton. Wife of Frank Hatch. Burial at Groton. (p. 7, Covert News) Wife of Peter Bonezzi; died at home of her mother at South Owego. Burial at Kline next to grave of her father, Charles Bower. Died at Colorado Springs. Grad of Cornell Law School, 1905. Died and buried at Crawford, IL. Formerly resident of King Ferry. Husband of former Phoebe J. Mack. Civil War veteran. See lengthy obituary on p. 5 of 9/11/1917 Ithaca Journal. Died in an auto accident in Ransomville. Had lived at Buffalo. (p. 7, Brookton News) See story p. 3, 9/17/1917 Ithaca Journal. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Dowd Died at Newark, NJ, formerly of Ithaca; brother of Ben Mintz. Burial Coddington Rd. Cemetery. Page 102 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Metzgar 1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 09/12/1917 Almeah 68 09/10/1917 Loveless Jesse 46 09/11/1917 09/11/1917 1917 Mrs. Hemingway O.G. 48 09/11/1917 09/12/1917 1917 Hines Andrew 09/11/1917 09/12/1917 Pneumonia 1917 1917 Kellogg Northrup Augusta Fleming Fred 09/11/1917 09/12/1917 09/12/1917 09/12/1917 1917 Baldini Ottavia 3 09/13/1917 09/14/1917 Pneumonia 1917 Epps Melissa 44 09/13/1917 09/14/1917 1917 1917 Parks Dodd William Emily 68 09/13/1917 09/15/1917 09/15/1917 09/17/1917 1917 1917 1917 Mrs. Owen Thomas Rightmeyer Lydia A. Albert Earl 79 67 09/16/1917 09/17/1917 09/18/1917 09/17/1917 09/17/1917 09/21/1917 Peritonitis 1917 1917 Hixson Dutton Amos Phoebe Steenburgh 72 09/19/1917 (notice) 09/19/1917 09/19/1917 09/20/1917 1917 Edwards Irving 67 09/19/1917 09/20/1917 1917 1917 Denk Hutchings Joseph William 30 40 09/20/1917 09/20/1917 09/21/1917 09/21/1917 Accident 1917 Mowry Henry F. 92 09/20/1917 09/21/1917 (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died at West Groton. Was one of 11 children. Burial at Groton. Well-known café proprietor and athlete. See p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 9/11/1917. Death notices in 9/11/1917 and 9/12/1917. Died at Dryden; burial at McLean. (See also McLean News, p. 7, 9/20/1917) Died at Syracuse; formerly of Ithaca. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Died at West Danby; wife of D.M. Kellogg. Died at the County Farm. Burial at McLean. (p. 7, Groton News) Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Baldini. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Died at Meany Sanitorium. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Dryden. Died at Enfield while visiting her son, General George A. Dodd, Retired. She had lived at Williamsport, PA. Burial at Rose Valley, PA. See p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 9/17/1917. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Syracuse. Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A.B. Chase of Jacksonville. Died at El Paso, Texas; formerly of Ithaca. Wife of C. Seymour Dutton. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. worked at Ithaca Gun for 20 years. No known survivors. Burial City Cemetery. Died in Lansing; burial Asbury Cemetery. Killed in auto accident in St. Paul, MN. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hutchings of W. Danby. Burial at W. Danby. Story on p. 2 of 9/21 and p. 7 of 10/4/1917 Ithaca Journal. Ithaca resident for 60 years. Well-known grocer; known as "Judge Mowry." Burial City Cemetery. Story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 9/21/1917. Page 103 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 09/21/1917 1917 Yates John James 1917 Yeates John 78 09/20/1917 09/22/1917 1917 Boorom Eugene 68 09/22/1917 09/25/1917 1917 Sears Minnie K. 09/23/1917 09/25/1917 1917 Porter Fred 24 09/24/1917 09/24/1917 1917 Johnson Jesse 94 09/24/1917 09/24/1917 One of Ithaca's earliest settlers. Pioneer in oil discoveries in Titusville and Oil City, PA; and employed by the government during Civil War as superintendent of transportation. Also had businesses in Ithaca. See story on p. 2 of 9/24 & 25/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 1917 1917 Barkee Monell Ludford Albert Kate H. J.E. 50 83 19 09/24/1917 09/24/1917 09/25/1917 09/25/1917 09/25/1917 09/25/1917 Died and buried at Slaterville. Widow of A.H. Monell. Burial City Cemetery. Died when his plane and another plane collided in Canada. Was a Cornell student, a British citizen and was registered with the Royal Flying Corps, training in Canada. Was to be sent to France for active service. See p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 9/25/1917. 1917 Dimick Melissa 09/26/1917 Widow of William Dimick; burial in Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg. Died in Delaware County; wife of Henry Drake. Formerly of Danby. Burial Curtis Cemetery. 09/20/1917 Notes Husband of Mary Yates. Well-known Freeville resident for 40 years. Born at Dorsetshire, England. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. Heart Trouble Died at Freeville. Born in England; burial Willow Glen. Died following surgery. Was one of Interlaken's most prominent businessmen. Died at Hartford, CT; wife of Dr. Blake Sears. Former Ithacan. Burial in Trumansburg. Killed in war, somewhere in France. Had been employed in bakery at Atwater's Grocery Store. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 9/24/1917. (notice) (notice) 09/26/1917 (notice) 1917 Drake Edna Green 31 09/26/1917 1917 Fowler William 72 09/29/1917 1917 Myers John R. 09/29/1917 1917 Willey Herbert 09/29/1917 1917 Mrs. Christman W. Clark 09/29/1917 09/26/1917 Typhoid Fever (notice) updated 06/24/2010 10/01/1917 Broken Neck Fell downstairs at home in Enfield where he was a farmhand. Burial at Grove Cemetery. See story p. 5, 10/1/1917 Ithaca Journal. 10/01/1917 Accident Killed when auto overturned. Was a prominent Cayuga County farmer. See story p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 10/1/1917. 10/01/1917 Died at Syracuse; son of DeWitt Willey of Ulysses. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 10/02/1917 Died at East Bethany, NY. Formerly of Ithaca. Page 104 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Bradley Mary 91 09/30/1917 1917 Uhl Charles D. 65 09/30/1917 10/01/1917 1917 Jackson Sarah Van Orman 80 10/01/1917 10/02/1917 1917 Mead Susan E. 79 10/01/1917 10/02/1917 1917 1917 Hurley Hitchcock William Alphonso 62 71 10/03/1917 10/03/1917 10/04/1917 Pneumonia 10/05/1917 1917 VanDemark Arnold L. 2 mos 10/04/1917 10/05/1917 1917 Brown Emma Louise 77 10/04/1917 10/06/1917 1917 Mrs. Leland H.E.P. 74 10/05/1917 10/05/1917 1917 1917 Mrs. Bedell Rinker Charles Frank 50 45 10/06/1917 10/06/1917 10/06/1917 10/09/1917 1917 Houk George W. 52 10/07/1917 10/08/1917 Died at Los Angeles. Was a millionaire manufacturer of wire wheels and one of the most prominent auto accessory manufacturers in the country. He formerly had a small bicycle repair shop in Ithaca. Story on p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 10/8/1917. 1917 Hoskins or Haskins William 56 10/07/1917 10/08/1917 1917 Cook Ann M. 77 10/07/1917 10/09/1917 1917 Wright Luther H. 77 10/07/1917 10/09/1917 1917 Mrs. Carrington F.B. 55 10/07/1917 10/91917 1917 Barnes Kenneth O. infant 10/08/1917 10/09/1917 Had lived at Forks of the Creek (Town of Lansing). Burial North Lansing. Also p. 7, 10/9/1917, Lansingville News. Death notices in 10/8/1917 and 10/9/1917. Wife of Zachariah; had lived at Caroline Depot. Burial Quick Cemetery. Had lived at Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. Had lived at Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Barnes. updated 06/24/2010 Notice Date Cause of Death 10/01/1917 Notes Died at Willard, formerly of Ludlowville, a wellknown milliner. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. Prominent Searsburg farmer. Husband of Edna Uhl. Died at New York City; widow of Thomas Jackson. Formerly of Danby. Burial Kings Cemetery. Had one sister, Catherine Mead. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Had lived at Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. VanDemark of Brooktondale. Burial Quick Cemetery. Wife of Richard Brown. Her first husband was Luther Roper of Danby. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Mother of Major O.M. Leland. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Death notices in 10/5/1917 and 10/6/1917. Was an engineer at Cornell University. Had lived near Black Oak Corners. Survived by husband and mother, Mrs. Lucinda Bement. Page 105 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 10/17/1917 1917 Searles Daniel M. 1917 Davenport Edwin 83 10/09/1917 10/10/1917 1917 Perrin Alexander 69 10/10/1917 10/10/1917 1917 1917 Johnson Myers Emma Louise Leroy F. 52 65 10/10/1917 10/10/1917 10/11/1917 10/11/1917 1917 Bower Adaline 73 10/10/1917 10/12/1917 1917 Thorpe Frank 10/08/1917 10/11/1917 10/11/1917 (notice) 1917 Harris George Williams 67 10/11/1917 10/12/1917 1917 Mrs. 1917 McClintock Hammond William Anna 60 10/11/1917 10/12/1917 10/13/1917 10/15/1917 1917 Marsh Jane 81 10/12/1917 10/15/1917 1917 Metzler Caroline 77 10/13/1917 10/15/1917 1917 Mr. Palmer M.M. 75 10/13/1917 10/15/1917 1917 1917 Cooper Haley Jennie James 45 62 10/13/1917 10/14/1917 10/18/1917 10/15/1917 1917 Mrs. Teeter A.J. 81 10/14/1917 10/15/1917 1917 Lindow Edward L. 52 10/16/1917 10/26/1917 updated 06/24/2010 Notes Died at Bath Hospital. Buried at Mecklenburg Cemetery. (p.7, Cayutaville News) Retired farmer; had always lived at the homestead of his father, Benjamin Davenport. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Father of Bert; brother William. Burial at Spencer. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Was a member of Carpenter's Union; burial at North Lansing. Died at Horseheads; formerly of Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Newfield. Husband of Helen Johnson. Had lived in Burdette. (p.7, Krum's Corners News) Husband of Anna Smith. First wife, Lucy D. Howard, is deceased. He was born in Nova Scotia. Was Librarian Emeritus, Cornell University. See story, p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 10/12/1917. Had lived near Dryden. Died at Rockville Centre, L.I., formerly of and buried at Interlaken. (See p. 7, Interlaken News) Widow of George Marsh. Died at Black Oak Corners. Burial at Trumbull's Corners. Died at Saratoga Springs, formerly of Ithaca. Widow of Joseph Metzler. Burial family plot at City Cemetery. Died at North Lansing. Formerly of Genoa; burial N. Lansing. Had lived at Groton. Died at Meaney Sanitorium. Formerly of Ithaca; was employed by Lehigh Valley Railroad. No near relatives. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Had suffered a shock recently; died at Enfield Falls. Buried at Teeter Farm Family Plot. Death notices in 10/15/1917 and 10/16/1917. Had lived at Enfield Center. Survived by widow, 6 sons and 2 daughters. (See p. 9, Enfield Center News) Page 106 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 10/17/1917 1917 Corp. Pendelton Alfred 10/17/1917 1917 Chacona James P. 10/17/1917 10/18/1917 1917 Hitchcock Harry Alton 41 10/17/1917 10/18/1917 1917 Primrose John T. 76 10/18/1917 10/20/1917 Apoplexy 1917 Smiley Harvey 86 10/19/1917 10/19/1917 1917 1917 Sundstrom Bower Pierre A. Marshall C. 58 10/19/1917 10/19/1917 10/19/1917 Pneumonia 10/20/1917 1917 Esty Clarence H. 10/19/1917 10/20/1917 1917 Hawley Lena Gilkey 34 10/19/1917 10/20/1917 1917 1917 Marsh Donovan Jane Jerry 81 75 10/19/1917 10/21/1917 10/20/1917 10/22/1917 1917 1917 Beardsley Klinko Hannah Edward J. 74 38 10/22/1917 10/22/1917 10/23/1917 10/23/1917 1917 1917 English Stout Jeffe U. Michael 69 84 10/23/1917 10/24/1917 10/24/1917 10/25/1917 1917 Barger Harriet J. 80 10/25/1917 (notice) 10/25/1917 (notice) 1917 Bruton Rose 10/25/1917 10/25/1917 (notice) 1917 Drake Esther 5 10/25/1917 10/25/1917 Typhoid Fever Notes Killed in action in France. Was in the British Army. Brother of William Pendelton, employee at Ithaca Gun Co. Had been in confectionary and real estate business in Milwaukee, WI. Burial in Ithaca. Died following surgery. Was secretary of Cornell University and a Cornell grad. See story p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 10/18/1917; obituary p. 2, 10/19/1917. Died at Cortland. Had lived at Dryden. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. Died at Roulette, PA. Formerly of Dryden. Burial at Dryden. Was a Cornell freshman from Middletown. Died at Syracuse; formerly of Ludlowville. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery, Ludlowville. Died and buried at Brookline, MA. Formerly of Ithaca. Son of late Senator Edward S. Esty, husband of Rosamond F. Esty. Wife of Ralph Hawley. Had lived at Moravia; burial North Lansing. (p.9, Black Oak Corners News) Died at Muscatine, IA while on a business trip. Had lived at Odessa. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Klinko. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. Had and was buried at Interlaken. Civil War veteran; had a saw mill and basket factory business at one time. (See p. 9, Interlaken News) Had lived at King Ferry. Burial King Ferry Cemetery. (p.9, King Ferry News) Daughter of Commissioner John Bruton of Venice. (p.9, King Ferry News) Daughter of Henry Drake. Mother, Edna Drake, died in Sept. of typhoid fever. Burial at Danby Rural (Curtis) Cemetery. (p.9, Danby News) (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Page 107 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 10/27/1917 Spinal Meningitis 1917 Burr Charles 1917 Truesdale Ann 87 10/26/1917 10/26/1917 1917 Van Dine Mary 78 10/26/1917 10/26/1917 1917 Dimon Prudence 87 10/26/1917 10/27/1917 1917 Abbot Lucy 10/26/1917 10/30/1917 1917 Whitlock William 75 10/26/1917 11/01/1917 Apoplexy 1917 Fulkerson Ella 49 10/27/1917 10/02/1917 1917 Mrs. Burnett E.M. 43 10/27/1917 10/27/1917 Rheumatism 1917 Parker Edward M. 23 10/27/1917 10/27/1917 1917 1917 Bush Carlton Eliza Catherine Donald 93 2 mos 10/29/1917 10/29/1917 10/30/1917 10/30/1917 1917 Drake Myron 55 10/29/1917 10/30/1917 1917 1917 1917 Donovan De Veber Hornbeck Jerry William J. Julia 84 10/30/1917 (notice) 10/30/1917 10/30/1917 10/30/1917 10/30/1917 10/31/1917 1917 Locke Alice Banfield 10/30/1917 10/31/1917 1917 Raab Agnes 10/31/1917 10/25/1917 10/31/1917 (notice) 1917 Mrs. Rumsey updated 06/24/2010 Jefferson 44 10/31/1917 11/01/1917 Notes Young son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Burr of Geneva. Burial at Trumansburg. (p.7, Trumansburg News 10/27/1917) Widow of George Truesdale; daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Bowen Sweetland; had lived at Dryden. Born in house known as Grove Hotel. Burial Green Hills Cemetery. Widow of Charles Van Dine; burial Hayts Cemetery. Widow of Daniel Dimon,Civil War veteran. Had lived at Groton. Burial Rural Cemetery. Died at Spencer. Burial at Evergreen Cemetery. (p.7, Spencer News) Died at Toledo, OH, formerly of Ithaca. Was a wellknown painter who did portraits of Pres. Lincoln, federal judges and Ezra Cornell,among others. See obituary on p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 11/17/1917. Died at Meany Sanitorium. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. Survived by husband and four children. Died of disease complications. Son of W. H. Parker. Burial Fishers Cemetery. Widow of Abram Bush. Burial at Slaterville. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Carlton. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Newfield, son of Mrs. Aaron Drake. Burial at Trumbull's Corners. (p.7, Krum's Corners News) Widow of Lewis Hornbeck. Had lived and was buried at Slaterville. Wife of Albert Locke. See also Etna News, p. 9, Ithaca Journal, 11/8/1917. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. Had lived at Groton. Burial at Garretsville, Ohio. (p.7, Groton News) Died near Newfield. Survived by husband and seven children. Burial Trumbull's Cemetery. Page 108 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 11/02/1917 1917 Mrs. DeGraw John 64 10/31/1917 1917 Morgan Delbert 10/31/1917 1917 Rocker none given 11/01/1917 1917 Carson J. S. 11/01/1917 11/01/1917 1917 1917 Anderson Rundle Julia Charles 44 11/01/1917 11/03/1917 11/02/1917 11/05/1917 1917 Ross Martha Graves 64 11/04/1917 11/07/1917 1917 1917 Slaght Brown Emeline Melissa A. 92 86 11/04/1917 11/05/1917 11/07/1917 11/07/1917 1917 Bundy Warren W. 50 11/05/1917 11/12/1917 1917 Mrs. Hatch T.L. 35 11/06/1917 11/07/1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 Kelsey Beach Wixom Snyder William Sarah Adelia Georgiana Mary Ann 45 11/07/1917 (notice) 11/08/1917 11/08/1917 11/08/1917 11/07/1917 11/08/1917 11/08/1917 11/09/1917 1917 Hakes Mary 11/08/1917 11/13/1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 Mrs. Tompkins Baker Muir Comber Alonzo Oscar C. Della L. John 11/09/1917 11/10/1917 11/10/1917 11/10/1917 11/10/1917 11/12/1917 11/12/1917 11/15/1917 11/02/1917 Paralytic Stroke 11/01/1917 Notes Had lived at Interlaken. Survived by husband and daughter, Mrs. W.A. Rogers. Burial Grove Cemetery. Lived at Enfield Center. Survived by wife and six small children. Died at Cbaraz, Austria. Mother of I. Rocker, of Ithaca, who was notified by Russian government and by his father in Cbaraz. Letter was censored and no details given.See story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 11/1/1917. (notice) updated 06/24/2010 53 76 73 71 91 Died at Shortsville; father of Henry Carson of N. Lansing. (p.11, N. Lansing News) Wife of Jesse Anderson. Burial at Newburgh. Civil War veteran; had lived at Odessa. Burial Mitchell Cemetery. Died at Hornell, formerly of Groton. Widow of Alson Ross. Burial at Groton. (p.7, Trumansburg News) (See also, p. 9, Taughannock Falls News, 11/16/1917) Burial Hayt's Cemetery. Died at Elmira; formerly of Ithaca. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Died at Auburn Hospital. Had lived at King Ferry. See also: King Ferry News, p. 9, 11/15/1917. Had lived at Moravia. (p.7, Locke News) Burial Green Hills Cemetery. Wife of Charles M. Wixom. Life-long Etna resident; wife of Milo Snyder. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p. 7, Groton News) Burial Hayt's Cemetery. Burial Caroline Cemetery. Burial at Speedsville. Burial at Poplar Ridge. (p. 9, King Ferry News) Page 109 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Baldwin 1917 1917 Eliza E. 70 11/11/1917 Van Woert Taber Smith Carrie Laura 81 71 11/11/1917 11/12/1917 11/15/1917 11/12/1917 1917 Beardsley Harriet Ham 69 11/12/1917 11/13/1917 1917 Buckley Emma R. 70 11/12/1917 11/13/1917 1917 Grover Florence E. 56 11/12/1917 1917 Herson Lawrence 84 11/12/1917 11/13/1917 Bright's Disease 11/13/1917 1917 Mrs. Ball George 79 11/12/1917 11/14/1917 1917 Blauvelt Levina 77 11/14/1917 11/14/1917 1917 Van Valkenburg Willie 11/14/1917 11/22/1917 Died at New York City. Had lived at Forest Home. See also p.3, 11/23/1917, Ithaca Journal 1917 Whitlock Bert E. 11/15/1917 11/15/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edison Whitlock. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. 1917 1917 Grant Mullady (Malady) Josephine Dennis 11/16/1917 11/17/1917 11/16/1917 11/19/1917 1917 Thayer Louise 1917 Sullivan Daniel 1917 Mrs. 1917 Purdy St. Croix John Philip updated 06/24/2010 45 65 61 77 Notice Date Cause of Death 11/12/1917 Notes Died at Richmond Hill, L.I. Wife of George D. Baldwin. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Merrill of Ithaca. She spent most of her life in Caroline Township. Burial at Brooktondale. See also "Personals," p.3, Ithaca Journal, 11/15/1917. (p. 9, Willseyville News) Wife of Charles Taber. Was secretary of Tompkins County W.C.T.U. for 26 years. See story p.3, Ithaca Journal, 11/12/1917. Died and was buried at Montour. She was born at Newfield. Died at Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery. Was born and was buried at Trumbull's Corners. Was one of Ithaca's early Catholic settlers; had operated a store in Ithaca for many years. Survived by two daughters, Margaret and Hannah. Burial Mount Olivet Cemetery. Died at Searsburg. Burial at Valois. (p.7, Trumansburg News) had lived at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. 11/17/1917 Civil War veteran; had lived at Brooktondale. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notices in 11/19/1917 and 11/20/1917. Also see Brookton News, p. 7, 11/20/1917. 11/21/1917 Heart Trouble Widow of James Thayer. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. 11/18/1917 11/19/1917 Pneumonia 11/18/1917 11/18/1917 11/20/1917 11/22/1917 Was employed by Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad for 45 years. Burial Mount Olivet Cemetery. Died at Newfield; burial Trumbull's Corners. Died at Lake Ridge; Civil War veteran. Burial Auburn Cemetery - Soldiers' plot. Page 110 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 11/21/1917 1917 Snook Moses 82 11/19/1917 1917 Merical William 95 11/19/1917 11/23/1917 1917 Cronin John 60 11/20/1917 11/20/1917 Heart Disease 1917 1917 Wright Osgood Harriet David 74 11/20/1917 11/20/1917 1917 Streeter N.R. (notice) 11/21/1917 11/24/1917 11/21/1917 11/21/1917 (notice) 1917 1917 Emmons Miller Melissa Warren L. 78 77 11/21/1917 11/21/1917 11/22/1917 11/22/1917 1917 Saltsman Henry 58 11/21/1917 11/27/1917 1917 Dr. Hodson J.P.F. 11/22/1917 11/22/1917 (notice) 1917 Johnson Adelbert B. 1917 Burritt Edwin J. 1917 Simpson Letha 1917 Howell 1917 1917 Winans Coleman updated 06/24/2010 73 Notes Died at Auburn. Former well-to-do farmer on West Hill, Ithaca. Never married. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. Civil War veteran. Burial at West Slaterville. See p. 9,Caroline Center News, 11/23/1917. Died at County Home at Waterloo. Former Interlaken resident. (p.7, Interlaken News, 11/20/1917) Burial Calvary Cemetery. Died at Minetto. Son of L.P. Osgood of Kingtown. Burial Grove Cemetery (p.7, Trumansburg News) Died at Syracuse; burial Groton. (p.7, Groton News, 11/21/1917) Burial at Trumansburg. Died at Interlaken. Widower of Johanna, who died 7/25/1917. Well-known businessman. See Interlaken News, p.9, 11/22/1917. Burial Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken. Pneumonia Died at Elizabeth, NJ, formerly of Dryden. (p.9, Dryden News) Died at New York City. Son of the late Horatio Hodson. Was native of Ithaca. Heart Failure Died at Dryden. 11/22/1917 11/22/1917 11/22/1917 12/01/1917 7 11/23/1917 11/23/1917 Burns Charles D. 65 11/23/1917 11/24/1917 Emma E. George 84 65 11/24/1917 11/25/1917 Died at Freeport, IL. Was a jeweler in Ithaca at one time. Burned when poured kerosene on a fire. Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Simpson of Freeville. Story p. 3, 11/23/1917, Ithaca Journal. Died at Ludlowville. Member of school board, Justice of thePeace and Postmaster. See obituary p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 11/24/1917. Also p. 9 Ludlowville News on 11/27/1917. 11/26/1917 Burial East Lawn Cemetery. 11/26/1917 Heart Trouble Died at Trumansburg. Well-known merchant; owned Stover Hardware Co. Son of Mahlon B. Cohen and Elizabeth Townsend Coleman. Burial Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg. See story p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 11/26/1917. Page 111 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Illston John Newman 66 11/25/1917 1917 Stevens Ida M. 49 11/25/1917 11/26/1917 Widow of Dumont Stevens. Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Jeffers Raymond S. 30 11/25/1917 11/26/1917 Pneumonia Died at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. Son of Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Jeffers of Trumansburg. Burial Jones Cemetery. Death notices in 11/26/1917 and 11/27/1917, also p. 6, 12/8/1917. 1917 Hurlbut Fred H. 60 11/25/1917 11/27/1917 1917 Marvin Harrison 91 11/25/1917 11/27/1917 Pneumonia 1917 1917 1917 Clark Warren Ferrell M. Etta James Clara 10 11/26/1917 11/26/1917 11/28/1917 11/27/1917 12/01/1917 Pneumonia 12/01/1917 1917 Hewlett D.C. 82 11/28/1917 12/01/1917 1917 Arden Mary A. 85 11/29/1917 12/01/1917 Stroke 1917 Greenfield Perl M. 47 12/01/1917 12/03/1917 Fractured Skull 1917 Smith Reuben 12/01/1917 12/03/1917 Died following surgery at Newark, NJ. Former depot agent at Groton. Burial at Groton. Died in St. Petersburg, FL. Burial at Dryden, his former home. (p.9, Dryden News) Burial City Cemetery. (p.7, Mecklenburg News) Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ferrell of Interlaken. (p.7, Interlaken News) Was a well-known farmer in Interlaken where he was buried in Lake View Cemetery. (p.7, Interlaken News) Died from complications. Widow of Robert Arden. Had lived at Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery. Died after hit by delivery truck. He was a carpenter by trade, formerly of Auburn. Story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 12/3/1917. Died from injuries sustained several months ago when hit by an auto. Died at Lansing Station at the home of his daughter, Salina Smith. 1917 1917 Giles Swarthout John Charles H. 12/02/1917 12/03/1917 12/04/1917 12/08/1917 1917 Clark Bernard A. 12/04/1917 12/04/1917 1917 Herrington William H. 12/04/1917 12/04/1917 updated 06/24/2010 77 78 Notice Date Cause of Death 11/26/1917 Pneumonia Notes Born in Liverpool, England. Husband of Mary E. Had lived at Freeville. Well-known in Seneca County. Died at Ovid. Was sheriff at one time; also Town Commissioner of Highways and Justice of the Peace. (p.7, Interlaken News) Died following abdominal surgery. Husband of Carrie. Had been employed by Lehigh Valley Railroad and, later, by Williams Brothers Foundry. Burial at Waverly. Long-time member, Ithaca Fire Dept. (p.5, 12/4/1917) also p. 3, 12/5/1917. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Page 112 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Wilcox William 73 12/04/1917 1917 Rockwell Dwight 45 12/04/1917 12/06/1917 1917 Sheldon Adelaide Ralph 65 12/04/1917 12/06/1917 1917 Tribe John 76 12/04/1917 12/06/1917 1917 Anten George 28 12/04/1917 12/07/1917 Pneumonia 1917 Mrs. 1917 Mrs. 1917 1917 Mosher Spencer Cross Smith Stephen Charles J.W. Mary Ellen 12/05/1917 (notice) 12/05/1917 (notice) 12/05/1917 12/05/1917 12/05/1917 12/05/1917 12/06/1917 12/10/1917 1917 Donnelly Peter 12/06/1917 12/08/1917 1917 Smith Mary Ellen 12/06/1917 12/13/1917 Stroke 1917 Fisher Marvin D. 12/07/1917 12/12/1917 1917 Sackett Charles W. 1917 Mrs. Scott A.C. 1917 Mrs. Rappleye Judson 70 12/08/1917 1917 Hoffman Florence 15 12/09/1917 1917 Robinson Susan 83 12/09/1917 updated 06/24/2010 74 65 72 12/08/1917 12/08/1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 12/05/1917 Notes Died at Genoa. Owned two farms. Was a prominent horse breeder. At one time he and his brother, George, conducted the Clinton House. Burial North Lansing. Died at New York City. Formerly of Dryden. Son of Saunders and Mary D. Rockwell. Had been an invalid for many years. Wife of Frank Sheldon. Had lived near Etna. (See Etna News, p. 7, 12/12/1917) Died at his home in Barton, Tioga County. Wellknown in Ithaca area. Burial at Halsey Valley. Died at Hayt's Corners. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Anten. (p.7, Interlaken News) Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Groton News) Died at Eugene, OR. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial Davis Cemetery. Died at VanEttenville; burial Trumbull's Corners. (p.7, Enfield Falls News) Well-known Interlaken farmer. Burial at Trumansburg. (p.7, Interlaken News) Died at Van Etten. Born in Enfield. Daughter of John and Theresa Smith. Had recently lived in Trumbull's Corners, active in W.C.T.U. Died at Spencer. Burial Evergreen Cemetery. (p.7, Spencer News) 12/11/1917 Heart Trouble Died at Addison. Born at Enfield Center; had lived in Ithaca at one time. Was partner in drug firm of Sackett and Taber at Addison. Husband of Ida Cowles, formerly of Ithaca. See story, p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 12/11/1917. 12/11/1917 Had lived at Dryden. (See Dryden News, p.7, 12/13/1917) 12/12/1917 Died at Interlaken, widow of Judson. Burial Lake View Cemetery. (p.7, Interlaken News) 12/10/1917 Typhoid Died at Detroit, MI; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Fever Hoffman, formerly of Ithaca. 12/12/1917 Had been ill with dropsy. Had lived at Locke. (p. 7, Locke News) Page 113 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 12/11/1917 1917 Mrs. Gibson Frank 1917 Moxley James 19 12/11/1917 12/11/1917 Died of injuries in fire at Lehigh Valley Railroad Station. He was a boiler maker assistant from Sayre, PA., working to repair a boiler. See story, p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 12/11/1917. 1917 Mrs. Johnson Adelbert G. 72 12/11/1917 12/12/1917 1917 Dr. Payne C.S. Died following long illness. Her husband died on 11/22/1917. Died at Liberty. Brother of D.A. Payne of Ithaca. 12/11/1917 Notes Died at Groton; former Ethel Davenport of Ellis. (p.7, Groton News and p. 7, Hibbard's Corners) (notice) 12/14/1917 12/14/1917 (notice) 1917 1917 Park Herrick Charles R. Hiram R. 60 93 12/14/1917 12/15/1917 12/14/1917 12/17/1917 1917 Kelly John 40 12/15/1917 12/17/1917 Peritonitis 1917 Genung Homer Calvin 9 weeks 12/16/1917 12/18/1917 1917 Westcott Franklin 76 12/17/1917 12/17/1917 1917 Western Belle Daniels 34 12/17/1917 12/17/1917 1917 1917 Swick Andrus George William 43 80 12/17/1917 12/18/1917 12/18/1917 Pneumonia 12/18/1917 1917 1917 Mrs. Welch DeWein Catherine George 80 12/18/1917 12/18/1917 12/19/1917 12/31/1917 1917 Robinson Minnie 12/19/1917 12/19/1917 (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at South Lansing. One of Tompkins County's oldest residents. Veteran of Civil War, Co. G., 15th NY Engineers. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Had been employed by Fred Briggs, Trumansburg cattle raiser. Burial at Trumansburg. See story p. 7, 12/17/1917. Died at Freeville. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Genung. Burial Willow Glen. Died at Newfield. Burial Wood Lawn Cemetery. Died at Endicott. Niece of William R. Daniels of Varna. Burial at Mecklenburg. Senior member of bookseller and printer firm: Andrus and Church; one of Ithaca's most prominent merchants. Survived by daughter, Florence S. Burial City Cemetery. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 12/18/1917, also 1/9/1918, p. 3, regarding his will. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Died at her home in Milwaukee, WI. Former Anna Elizabeth Haworth; born in Enfield, Cornell grad. Wife of George, a patent attorney for Allis Chalmers Mfg.Co. (E.E. Cornell '97); mother of Mary DeWein. Former Minnie Jewett of Ransom Hollow and Owego. Burial at Berkshire. (p. 9, Ransom Hollow News) Page 114 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 1917 Genung Besemer 1917 Notice Date Cause of Death 12/19/1917 12/20/1917 Daniel Emma W. 58 72 12/19/1917 12/19/1917 Jones none given infant 12/19/1917 1917 Pressey William J. 74 12/19/1917 12/21/1917 Whooping Cough 12/26/1917 1917 Gibson Gilbert Sage 21 12/19/1917 01/03/1918 1917 1917 Sawyer Root Warren Fred 87 12/20/1917 (notice) 12/20/1917 12/20/1917 12/21/1917 1917 Davis Benjamin J. 70 12/20/1917 12/22/1917 1917 Prosser George 79 12/20/1917 01/14/1918 1917 Brown Anna C. 82 12/21/1917 12/22/1917 1917 1917 Morgan Pierson Helen Antoinette C. 83 82 12/21/1917 12/21/1917 12/22/1917 12/22/1917 1917 Mrs. Olfield Jesse 12/22/1917 12/22/1917 (notice) 1917 O'Grady Arthur 13 mos. 12/22/1917 12/24/1917 1917 Abbott Sam 75 12/22/1917 12/26/1917 1917 Sawyer Warren 83 12/22/1917 12/27/1917 1917 Minier David L. 60 12/23/1917 12/27/1917 1917 Baker Mary 12/24/1917 12/26/1917 1917 Mabee Fannie 12/24/1917 12/27/1917 updated 06/24/2010 Notes Burial East Lawn Cemetery. Widow of Dr. Martin Besemer. Survived by son, Dr. Howard B. Besemer. Burial W. Slaterville. (p. 9, Etna News) Died at Canandaigua; formerly of Ludlowville. (p. 7, Ludlowville News) Died at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. Was a Cornell student who had enlisted in the Army. Member of Co. B, 306th Field Signal Battalion. Had lived at Norwich, NY. (p. 9, Caroline Depot News) Had lived in Brooktondale. Survived by daughter, Flora. Burial: Quick's Cemetery. Survived by brother, Albert, of Watkins. Burial Davis Cemetery. Died at Oakland, CA. Formerly of Dryden. (p.7, Dryden News) Widow of Rt. Rev. John Henry Hobart Brown, at Fond du Lac, WI. See obituary on p. 3. Died at Trumansburg. Burial Sheldrake. Widow of William Pierson. Had lived at Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery. Died at Newark Valley; burial Dryden. (p.9, Dryden News) Burned to death in fire at home. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O'Grady. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 12/24/1917. Died at Detroit while visiting son; was a merchant on W. State St., native of Syria. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Caroline Depot. Burial at Green Mount Cemetery. Died at home in Toronto, where he moved to 10 years ago. Had worked at Ithaca Gun and opened a movie picture business. Died at Chicago in home of her sister, Mrs. W.I. Baucus. Burial Dryden. Died at Cortland Sanitarium. She had been employed as a housekeeper for 23 years by F.D.Gunderman, Danby. (p.7, Danby News) Page 115 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age 1917 Baker Mary 12/24/1917 1917 Quinn F.M. 12/25/1917 01/07/1918 1917 Darling Mary Elizabeth 12/26/1917 12/26/1917 1917 Woodworth Peter Covert 12/27/1917 01/02/1918 Had lived at Interlaken. Burial Lake View Cemetery in Interlaken. (p.9, Interlaken News) 1917 Lt. Cuthbert Stuart Ross 12/28/1917 12/29/1917 1917 Williamson James M. 65 12/28/1917 12/29/1917 Died in aviation accident in Texas. Son of Mrs. A. Ross Cuthbert. See p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 12/29/1917. Killed in explosion at Remington Power Plant. See story p. 1, Ithaca Journal, 12/29/1917. 1917 Taylor Frances P. 62 12/29/1917 12/31/1917 1917 Thomas John 12/29/1917 01/02/1918 1917 Thomas John 1917 1917 1917 Boyles Northrup Bidwell Charlotte M. Anna Slater David M. 1917 Tree 1917 2 Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 01/02/1918 Notes Died at Chicago. Buried at Dryden. (p.9, Dryden News) Died at his home in Reno, NV; formerly of Interlaken. (p.7, Interlaken News) Burned when she fell into a pail of hot feed. See story p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 12/26/1917. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Darling of Freeville. Died at home of her son, William Taylor. Born at Hopetown, British Guinea. Burial Watertown. 53 12/29/1917 Husband of Lillian Pratt Thomas. Had lived near Dryden. 01/05/1918 Heart Failure While working on ice at Dryden Lake. Son of Walter and Caroline Leet Thomas. Husband of Lillian Pratt. Burial at Willow Glen Cemetery. 74 70 2 mos 12/30/1917 12/30/1917 12/31/1917 12/31/1917 12/31/1917 01/02/1918 J. Wesley 65 12/31/1917 01/02/1918 Apoplexy Blauvelt Ernest 62 12/31/1917 01/04/1918 Asphyxiation From coal gas at home of Richard Matthews near Interlaken. Was a trapper and laborer; lived with his mother on the lake road. Burial Interlaken Cemetery. Story p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 1/4/1918. 1917 Mrs. Phillips J.D. 12/31/1917 01/07/1918 1917 Machen Glenola May 10/101917 10/10/1917 updated 06/24/2010 infant Burial North Lansing. Died from a shock at her Slaterville home. Son of Prof. and Mrs. Charles Bidwell. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Was foreman of the printing department at Andrus and Church. See p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 1/2/1918. Died at N. Lansing; burial Pennsylvania. (p.7, N. Lansing News) Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Machen; burial City Cemetery. Page 116 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1917 Woolley Bertha 35 11/201917 1918 Smith Jessie 1918 Saylor H.H. 1918 Sayler H.H. 1918 Chacona Yanula J. 81 90 Notice Date Cause of Death 11/22/1917 Notes Wife of Arthur Woolley; died near Lansing Station. See Ludlowville News, 11/23/1917. Daughter of the late William M. Smith, well-known produce merchant. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. 01/01/1918 01/02/1918 01/02/1918 01/04/1918 Died at Hendersonville, NC, Civil War veteran. Had lived at Mecklenburg. Burial Trumansburg. Death notices in 1/4/1918 and 1/7/1918. 01/02/1918 01/10/1918 Died at Hendersonville, NC, where he spent winters. (p.7, Mecklenburg News) Died at Goritsa, Greece. Mother of Ithacan, John Chacona. Wife of W.J. Black. Daughter of Eugene Dorn of Danby. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died as a result of an accident at his feed mill at Pony Hollow, near Newfield. See story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 1/4/1918. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Died at home on South Hill, Dryden. Died at Willow Creek; burial Grove Cemetery. Widow of Isaac Estabrook. Died at home of daughter in Montour. Killed when cousin loading a shotgun in home of her father, Almarian Rumsey, at West Newfield. Story on p. 5, Ithaca Journa, 1/5/1918. 01/03/1918 01/03/1918 (notice) 1918 Black Ida M. 30 01/03/1918 01/04/1918 Pneumonia 1918 Swartwood Eugene 64 01/03/1918 01/04/1918 1918 1918 1918 Rice Kraft Estabrook Susan Beam George Henry Nellie 95 53 75 01/03/1918 01/03/1918 01/04/1918 01/05/1918 01/10/1918 01/05/1918 1918 Rumsey Violet 11 01/05/1918 01/05/1918 Accident 1918 Krum Adelbert James 62 01/05/1918 01/07/1918 Son of Landon D. Krum, born at the old homestead at Krum's Corners. Husband of Minnie Van Gorder Krum. Was a court officer for 20+ years. Some of his forefathers fought in Revolutionary War. Burial family plot West Hill Cemetery. Obituary p. 5, 1/7/1918 and Krum's Corners News on 1/111/1918. 1918 Christenat Bertha Chaffee 35 01/05/1918 01/12/1918 1918 Bull John E. 75 01/06/1918 01/07/1918 Fall Had been ill for 4 years. Wife of George B.Christenat; died at home sister in Carbondale, PA. Burial at family plot in Trumansburg; daughter of Harvey Chaffee. Died from injuries at his home in Ellis. Had been successful farmer at Caroline for many years. 1918 Olmstead Lydia A. 95 01/06/1918 01/07/1918 updated 06/24/2010 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Page 117 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1918 1918 Gantner Boyles 1918 George S. Quinton 43 58 01/06/1918 01/07/1918 Reed Harriet E. 65 01/07/1918 1918 Sweet Durward T. 29 01/07/1918 01/08/1918 1918 Foote Edwin Wesley 84 01/09/1918 01/09/1918 1918 Rolland Katherine 01/09/1918 01/09/1918 1918 Fatula Mary 01/09/1918 01/09/1918 1918 Snolesky Bella 01/09/1918 01/10/1918 1918 Lipstagg John 50 01/09/1918 01/11/1918 1918 Higgins Amelia 85 01/11/1918 01/11/1918 1918 Alley Frances 83 01/11/1918 01/12/1918 1918 Everhart Job 71 01/11/1918 01/12/1918 1918 Knettles Calista 83 01/11/1918 01/12/1918 1918 Bennett William 01/11/1918 01/14/1918 1918 Lindley Adelaide 01/11/1918 01/14/1918 1918 Scott Sarah E. 74 01/12/1918 01/14/1918 1918 Rood girl 6 days 01/12/1918 01/15/1918 updated 06/24/2010 44 Notice Date Cause of Death 01/11/1918 01/08/1918 Cancer of Stomach 01/08/1918 Notes Died at Kingston, NY. Died and buried at N. Lansing. Died at Besemer Depot; widow of Dr. DeForrest A. Reed. Burial Quick Cemetery. Survived by mother and sister, Marie Sweet. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. Died at Caroline; burial Maple Grove Cemetery. Died following stroke while cleaning house. Widow of Alfred Rolland.Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Barry. Ran boarding and rooming house for many years. Story p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 1/9/1918. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. (p.3, 1/10/1918) Wife of Henry Fatula. Burial Mount Olivet Cemetery. Death notices in 1/9/1918 and 1/11/1918. Mother of Mrs. Isidore Levine. Burial at Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY. Accident Struck and killed by train, near Harford. Was a coal miner from Plymouth, PA. Either a Russian or Hungarian immigrant. Burial at Cortland. Story on p. 2. Widow of William Higgins; burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notices in 1/11/1918 and 1/12/1918. Died at McLean. Burial Indian Mound Cemetery, Moravia. Died at home of nephew, Jesse S.Everhart, at Snyder Hill. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. Heart Trouble Died at East Groton. Widow of Jacob Knettles. Burial at McLean. Civil War veteran. Died at Watertown, formerly of Ithaca. Died at Trumansburg; wife of George Lindley. Burial at Jersey City. Widow of William Scott. Burial Adams Cemetery, Danby. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Rood. (p.7, Freeville News) Page 118 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 01/14/1918 1918 Campbell Ada B. 61 01/13/1918 1918 Mrs. Keegan Sherman A. 1918 Duryea Charles 1918 Davis none given 1918 1918 Eke Bentley Julia Anna 1918 Mrs. Licht L. J. 1918 Lee Harry J. 29 01/19/1918 01/19/1918 1918 Marshall John T. 64 01/19/1918 01/19/1918 1918 Landon Lucy 01/19/1918 01/21/1918 1918 Ross Helen L. 01/19/1918 01/23/1918 1918 Riggs, Seymour A. 01/20/1918 01/22/1918 1918 1918 Mrs. O'Daniel Bush 01/21/1918 01/21/1918 01/21/1918 Burial City Cemetery. 01/23/1918 Heart Trouble Died at Freeville. Survived by husband, 2 daughters and 1 son. 01/15/1918 01/16/1918 71 01/15/1918 01/18/1918 14 mos 01/16/1918 01/16/1918 Cerebral Meningitis 71 01/17/1918 01/17/1918 01/17/1918 01/17/1918 01/19/1918 01/19/1918 (notice) (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Addison M. Edgar 70 76 55 Notes Wife of John C. Campbell, treasurer of H.B. Bool Co. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died following surgery at Brooklyn. Formerly Miss Mabel Cass. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Death notices in 1/16/1918 ans 1/17/1918. Died at Black Oak Corners. Husband of Ruth M. Burial at Mecklenburg. (P.7, Black Oak Corners News, 1/28/1918) (p.7, Mecklenburg News, 1/24/1918) Death notices in 1/18/1918 and 1/24/1918. Child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis of Conneautville, PA. Burial at McLean. (p.7, McLean News) Wife of John Eke; burial Lake View Cemetery. Wife of E.J. Bentley. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. Death notices in 1/17/1918 and 1/18/1918. Died at Geneva. Former Carrie Galloupe of Trumansburg. Burial at Trumansburg. (p.7, Trumansburg News) Killed in accident at C.J. Swartwood Lumber Mill. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lee of Caroline. See story p.3, Ithaca Journal, 1/19/1918. Died at Interlaken. Prominent Interlaken merchant, father of Ithaca Chief of Police, William Marshall. Former proprietor of Hotels Roarke and Robinson at Interlaken. See p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 1/19/1918. Died at Johnson City; widow of Bennett Landon of Danby, where she had lived most of her life. Burial Quick Cemetery. Widow of Wilbur Ross; died at Candor home of daughter, Mrs. Lena Compton. Burial Maple Grove Cemetery. Died at Lansing, MI; formerly of Ludlowville where buried. (p.7, Ludlowville News, 1/28/1918) Page 119 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1918 1918 Linderberry Gilman 1918 Notice Date Cause of Death 01/23/1918 01/25/1918 Anna B. R.C. 69 67 01/22/1918 01/22/1918 Farrell Johanna 67 01/23/1918 01/23/1918 1918 Osborn Fannie 01/23/1918 01/23/1918 1918 Bartholomew Leo A. 01/23/1918 01/23/1918 1918 Denton John W. 30 01/23/1918 01/23/1918 1918 1918 Terpening Scott A.F. Louisa 79 01/23/1918 01/24/1918 01/30/1918 01/24/1918 1918 1918 Lt. Hicks Sherwood Samuel H. Oliver 69 01/24/1918 01/25/1918 01/26/1918 01/25/1918 1918 1918 Hildebrant Robbins Robert Clinton C. 78 3 01/25/1918 01/25/1918 01/25/1918 01/26/1918 1918 Hughes Joseph W. 52 01/26/1918 01/28/1918 1918 Metzgar Neuman J. 73 01/27/1918 01/29/1918 1918 Dr. du Buisson J.P. 36 01/27/1918 03/26/1918 Sun Stroke Died at his home in South Africa. Had studied at Cornell and was recently appointed Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Stellenbosch. See story p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 3/26/1918. 1918 1918 Mrs. Sherwood Quick Moses L. Henry 72 83 01/28/1918 01/28/1918 01/29/1918 02/06/1918 Burial Fisher Cemetery. Died at Catatonk; widow of Henry. Former residents of Caroline (p.7, Caroline Center News) 1918 1918 Terry Foote Rachel M. John J. 72 83 01/29/1918 01/29/1918 01/30/1918 01/31/1918 Burial City Cemetery. Died at Willseyville. Was a Civil War veteran. (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Notes Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Died at Willseyville. Burial Candor Cemetery. Death notices in 1/25/1918 and 1/26/1918. Died after illness of 1 year. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Well-known Ithaca businesswoman; associated with her brother, R.C. Osborn, in the firm, R.C. Osborn and Co. Daughter of Mr. M.D. Osborn. See also p. 7, Dryden News, 1/25/1918. Burial City Cemetery. Death notices in 1/23/1918 and 1/24/1918. Son of Mary Denton. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery. Death notices in 1/23/1918 and 1/25/1918. Burial at Virgil. (p.7, Dryden News) Widow of James Scott. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Eaton Rapids, MI. Formerly of Enfield. Killed in airplane collision in France. Graduated from Cornell Aeronautical School. Story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 1/25/1918. Died at Caroline. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Robbins of Dryden. Brother Floyd. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. Former harness merchant and well-known horseman. Burial Fisher's Cemetery. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 1/28/1918. Died at Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. Page 120 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 01/30/1918 1918 Barber William 76 01/30/1918 1918 Clark Rupert 25 01/30/1918 01/30/1918 1918 Mrs. 1918 Liddington Hess Omar Charles A. 44 01/30/1918 01/31/1918 01/31/1918 01/31/1918 1918 Ketchum Kate 82 01/31/1918 02/01/1918 1918 Carey Helen A. 20 01/31/1918 02/01/1918 Pleuropneumonia Died at Bellevue Hospital, NYC, where she was in nurse training. Graduate of Ithaca High School. Lived with aunt, Ellen Carey. Burial at Groton. Death notices in 2/1/1918 and 2/2/1918. 1918 Signor Burdett 66 01/31/1918 02/04/1918 1918 Cowles Claire 01/31/1918 1918 Rodgers David 02/01/1918 02/06/1918 Bright's Disease 02/01/1918 Burial at Spencer. (p.7, Besemer News; p. 7, Bethel Grove, 2/5/1918) Son of Mrs. Alma Axtell. (p. 7, West Danby News) (notice) (notice) 1918 Leary William F. 1918 Dutton William H. 1918 1918 Mrs. Barber Benjamin 1918 Ellis updated 06/24/2010 02/01/1918 02/01/1918 59 02/01/1918 02/02/1918 Pneumonia William Electa M. 73 02/02/1918 02/02/1918 02/02/1918 02/04/1918 William 45 02/02/1918 02/04/1918 Notes Postmaster at Enfield Center for 50 years. Story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 1/30 & 31/1918; p. 5, 3/1/1918. Died following surgery. Was well-known aviator, employed by Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corp. See story p. 5; obituary on p. 3, 1/31/1918. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notices in 1/30/1918 and 2/2/1918. Died at Newfield. Died in England, son of Mrs. A.R.Conklin of Jacksonville. He was formerly of Ithaca and a wellknown architect employed by Detmar Blow, a London architect. See obituary on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 1/31/1918. Died at Newfield. Burial Wood Lawn Cemetery. Died at McGraw, formerly of Ludlowville. (p. 7, Ludlowville News) Died at Cohoes. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Death notices in 2/1/1918 and 2/2/1918. Was in charge of Lehigh Valley Railroad Paint Shops. Burial in mausoleum at Lake View Cemetery. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 2/2/1918. p. 7, Enfield Falls News Died at W. Slaterville home of daughter, Mrs. John Besemer. Brother of Fred S. and Louis D. Ellis. Burial Green Hill Cemetery, Dryden. Page 121 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1918 Wattles Almira 89 02/02/1918 1918 1918 Kingsley Pumpelly Charles Sullings Gurdun H. 16 mos 02/04/1918 02/04/1918 1918 Warne Susa M. 89 02/04/1918 1918 1918 Taylor Signor Julia B. Charles 60 72 02/05/1918 02/05/1918 1918 Ticknor Alfred 87 02/06/1918 1918 Cram Jacob 52 02/06/1918 1918 Signor Thomas Notice Date Cause of Death 02/08/1918 (notice) 02/07/1918 Notes Died at daughter's home at Glen Ridge, NJ where she lived after death of husband, Chauncey Wattles. Formerly of Caroline. Burial Maple Grove Cemetery. 02/05/1918 Son of Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Kingsley. 02/05/1918 Asphyxiation Died from gas fumes in his Owego garage. Was well-known amateur trap shooter and uncle of Cornell professor Laurence Pumpelly. Story p. 3, Ithaca Journal. 02/05/1918 Died at Trumansburg. Widow of G.W. Warne. Burial Grove Cemetery. 02/05/1918 Wife of George Taylor. 02/07/1918 Had lived at Bethel Grove. Burial at Spencer. Brother of Thomas of Buffalo and Burdette of Besemer. All three brothers died within last two weeks. 02/06/1918 Died at Alford, MA. Former storekeeper at Ludlowville. (See p. 7, Ludlowville News) 02/07/1918 Neuralgia of Died at Sheldrake Springs. Formerly of Ithaca. the Heart Proprietor of Willow Rest Inn, a resort at Sheldrake Springs. He was well-known in Ithaca and had traveled extensively throughout the world. See story on p.5, Ithaca Journal, 2/5/1918. 02/07/1918 (notice) Had lived in Buffalo. Death announced in obituary of brother, Charles. Civil War veteran. Burial City Cemetery. Husband of Mary A. Longtime employee of Lehigh Valley Railroad. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Death notices in 2/7/1918 and 2/11/1918. 1918 1918 Culver Maloney Lewis J. Michael 74 66 02/07/1918 02/07/1918 02/07/1918 02/07/1918 1918 Gorton Creighton H. 61 02/08/1918 02/08/1918 Died at Oneonta. Husband of former Miss Harriet Williams of Ithaca. Well-known salesman for Syracuse Dry Goods Co. Burial at Syracuse. 1918 Besemer Howard Burhans 48 02/08/1918 02/08/1918 Acute Indigestion 1918 Fish Ann L. 74 02/08/1918 02/09/1918 Died in his sleep. Well-known surgeon. Husband of the former Ida Burling. Born in Town of Caroline. Burial at West Slaterville. See story p. 3 of 2/8/1918 Ithaca Journal. Died at Groton. Wife of A.E. Fish. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Page 122 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 02/09/1918 1918 Allen Anna M. 1918 Mrs. 1918 Morgan Cheesman John William 83 02/08/1918 02/09/1918 1918 Lambert Inez 44 02/10/1918 02/11/1918 1918 1918 Benedict Ketchum John D. Kate 82 02/10/1918 02/11/1918 02/13/1918 02/11/1918 1918 O'Connell John 02/11/1918 02/11/1918 1918 Dumont Elbert S. 02/11/1918 02/12/1918 Died at Batavia. Employed at the Minor Shoe Factory. Born at Covert. (p.7, Interlaken News) 1918 Fitch Delia 68 02/11/1918 02/12/1918 1918 Stewart Ruth 89 02/11/1918 02/12/1918 Wife of Horace Fitch. Formerly of Richford; had lived at Alberta, Canada for last 15 years. Burial at Maple Grove Cemetery. Died a Newfield; Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. 1918 Cornish Eliza 86 02/11/1918 02/13/1918 1918 1918 Anderson Wilbur Eliza Burge 85 02/12/1918 02/13/1918 02/13/1918 02/13/1918 1918 1918 Palmer States George George 1918 Mrs. Fitch Orison 1918 DeViney Jay 02/08/1918 02/15/1918 02/09/1918 (notice) (notice) (notice) 75 02/13/1918 02/14/1918 02/13/1918 02/19/1918 02/15/1918 02/15/1918 Notes Died at Binghamton. Born at Newfield where she spent most of her life. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Death notices in 2/9/1918 and 2/14/1918. (p. 7, Mecklenburg News) Died at Seneca Falls. Formerly of Groton. Civil War veteran. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Groton News) Died of cerebral problems after two weeks in a coma. Daughter of Lyman Brown of Cayutaville. Burial at Odessa. Died at McLean. Had lived at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. (p.7, Newfield News) Died while visiting daughter, Mrs. Frank Kerwin, at Buffalo. One time employee of Lehigh Valley Railroad. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Death notices in 2/11/1918 and 2/14/1918. Died at Newfield Station. Wife of LaFayette Cornish. Burial Newfield Village Cemetery. Burial at Newark, NY. Died at Willard. Father of Romain Wilbur. Burial at Trumbull's Corners. Died at Pony Hollow. Had lived at Cayutaville. Burial Laurel Hill. (p.7, Cayutaville News) Had lived at Alberta, Canada. Sister of David Clark of Caroline. Burial at Caroline. (p.7, Caroline News and p.7, Dryden News, 2/16/1918) (notice) updated 06/24/2010 58 02/15/1918 02/16/1918 Rheumatism of the Heart Well-known Ithacan. Page 123 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1918 Garner Anna Y. 29 02/15/1918 1918 Nagle James 61 02/15/1918 1918 Mrs. Seeley M.C. 73 02/16/1918 Notice Date Cause of Death 02/16/1918 2/161918 Pneumonia 02/16/1918 (notice) 1918 Gray Elizabeth 69 02/16/1918 02/18/1918 1918 Avery Harriet E. M. 73 02/16/1918 02/19/1918 1918 DeGarmo Lindley H. 28 02/16/1918 02/21/1918 1918 Betties Eugene William infant 02/18/1918 02/20/1918 1918 Dr. Darling Lacey B. 02/19/1918 02/20/1918 Bright's Disease 1918 Phillips Lucretia H. 02/19/1918 02/20/1918 1918 Mrs. Shepard Fremont 02/19/1918 02/20/1918 1918 Mrs. Sturgis James Van Auken 83 02/19/1918 02/23/1918 1918 1918 Skillman Adams Eunice William Alonzo 65 02/20/1918 02/20/1918 02/20/1918 02/22/1918 1918 Mrs. 1918 Cox Ellison Richard Luther J./Lewis J. 73 75 02/20/1918 02/20/1918 02/22/1918 02/23/1918 updated 06/24/2010 86 Notes Died at Clifton Springs Sanitarium. Wife of E.F. Garner, an instructor in mechanical engineering, Sibley College. Burial family plot at Westminster, MD. Survived by son, John , of Sayre, PA. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notice in 2/16/1918 and 2/18/1918. Had lived in Elmira; many relatives in Ovid. Burial Ovid Cemetery. (p.7, Interlaken News) Wife of William Gray; burial West Danby Cemetery. Died in Baltimore. Widow of David C. Avery, daughter of John and Salvina Mineah of Dryden. Killed in airplane accident in England. Was 1912 graduate of Cornell; training with members of Royal British Flying Corps. Story on p.3, Ithaca Journal, 2/21/1918. Died at Dansville; son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Betties. Died at Palmyra. Former resident of Ithaca; studied medicine and moved to Palmyra. Was an employee of C.J. Rumsey & Co. in Ithaca. Husband of Alice. Burial at Groton. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. See also: Bethel Grove News, p.7, 2/26.1918. Died at Toledo, OH. Former Eloise Ryder of Ithaca. Married to James Heggie. After his death she married Fremont Shepard, who survives her. Died at Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery. Died at home near Searsburg. Burial James Cemetery. Died at Town of Covert, widow of James Cox. Husband of former Mary Clapp, father of Mrs. Thomas Briggs. Died at Interlaken. Burial Lake View vault. (p.7, Interlaken News and p.7, Lake Road News) Death notice in 2/23/1918 and 2/27/1918. Page 124 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1918 McDaniels 1918 Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 02/22/1918 Heart Failure Died at home of his daughter, Mrs. Clarence D. Tarbell. Was a prominent farmer at Newfield. Body placed in vault, Lake View Cemetery. Watson 69 02/21/1918 Sheffield Ruth 15 02/21/1918 02/22/1918 Accident 1918 Dayton Ann E. 74 02/22/1918 02/23/1918 1918 Sincebaugh Frederick F. 13 mos. 02/22/1918 02/23/1918 1918 Yaple Frank S. 45 02/22/1918 02/23/1918 Pneumonia 1918 Avery Harriet 02/23/1918 02/23/1918 (notice) 1918 Bostwick William Herbert 52 02/23/1918 02/25/1918 1918 Mrs. Palmer Alonzo 75 02/23/1918 02/25/1918 1918 Lt. Gardner Frank H. 02/23/1918 02/27/1918 Pneumonia 1918 Frear Alexander 93 02/24/1918 02/25/1918 1918 Peterman Sophie 69 02/24/1918 1918 Fowler Thomas 32 02/25/1918 1918 Keeler Mary L. 84 02/25/1918 updated 06/24/2010 Killed when hit by a car near her home in Almond, NY. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Sheffield, former Enfield residents. See story on p.3, Ithaca Journal, 2/22/1918. Died at Freeville. Wife of rev. J.F. Dayton. Burial McLean. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard L. Sincebaugh; brother Catherine. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. Died near Slaterville. Was a prominent farmer and former Justice of the Peace. Burial at Boiceville. See also Caroline News p.3, 2/27/1918; Caroline Center News, 2/28/1918 Died at her Baltimore home. Had spent summers at Dryden. (p.7, Dryden News) Died of injuries when caught in machinery at a plant he supervised in Norfolk, VA. Formerly of Ithaca; son of late William L. Bostwick. Story on p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 2/25/1918. Died at Horseheads home of daughter, Mrs. James Brown. Had lived at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Died a NYC. Member of Medical Reserve. Graduate of Ithaca High 1908; attended Cornell Law School. Son of Dr. E.R. Gardner of Montrose Pt. See story p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 2/27/1918. One of Ithaca's earliest pioneers, farmer, fruit raiser and prominent Presbyterian. See story p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 2/25/1918. 02/25/1918 Survived by son, Otto, who was designer of Corona Typewriter Co. Burial at Groton. 02/25/1918 Asphyxiation Asphyxiated by gas while working with Ithaca DPW crew, inspecting sewers. Story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 2/25/1918. Obituary p. 3, 2/26/1918. 02/27/1918 Died at Slaterville Springs. Mother of Dr. Frank E. Blackman. Burial at Owego. Page 125 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title 1918 Surname Name Bedell Alan T. Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 02/26/1918 Pneumonia 02/26/1918 (notice) 1918 Morehouse John 6 mos. 02/26/1918 02/28/1918 Whooping Cough 02/27/1918 1918 Mrs. Dayton J.F. 02/27/1918 1918 Short Clarence W. 02/27/1918 1918 Emery Arva L. 2 mos. 02/27/1918 02/27/1918 1918 Drake Sereno 76 02/27/1918 02/28/1918 1918 1918 Shoemaker Wilson Georgiana Henry 88 51 02/27/1918 02/27/1918 02/28/1918 02/28/1918 1918 Crance Ernest G. 6 mos. 02/28/1918 02/28/1918 1918 Sullivan Mary A. 59 02/28/1918 03/01/1918 Pneumonia 1918 Vorhis Julia G. 89 02/28/1918 03/01/1918 1918 Vose Mabel Adaline Blake 02/28/1918 03/01/1918 1918 1918 Moon Holmes Phoebe Delle baby girl 61 3 days 02/28/1918 03/01/1918 03/02/1918 03/05/1918 1918 Seeley Obed 92 03/01/1918 03/06/1918 1918 Sherwood Archie B. 62 03/01/1918 03/07/1918 (notice) 02/27/1918 Notes Died at Lake Charles, LA. Had recently completed course in U.S. School of Military Aeronautics at Cornell. Nephew of Prof. Frederick Bedell. See p. 6, 2/26/1918. Died at Interlaken. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Morehouse. Died at Freeville. Was buried at McLean. (p.7, McLean News) Lost his life when the liner Tuscania was torpedoed earlier this month. He was a private in the 158th aero squadron. Nephew of Ransom Ryant and Clarence Ryant of Ithaca. Buried in Scotland. Story on p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 2/27/1918. (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Emery. Burial Fisher's Cemetery. Died at Interlaken. Well-known architect and builder. Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery, Van Etten. Former Freeville resident. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Crance. Burial Fsher's Cemetery. Widow of James O. Sullivan. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Died at Cayuga Heights home of daughter, Mrs. P.J. Herson. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. Died at Newark, NJ at parent's home. Wife of Major R.M. Vose, U.S.M.R., well-known Ithaca surgeon. See p. 3 of 3/1/1918 Ithaca Journal. Died at Peruville; widow of Morris Moon. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Holmes. (p.7, Reynoldsville News) Died in Spencer at home of his sister, Mrs. Norris. (p.7, Spencer News, 3/6/1918 and p.9, Newfield News, 3/8/1918) Died at Utica 11 days after death of his wife, Mella E. Owen. They were former Ithaca residents; conducted a boarding house in Utica. He also was a well-known race track promoter. Page 126 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 03/04/1918 1918 Barnum Matilda 69 03/02/1918 1918 1918 Hill Teets Nancy Ann Jesse 82 03/02/1918 03/02/1918 03/04/1918 03/06/1918 1918 Smith Hesler 65 03/03/1918 03/04/1918 1918 Clapp Lillian D. 44 03/04/1918 03/05/1918 1918 DeLano Jane B. 85 03/04/1918 03/06/1918 1918 Clough D.O. 03/05/1918 03/05/1918 (notice) 1918 Miller Alson 72 03/05/1918 1918 Robinson Lavinia 77 03/05/1918 03/05/1918 Notes Wife of James Clark Barnum. Burial Trumbull's Corners. Burial at Asbury. Died at brother's home at Freeville. Burial New Jersey. (p.7, Freeville News) Buried at Newfield. See also p. 9, Newfield News, 3/8/1918. Died at Clifton Springs Sanitarium following long illness. Widow of Lewis A. Clapp. Died at her home in Grand Rapids, MI. Widow of Martin S. DeLano and both formerly of Ithaca. Burial at Groton. Civil War veteran. Had lived at Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Groton News) Died at County Home; formerly of West Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Groton News) (notice) 03/05/1918 (notice) 1918 Smith Isaac B. 1918 Mrs. Lazear M.W. 1918 Ayers Mary Francis 1918 Shephard 1918 1918 1918 1918 80 03/05/1918 03/05/1918 03/05/1918 03/06/1918 62 03/07/1918 03/07/1918 Francis A. 21 03/07/1918 03/08/1918 Pneumonia Carpenter Charles 80 03/08/1918 03/08/1918 Georgia Rowe Lyon Syrenius DeWitt F. Hattie E. 85 63 03/08/1918 03/08/1918 03/09/1918 (notice) 03/08/1918 03/08/1918 03/09/1918 (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Had lived at Burdette. Burial Reynoldsville Cemetery. (p.7, Reynoldsville News) Died at Newfield. Well-known farmer. Survived only by nephew, Fred Kemp, who lived with him. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Death notices in 3/5/1918 and 3/6/1918. Died in Dryden at home of her daughter, Mrs. M.E. Bowman. Died at Minneapolis, MN. Formerly of Ithaca. Worked for 22 years at Minneapolis Public Library. Daughter of Elizabeth G. Ayers. Died at Newport News, VA. Member of 607th Aviation Supply Squadron. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Shephard. See p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 3/8 & 11/1918 and p. 5, 3/9/1918. And p. 3, 3/11/1918. Died at son's home in Geneseo. Was formerly of Interlaken; was a printer for 65 years and a correspondent for the Ithaca Journal. See story and photo on p.2. Burial Inlet Cemetery. Died at Brookton; burial Quick Cemetery. No information given. Page 127 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1918 Head Martha J. 1918 1918 Stevenson Turk Joseph A. no name given 1918 Stoddard Albert J. 1918 Velletre Pietro 1918 Hill Julia Age Death Date 66 03/09/1918 75 infant 03/09/1918 03/10/1918 03/09/1918 03/11/1918 03/10/1918 03/13/1918 03/11/1918 03/11/1918 Pneumonia 27 Notice Date Cause of Death 03/09/1918 03/12/1918 03/12/1918 (notice) 1918 Stoughton Carrie 03/12/1918 03/13/1918 1918 Personius Henry 81 03/13/1918 03/13/1918 1918 Halliday Emerson 65 03/13/1918 03/14/1918 1918 Terriberry Duncan 94 03/13/1918 03/14/1918 1918 Rappleye Frank 79 03/13/1918 03/15/1918 1918 Mrs. Field George L. 03/14/1918 03/14/1918 (notice) 03/14/1918 Notes Died at Asbury, wife of Horace A. Head. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. See p.7, Asbury News, 3/14/1918. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Baby of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Turk. See p. 7 of Rawson Hollow News. Died at Rochester,home of his sister, after illness of 7 years. Husband of Carmela, father of Ardovico and Augusto. Had been employed at Morse Aircraft Corp. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Widow of Dr. R. Byron Hill of Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery. Died at Binghamton; formerly of Reynoldsville. Died at Caroline Depot. Had been a postmaster and ran a general store. Burial South Hill Cemetery, Coddington Rd. Had lived with his brother, Benton, at Lansing. Burial at Groton. Died at Trumansburg. Civil War veteran. Burial Grove Cemetery. Died at Interlaken. Civil War veteran. (p.7, Interlaken News) Died at home in Hollywood,CA. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Charles Gore, of Groton. Died at Kansas City. Cornell graduate, 1872. Wellknown newspaperman and city official in Kansas. See story p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 3/14/1918. 1918 Lawrence John Bogart 70 03/14/1918 1918 Brearley Caroline 72 03/14/1918 03/15/1918 Widow of Joseph Brearley; burial at Lockwood. 1918 Predmore Frederick Carl 3 mos. 03/14/1918 03/15/1918 1918 1918 Pulz Smith Chloe Alice Fretcher 74 60 03/14/1918 03/14/1918 03/15/1918 03/15/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Predmore of Trumansburg. Burial at Great Bend, PA. Died at Freeville; widow of William Smith, who gave valuable service in the founding and maintenance of George Junior Republic. See story p.3, Ithaca Journal, 3/15/1918, also Freeville News, 3/21/1918. (notice) updated 06/24/2010 Page 128 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1918 Yates Martin 76 03/14/1918 1918 1918 1918 Frost Perri Park Frank W. Filomena Minnie 50 37 17 03/15/1918 03/16/1918 03/16/1918 03/15/1918 03/16/1918 Pneumonia 03/18/1918 1918 1918 Morgan Alexander Adeline Helen A. 03/16/1918 03/16/1918 03/26/1918 3/181918 1918 Pierson Albert Henry 78 03/17/1918 03/18/1918 1918 Pierson Albert 79 03/17/1918 03/25/1918 Died at Trumansburg. Civil War veteran. Later became a Trumansburg School teacher; elected to the State Assembly at Albany. Also was an insurance business man. Husband of Harriet I. Pierson. (p. 9, Trumansburg News) 1918 Lt. Lathrop Louis H. 03/17/1918 04/06/1918 Pneumonia Died at base hospital in France. Graduate Cornell 1918; engaged to Marjorie Mabee of Ithaca. See story p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 4/6/1918. 1918 Boyle (Boyles) Margaret Roff 97 03/18/1918 03/19/1918 Oldest resident of N. Lansing, died at home of her daughter, Mrs. George Forbes of West Groton. Daughter of David and Sarah Roff; widow of Henry Boyle. Burial N. Lansing Cemetery. See story p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 3/18/1918 and p. 9, N. Lansing News, 3/27. 1918 Mrs. Mazza Giovanna 74 03/19/1918 03/19/1918 Died from long illness and shock of the 3/16/1918 death of her daughter, Filomena Perri. Widow of Raffaele Mazza. Burial Calvary Cemetery. See story, p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 3/19/1918. 1918 Van Order Nelson 84 03/19/1918 03/20/1918 1918 1918 Wilcox Mekeel Western E. Isaiah 79 59 03/19/1918 03/19/1918 03/20/1918 03/21/1918 Lived entire life on West Hill; burial Hayt's Cemetery. Funeral and burial Canton, PA. Died after 5 year illness in Jacksonville. Services held at Friends' Meeting House, Jacksonville. updated 06/24/2010 Notice Date Cause of Death 03/15/1918 Notes Died at Cortland Hospital. Had lived at the Grove Hotel in Dryden for last two years. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orman Park. Survived by 6 brothers and 1 sister. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Wife of G.M. Alexander. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at Trumansburg where he had been an insurance businessman. Burial Grove Cemetery. Page 129 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1918 Mrs. Lamont Robert 1918 1918 Buck Trainor Marvin W. Lawrence Gates 1918 Chapman 1918 1918 Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 03/20/1918 03/20/1918 (notice) 57 1 yr. 03/20/1918 03/20/1918 03/20/1918 03/20/1918 Pneumonia Richard 73 03/20/1918 03/21/1918 Johnson Henry 70 03/20/1918 03/21/1918 Cornwall Norman 16 03/21/1918 03/21/1918 (notice) 1918 Cosgriff Fred J. 32 03/21/1918 03/22/1918 1918 Harvey Ellen A. 82 03/21/1918 03/22/1918 1918 Wlcox Fred Elmer 03/21/1918 03/22/1918 1918 Lamont Clarence B. 41 03/21/1918 04/05/1918 Pneumonia and Pleurisy 1918 Cooper Herbert A. 16 03/23/1918 03/23/1918 1918 Hassan Frank 62 03/23/1918 03/25/1918 1918 McCarthy Ellen 03/23/1918 03/25/1918 1918 Chury Anna 03/24/1918 03/25/1918 1918 1918 Kingsley Williams Kenneth George DeForest 03/24/1918 03/24/1918 03/25/1918 03/25/1918 updated 06/24/2010 3 wks 86 Notes Died at Auburn home for elderly women. Burial at McLean where she had lived. (p. 9, McLean News) Was city assessor at one time. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Trainor. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Was Civil War veteran; burial Trumbull's Corners. Born at Norfolk, VA; enlisted in Co. 1, 31st United States Colored Troops in 1864. One of 3 surviving members of Sydney Post G.A.R. in Ithaca. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at South Wales, Erie County. Brother of Esther Cornwall, Cornell freshman. Died at Rochester, following a brief illness. Son of Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Guth of Barnard, NY. Burial Greece, NY. Widow of Moses Harvey; burial Grove Cemetery. Died at Pasadena, CA. Son of Seth Wilcox. 1883 Cornell Architecture graduate. Associated here with A.B. Wood. Died at Seattle, WA home. Born in Van Etten, Cornell graduate in 1900 and well-known engineer. Several relatives in Ithaca survive him. See story p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 4/5/1918. Son of Mrs. Abel Cooper. Burial at West Danby. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notices in 3/25/1918 and 3/26/1918. Widow of Thomas McCarthy. Burial at the family plot in Waverly. Death notices in 3/25/1918 and 3/26/1918. Wife of John Chury. Burial at Calvary Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George King. Superintendent of Ithaca glass factories, a 32nd degree Mason, successful farmer, businessman and husband of former Eliza Wilson, daughter of Andrew Wilson. Burial at Grove Cemetery. See story on p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 3/25/1918. Page 130 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date 1918 Mrs. Robinson Charles E. 1918 1918 Bierce Morey 1918 Notice Date Cause of Death 03/25/1918 ####### 03/24/1918 Mary A. Willard 68 67 03/25/1918 03/25/1918 03/25/1918 03/26/1918 Watkins John L. 84 03/26/1918 03/26/1918 1918 Hawks Etta Swartwood 78 03/26/1918 03/27/1918 1918 Pierce Marion 15 mos. 03/27/1918 03/27/1918 (notice) 1918 1918 King Baldwin Thomas Dane Lewis 79 32 03/27/1918 03/28/1918 03/30/1918 Pneumonia 03/29/1918 1918 Poole Josephine 27 03/28/1918 03/29/1918 Pneumonia 1918 Sweet Irene W. 86 03/28/1918 03/29/1918 1918 Thompson Ana M. 46 03/28/1918 03/29/1918 Pneumonia 1918 Reed J.H. 03/29/1918 03/29/1918 (notice) 1918 Crass Charles H. 69 03/30/1918 03/30/1918 1918 Lounsbery Clara Marie 1 03/30/1918 03/30/1918 1918 Morris Irene 03/31/1918 04/02/1918 1918 Johnston Annie 03/31/1918 04/02/1918 1918 Schaefer Augustin I. 03/31/1918 04/02/1918 1918 Dryer Morgan 03/31/1918 04/03/1918 updated 06/24/2010 Notes Had lived at and buried at Pleasant Grove. See also p.5, 4/1/1918. Death notices in 3/25/1918 and 3/26/1918. Had lived at Danby. Was a government stagecoach messenger between Ithaca and Watkins Glen for many years; active in the Ithaca express business. Burial Brookton. Was a pioneer resident and longtime merchant. Burial City Cemetery. Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery. Died at Bloomfield, NJ. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Pierce. Died and buried at Interlaken; born in Ireland. Former Grace Surdam. Survived by husband, mother, Mrs. Charles Surdam, and one week old son. Burial in Ithaca. Died at New York City; survived by husband, Alvine Poole, and 4 week old son. Formerly Josephine McAllister, daughter of Catherine McAllister of Ithaca. Had lived in Jacksonville; burial Grove Cemetery. Died at Trumansburg. Employed at post office where her brother was postmaster. Burial Grove Cemetery. Lived and died at Hector. Father of T.E. Reed of Ithaca. Brother of George Crass. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Lounsbery. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Widow of George Morris; burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notice in 4/2/1918 and 4/4/1918. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notice in 4/2/1918 and 4/4/1918. Died in Chicago. Son of Capt. Chester Dryer, former steamboat captain in Ithaca. Burial City Cemetery. Page 131 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 04/02/1918 1918 Rasmason Lillian Hook 1918 Sutton Mary 65 04/01/1918 04/03/1918 Pneumonia 1918 Johnson Marietta 82 04/02/1918 04/03/1918 1918 Mowers Belle 52 04/02/1918 04/03/1918 1918 Terry no name given infant 04/02/1918 04/03/1918 1918 Kelly Hannah 04/02/1918 04/03/1918 Pneumonia 1918 Manning Leland 04/03/1918 04/11/1918 1918 Wilcox Fred Elmer 04/03/1918 04/11/1918 Stroke of Paralysis 1918 Hortsman Fred 04/01/1918 54 04/04/1918 04/04/1918 Pneumonia (notice) 1918 Boice James 1918 Mrs. Foster 1918 Mrs. 04/04/1918 04/04/1918 Accident Robert E. 04/04/1918 04/08/1918 Whitby John 04/04/1918 04/08/1918 Pneumonia 1918 Mrs. White Frank 04/04/1918 04/11/1918 1918 Brokaw Theodore L. 21 04/06/1918 04/08/1918 1918 Cornell Ruth L. 2 mos. 04/06/1918 04/08/1918 updated 06/24/2010 67 Notes Daughter of George H. Hook. Member of Eastern Star; burial Lake View Cemetery. Died at County Home; burial Hayt's Cemetery. Died at Trumansburg. Widow of Robert E. Johnson. Burial Grove Cemetery. Step-brother, Edgar Newman, survives. Burial King's Cemetery. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Terry of Trumansburg. (p.7, Trumansburg News) Formerly of Ithaca. Widow of Michtel Kelly; died in New York City. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notice in 4/3/1918 and 4/5/1918. Died after long illness at Cleveland, OH. Son of Mrs. Frances Manning. (p.9, Taughannock Falls News) Died at home in Pasadena, CA. 1883 Cornell graduate. Prominent businessman in Pasadena, President of Board of Trade. See p. 3, 4/11/1918. Died at Camp Upton; brother of Mrs. Walter Kinch of Freeville. (p.9, Freeville News) Died from auto accident injuries; former supervisor for Town of Caroline. Had lived in Slaterville. (See also, Krum's Corners News, p. 9, 4/10/1918) Died at Santa Rosa, CA. Wife of Robert; former Lulu Gorsline of Brookton. Sister of Milton Gorsline of Brookton. Died at Freeville. Survived by husband, John, brother, David S. Robinson; sister, Phoebe King. Died at home in Enfield Center. Burial in Ohio. (p. 9, Enfield Falls News) Son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Brokaw. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cornell. Burial City Cemetery. Page 132 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1918 Crozier R.A. 1918 Rogers Claire D. 1918 Mrs. Fagan 1918 1918 Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Death 04/08/1918 04/07/1918 23 04/07/1918 04/08/1918 Pneumonia John D. 04/07/1918 04/09/1918 Mowry Brotherton Irene Frank 04/07/1918 04/08/1918 1918 Mrs. Esty William W. 04/08/1918 04/10/1918 04/08/1918 Neuralgia of the Heart 04/08/1918 1918 Angus George 75 04/08/1918 04/08/1918 1918 Allen Hattie Collins 45 04/08/1918 04/09/1918 1918 Baines Carrie 04/08/1918 04/10/1918 1918 Mrs. 1918 Allen Joyner Claude Richard A. 04/08/1918 04/09/1918 04/11/1918 04/09/1918 1918 1918 Greenleaf Mott Mott William H. 04/10/1918 (notice) 04/10/1918 04/10/1918 04/10/1918 1918 1918 Rightmire Wagner Gertrude George M. 1918 Paquette 1918 Blau (notice) (notice) 4 mos. (notice) 1918 1918 Snushall Van Sickle updated 06/24/2010 04/11/1918 04/11/1918 Docity 04/10/1918 04/12/1918 Jerome L. 04/11/1918 04/11/1918 Pneumonia (notice) 04/11/1918 (notice) 87 04/11/1918 04/11/1918 04/11/1918 Prominent grocer, former supervisor for city of Ithaca School Commissioner. Survived by wife, 6 daughters, 1 son. Burial City Cemetery. Story p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 4/8/1918. Cadet in Cornell Aviation School. Burial Meadville, PA. Died at Johnson City Hospital. Former Lena Gaygen, survived by husband. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. Died in Trumansburg. Burial at Towanda, PA. Died at Cortland. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. (p.9, Taughannock Falls News) Died at New Orleans, former resident of Ithaca; widow of William. Buria New Orleans (at least temporarily). Lived at Krum's Corners; was Civil War veteran. No known relatives. Burial City Cemetery. Died at home in Winthrop, MA. Formerly of Groton. Wife of Claude D. Allen. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. Died at Clifton Springs Sanitarium. Wife of William Baines. Had lived at Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery. See: Allen, Hattie Collins. Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Joyner. Brother of Marjorie. Burial at Enfield Center. Burial Bird Cemetery. (p.9, Locke News) Died at Cold Water, MI. Had relatives in this area. (p.9, Krum's Corners News) Pneumonia Died at home in Berkshire. Paralysis of Was employed at Morse Chain. Autopsy ordered. Resipiration Story p.2, Ithaca Journal, 4/11/1918 and autopsy results on p.3, 4/12/1918. Heart Trouble Died at Dover, NJ. Formerly resided in Ithaca. 04/10/1918 04/10/1918 Moses Flaville A. 69 25 Notes Died at Newark, NJ. 1917 Cornell graduate. Member of varsity cross country squad. (p.9, King Ferry News) Died at McLean. Page 133 Death Records 1914 to 1918 sorted by death date Year Title Surname Name 1918 Lamberson Royal V. 1918 Flynn Charles P. 1918 Rockwell E. Saunders 1918 1918 Tobey Lovell 1918 Kennelly Age Death Date 62 04/11/1918 Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 04/12/1918 Heart Failure Founded and was Vice President and General Manager of Remington Salt Works on east side of Cayuga Lake. Burial Lake View Cemetery. See story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 4/12/1918. 04/11/1918 04/13/1918 Died at home and burial in Ovid. Had furniture and undertaking businesses for many years. 74 04/11/1918 04/13/1918 Heart Disease Died at Washington, D.C.; formerly of Dryden. Was, at one time, in business with his father, Erastus Rockwell, at Dryden Woolen Mills. Was employee at U.S. Treasury Dept. for 20 years. Josiah G. Herbert M. 64 04/11/1918 04/13/1918 04/13/1918 04/13/1918 Fall James C. 31 04/15/1918 Died at his home in Town of Richford. Fell from office window to ground in Elmira. Was principal of Dryden High School at one time. Married to former Lillian Truesdale of Dryden. (p.11, Dryden News) Brother of Agnes Kennelly. Burial Mt. Olivet. 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