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Ithaca Journal

Obituaries and Death Notices

sorted by last name

Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919

Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of

Death

Notes

1919 Abbey Joseph H. 12/25/1919 1/7/1920 Pneumonia Died at St. Georges, SC home. Brother of

Samuel Abbey of Atwaters.

1919 Abbey Margaret 68 5/28/1919 5/31/1919 Widow of Edward H. Abbey. Burial Maple Grove

Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Abbott Hanny 75 12/25/1919 12/26/1919 Mother ofAbe, Solomon, John and Michael. Burial

Lake View Cem.

1919 Abels William 12/3/1919 (notice) 12/3/1919 Father of Mrs. Herman L. Smith of Trumansburg.

(p. 13, Trumansburg News.)

1919 Adams Maude 49 7/30/1919 8/2/1919 Died at Brookline, MA home, formerly of Ithaca.

Was a well-known architect who designed several

houses in the Bryant Tract in Ithaca. Daughter of

Franklin Reedy of Chillicothe, OH.

1919 Aiken Emma A. 61 5/25/1919 5/26/1919 Wife of Fred L. Aiken. Burial East Lawn

Cemetery.

1919 Aiken Mary Kelsey 69 12/19/1919 12/19/1919 Stroke Wife of Frank B. Aiken. Burial Grove Cem.

1919 Albeight Mary Warren 5/15/1919 (notice) 5/15/1919 Had lived at Montour Falls. (p. 11, Mecklenburg

News)

1919 Albright Harrison 82 3/31/1919 4/5/1919 Died at Cortland, formerly of Dryden. (p. 7,

Dryden News)

1919 Allen Clay 11/12/1919 (notice) 11/12/1919 Died at Cortland; formerly of McLean. (McLean

News, p. 11)

1919 Allen Mary Elizabeth ? 3/22/1919 3/25/1919 Died at Searsburg; burial Grove Cemetery.

1919 Allen Susan J. 86 8/11/1919 8/12/1919 Daughter of late Ebenezer and Pemima Allen.

Burial Pine Grove Cemetery, Lansing.

1919 Dr. Almy Albert Curtis 71 3/28/1919 4/1/1919 Died at Fordham home in New York City. He was

one of the first students to enter Cornell, where

he graduated in 1873. Burial at Port Jefferson,

Long Island.

1919 Angell Malcolm 50 5/29/1919 5/29/1919 Had lived near Groton. Burial at Stockbridge.

1919 Anthony Theodore 45 11/24/1919 11/25/1919 Acute

Indigestion

Was a well-known Dryden farmer. See p. 5.

1919 Apgar Charles 59 2/23/1919 2/24/1919 Pneumonia Brother of Edgar, Fred and Elmer. Burial at

Homer.

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Death

Notes

1919 Asay Sheldren 8/21/1919 8/22/1919 Typhoid

Fever

Died of complications at Ovid.

1919 Asterland Ella 56 11/18/1919 11/19/1919 Pneumonia Wife of Frank Asterland of Newfield. Burial at

VanEtten.

1919 Atwater Phoebe 7/10/1919 (notice) 7/10/1919 (p. 9, King Ferry News) Buried at King Ferry.

1919 Avery Elizabeth 74 7/29/1919 8/2/1919 Had lived at Cortland. Sister of George Ryan of

Ludlowville. (p. 7, Ludlowville News)

1919 Bagley Solon T. 65 7/7/1919 7/8/1919 Brother to E. S., Frank and E. H. Bagley. Burial at

Enfield.

1919 Bailey Nelson R. 31 10/9/1919 10/10/1919 Died following long illness. Leaves wife, daughter

Mary and parents, Mr./Mrs. Edwin S. Bailey. Was

active in I.O.O.F. Burial Enfield. See p. 5 and p. 9

on 10/17/1919 of Enfield Falls News.

1919 Mrs. Baker Charles T. 2/6/1919 2/6/1919 Died at St. Johns, N.B. Mother of Rev. George R.

Baker of Ithaca.

1919 Baker Clara Poole 4/15/1919 4/261919 Died at Los Angeles home. Wife of George T.

Baker. She was former Ithacan. 1879 graduate of

Ithaca High School.

1919 Baker Joseph C. 22 12/3/1919 12/3/1919 Son of Mrs. Etta Baker; brother of Walter, Henry

and Mildred Baker. Burial Trumbull's Corners

Cem.

1919 Baker Thomas 79 5/15/1919 5/15/1919 Died at Danby; burial Danby Rural Cemetery.

1919 Bakos Katherine 24 2/12/1919 2/13/1919 Died at Meany Sanitarium. Had lived at New York

City. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1919 Baldwin Clarence F. 3/25/1919 3/26/1919 Pneumonia Died at Auburn. Had spent summers at

Glenwood, near Ithaca.

1919 Mrs. Ballantine J. Herbert 12/24/1919 12/26/1919 Died at Pasadena, CA. Sister of John Wilgus and

Mrs. Arthur D. White of Ithaca.

1919 Bamber Richard H. 18 4/1/1919 4/5/1919 Died at Rochester. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin

Bamber, formerly of Ithaca. Burial Mt. Hope

Cemetery.

1919 Banfield Julia 3/26/1919 (notice) 3/26/1919 (p. 7, Danby News)

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Notes

1919 Barber Fanny Gardner 4/13/1919 4/14/1919 Died at Willard State Hospital. Wife of N.W.

Barber. Burial Pleasant Grove. See also

4/15/1919.

1919 Mrs. Barber William 75 10/23/1919 10/24/1919 Died at Enfield; mother of Frank. Burial Enfield

Cemetery.

1919 Bardwell Maryette 84 11/28/1919 11/29/1919

1919 Barney Estella Ward 65 11/23/1919 11/24/1919 Widow of Prof. Chester Barney. Burial Groton

Rural Cem.

1919 Barnum Frances Terry 9/25/1919 (notice) 9/25/1919 Died at Philmont, NY. Widow of William Barnum.

They were former residents of Kum's Corners.

Buried in family plot, Hayt's Cemetery. (p.11,

Krum's Corners News)

1919 Barr Fred C. 60 4/8/1919 4/9/1919 Heart Attack Prominent businessman with his brother, David,

in the hardware business. Story on p. 3. Also p.

3, 4/10/1919 and p. 7, 4/11/1919.

1919 Barr Robert 12/27/1919 1/3/1920 Son of Dr. and Mrs. Winfield Barr of Cleveland,

OH. (p. 9, Ludlowville News.)

1919 Barrett Edwin 3/30/1919 3/31/1919 Burial at Windsor, NY.

1919 Barry Patrick 7/7/1919 7/8/1919 Survived by wife, 4 daughters, 2 sons. Burial Mt.

Olivet Cemetery. See also 7/10/11.

1919 Barton George A. 63 12/20/1919 12/20/1919 Well-known furniture dealer, originally from

Walton, NY. Burial at Walton. See p. 7.

1919 Bates Wilbur J. 68 5/3/1919 5/3/1919 Well-known businessman, husband of Kathryn

Ryan. See story p. 7, 5/5/1919.

1919 Batty Philena 56 8/1/1919 8/1/1919 Had lived at Trumansburg. Widow of Oscar

Batty. Burial Grove Cemetery.

1919 Beckwith Arvilla 80 10/13/1919 10/14/1919 Died at Ludlowville home.

1919 Beckwith Mary H. 78 1/7/1919 1/8/1919 Died at Newfield; burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Bennett Mary A. 93 12/16/1919 12/17/1919 Widow of Charles G. Bennett. Burial Lake View

Cem., Interlaken.

1919 Benton Bert J. 30 8/5/1919 8/61919 Son of Mrs. Rose Benton. Burial at Spencer.

1919 Mrs. Bergen Edward 55 11/30/1919 12/3/1919 Burial Grove Cem.

1919 Berlew George 67 8/5/1919 8/61919 Angina

Pectoris

Burial Tioga Point Cemetery in Sayre, PA.

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Death

Notes

1919 Besemer W. Gaylord 39 6/17/1919 6/18/1919 Died at Besemer. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.

Besemer. Leaves wife and 8 sons. Burial West

Slaterville.

1919 Beverly Dwight 55 11/12/1919 11/14/1919 Died at Rockford, MI. (p. 11, Ludlowville News)

1919 Bickal William 2/18/1919 (notice) 2/18/1919 Body found in Erie Canal at Syracuse. Had been

missing from Varna since December. Story on p.

3. Former deputy sheriff. See also p. 3,

2/19/1919.

1919 Bickel Elmer 32 7/14/1919 7/15/1919 Brother of George Bickel of Ludlowville. Burial

Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Bigelow Edward A. 60 3/16/1919 3/17/1919 Was member of the Painters Union; had no

immediate relatives.

1919 Bishop Anna 65 7/12/1919 7/14/1919 Died at Newfield. Sister of Samuel Bishop. Burial

at Trumansburg.

1919 Blackman Charles L. 57 10/12/1919 10/13/1919 Prominent businessman. Long time grocer. Burial

East Lawn Cemetery. Story p. 2.

1919 Blakley Justine 91 1/15/1919 1/16/1919 Died at Ludlowville at home of grandson, Clarke

Bailey. Burial at Locke at the Edsall and Ashton

private cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Blanchard M. K. 12/24/1919 1/3/1920 Died at Syracuse. Formerly of Freeville. (p. 9,

Freeville News.)

1919 Mrs. Blauvelt C. H. 5/14/1919 (notice) 5/14/1919 Sister of W. T. Kellogg of Ithaca. Burial at Erin.

1919 Blauvelt Elizabeth 88 2/16/1919 2/20/1919 Had lived at Interlaken. Burial Lake View

Cemetery, Interlaken.

1919 Blend Arva E. 38 3/4/1919 3/7/1919 Pneumonia Died at Montclair, NJ where he had taught

school. Previously was principal at Ludlowville

High School. Husband of former Mabel Abbey of

Speedsville, where they had a summer home.

Burial at Oneonta.

1919 Bliss Franklin 75 2/20/1919 2/21/1919 Pneumonia Died at Dryden; funeral held at Richford.

1919 Bloom Erminda B. 75 7/26/1919 7/26/1919 Died at Lansing. Widow of Lewis E. Bloom. Burial

Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

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Notes

1919 Bloomer Cynthia 81 9/17/1919 9/17/1919 Died in Trumansburg where she lived as a

recluse for many years. Born at Interlaken;

traveled to Ithaca only once. Story p. 5.

1919 Mrs. Bloser A. P. 1/14/1919 1/17/1919 Died at Little Rock, AR; member of Eastern Star.

Formerly of Ithaca. Burial at Syracuse.

1919 Mrs. Bodle Howard 7/23/1919 7/28/1919 Died at Enfield. Former Anna Hausner. (p. 7,

Mecklenburg News) See also 7/29/1919.

1919 Bodle infant 7/21/1919 7/28/1919 Son of Mr./Mrs. Howard Bodle. Burial

Mecklenburg Cemetery. (p. 7, Mecklenburg

News) See also 7/29/1919.

1919 Boice Margaret F. 75 1/8/1919 1/8/1919 Died at Slaterville; burial Slaterville Cemetery.

1919 Bolster Harry 70 11/13/1919 11/14/1919 Died while plowing a field on a Slaterville farm.

See p. 5.

1919 Bontentti Angelo 60 11/20/1919 11/21/1919 No near relatives. Burial Calvary Cem.

1919 Bostwick Bert 23 1/3/1919 1/6/1919 Flu Died two weeks after his wife died of the flu. Son

of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bostwick of Cortland.

Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

1919 Bostwick Emma 8/19/1919 8/20/1919 Died at Newfield. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.

1919 Bower Charles 55 10/17/1919 10/22/1919 Died at Lansingville; burial Groton Rural

Cemetery. Also: p. 11, Lansingville News,

11/6/1919)

1919 Bower Mary Treman 82 7/28/1919 7/30/1919 Widow of William Bower. Burial Grove Cemetery.

1919 Boyce Sarah D. 4/20/1919 4/21/1919 Wife of John J. Boyce; died at Brookton. Burial

Cooper Cemetery.

1919 Bradley Harold 1/24/1919 (notice) 1/24/1919 Killed in

Action

Member of Royal Flying Corps. Cornell graduate

in 1918. Story on p. 3.

1919 Bradley Wilbur 25 1/2/1919 1/3/1919 Flu Died at Interlaken. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William

Bradley. Died same day as his grandmother, Mrs.

Horton, died. Burial Lake View Cemetery,

Interlaken. See story p. 3.

1919 Branch Minnie Bowker 48 11/22/1919 11/24/1919 Pneumonia Died at Como Lake home. Burial at Dresserville.

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1919 Breen Patrick 10 mos. 2/8/1919 2/10/1919 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Breen; burial

Calvary Cemetery.

1919 Briggs Mary 11/19/1919 11/20/1919 Stroke of

Paralysis

Died at Podunk home. Mother of Thomas,

William, Frank Briggs and Mrs. Charles Clapp.

1919 Brimsmaid Howard 23 1/3/1919 1/4/1919 Accident Killed when struck by Lehigh Valley Railroad train

near Newfield. Recently discharged from the

Army. Son of R.D. Brimsmaid. Burial Lake View

Cemetery. Story on p. 3.

1919 Brink Clara A. 93 4/16/1919 4/17/1919 Daughter of Ebenezer Terry, one of Ithaca's

earliest settlers.

1919 Brink Jacob 65 6/15/1919 6/16/1919 Had lived at Newfield. Father of Charles, Ray and

Dollie. Burial Cutter Cemetery.

1919 Britt Margaret 5/7/1919 (notice) 5/7/1919 Had lived at Auburn; burial King Ferry Cemetery.

(p. 9, King Ferry News)

1919 Brown Alton 9/30/1919 10/4/1919 Typhoid

Fever

Died at Elmira. Son of D.C. Brown of

Taughannock Falls.

1919 Brown Elizabeth 87 6/11/1919 6/12/1919 Wife of John Brown; burial Pleasant Grove

Cemetery.

1919 Brown Elsie 56 1/3/1919 1/4/1919 Pneumonia Widow of Herman Brown who died 12/27/1918.


1919 Brown Emeline 84 1/27/1919 1/27/1919 Stroke Widow of John E. Brown. Burial City Cemetery.

1919 Brown Eugene Wallington 5 4/2/1919 4/3/1919 Spinal

Meningitis

following

Pneumonia

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse E. Brown. Brother of

Robert W. and Dorothy A. Burial City Cemetery.

1919 Brown Grace Anita 5 5/8/1919 5/9/1919 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brown. Burial Lake

View Cemetery.

1919 Brown Mary A. 82 10/26/1919 10/27/1919 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Buckmeister Mary 3/22/1919 3/24/1919 Pneumonia Died at Bath; burial East Lawn Cemetery.

1919 Bullivant Robert 86 6/4/1919 6/7/1919 Died at Covert; burial Grove Cemetery.

1919 Burger Charlotte 65 4/17/1919 4/19/1919 Died at Dr. A. Chase's private sanitarium. Burial

City Cemetery.

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1919 Burgess Burton J. 47 5/31/1919 6/2/1919 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Pvt. Burgess Lorenzo 1/19/1919 11/11/1919 Diptheria Troop I, 22d Cav. Died in hospital at Fort

Leavenworth. Next of kin, Burton J. Burgess, 312

Lake St.

1919 Burgess William 71 2/1/1919 2/1/1919 Burial East Lawn Cemetery. See also 2/3/1919.

1919 Burns Sarah F. 48 1/13/1919 1/14/1919 Died following operation for cancer in NY City.

Previously a member of the firm, Sigler and

Burns, after death of her husband, Frank Burns.

Burial at Ovid Catholic Cemetery.

1919 Burns Winifred 9/11/1919 9/11/1919 Wife of James Burns. Mother of Elizabeth M. and

Ruth W. Burns. Burial Calvary Cemetery. See

9/13/1920.

1919 Burritt Susan C. Schuyler 1/29/1919 1/29/1919 Died following a long illness. Was born in and

always lived in Ithaca. See obituary on p. 5,

1/30/1919.

1919 Burtt Ruth 86 5/13/1919 5/14/1919 Had lived near Buttermilk Falls. Burial Inlet Valley

Cemetery.

1919 Bush Winifred 6/17/1919 6/18/1919 Daughter of Dr. Frank I. Bush.

1919 Butts Hannah M. 69 12/13/1919 12/15/1919 Wife of Myron H. Butts. Burial at Spencer.

1919 Butts Reuben 9/4/1919 9/5/1919 Died near McLean home of daughter, Mrs. Frank

Crandall.

1919 Call Purington B. 88 7/18/1919 7/21/1919 Died at Watkins; long time resident of Groton

where he was buried.

1919 Campbell Cornelia 90 5/14/1919 5/14/1919 Widow of Alonzo Campbell. Always lived at

Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

1919 Campbell Katie 50 11/22/1919 11/25/1919 Was a housekeeper for B.C. Van Sickle. Burial

Willow Glen Cem.

1919 Campbell William 72 7/1/1919 7/2/1919 Died at Newfield. Burial Newfield Cemetery.

1919 Cannavan David B. 79 10/8/1919 10/9/1919 Was a Civil War veteran. Burial Pine Grove

Cemetery, Ludlowville.

1919 Carberry Robert 68 7/24/1919 7/26/1919 Died at Halseyville. Burial St. James Cemetery.

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1919 Card Albert 94 5/21/1919 (notice) 5/21/1919 Had lived at Dryden. Burial Willow Glen

Cemetery.

1919 Card Elnathan 80 7/8/1919 7/8/1919 Had lived at Slaterville where he at one time was

proprietor of The Slaterville House. His wife died

6/29/1919. Burial Maple Grove Cemetery.

1919 Card Maria 80 6/27/1919 6/28/1919 Died at Slaterville. Wife of Elnathan Card. Burial

Maple Grove Cemetery.

1919 Carey Mary Ellen 53 12/14/1919 12/15/1919 Widow of William H. Carey. Burial at Catholic

Cem., Bradford, PA, her former home.

1919 Carman William 5/1/1919 5/8/1919 Had lived at Mecklenburg. Burial Mecklenburg

Cemetery.

1919 Carmer Jennie 11/4/1919 11/9/1919 Accident Died of injuries after falling downstairs at

Wellsville, NY. Burial Green Hills Cemetery. (p. 9,

Dryden News)

1919 Carpenter George D. 68 5/9/1919 5/9/1919 Died at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.

1919 Prof. Carpenter Rolla C. 66 1/19/1919 1/20/1919 Member of Cornell faculty for 27 years; suffered

from a spinal injury. Recently had been a

consulting engineer. See story on p. 3.

1919 Mrs. Carr S.E. 67 3/24/1919 4/1/1919 Wife of Rev. S.E. Carr, former pastor of Newfield

Baptist Church. Burial at Waterbury, CT.

1919 Carrigan Rosetta 62 11/16/1919 11/17/1919 Wife of Enos Carrigan. Burial Lake View Cem.

1919 Case Kate 72 2/15/1919 2/15/1919 Pneumonia Widow of Eleazer Case, Dryden Justice of the

Peace. Burial Lake View Cemetery. See also

2/17/1919.

1919 Case Merritt A. 53 2/21/1919 2/22/1919 Died at Buffalo where he had gone for medical

treatment. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Lt. Case Mervin 1/7/1919 1/13/1919 Pneumonia Died at parent's Chicago home. Was a Marine;

also Cornell class of 1919.

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1919 Case Richard J. 60 10/14/1919 10/15/1919 Appendicitis Died following surgery. Had lived near Groton.

Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Case Samuel 50 12/6/1919 12/8/1919 Died at Cortland Hospital; had lived near

Moravia. Burial Groton Rural Cem.

1919 Cass John 86 11/30/1919 12/1/1919 Burial Lake View Cem.

1919 Caster John 39 8/31/1919 9/2/1919 Died near Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.

1919 Castleman Jasper 8/1/1919 8/51919 Lived and died at Union. (p.9, Rawson Hollow

News)

1919 Chadwick John 20 6/6/1919 6/6/1919 Meningitis Son of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald D. Chadwick. Was

a Cornell Ag College student. Burial at Interlaken.

See p. 7.

1919 Chambers G.E. 11/12/1919 (notice) 11/12/1919 (McLean News, p. 11)

1919 Champaign Alice N. 16 3/15/1919 3/15/1919 Mastoiditis

following

Scarlet Fever

Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Champaign of

Wellsboro, PA. Burial at Wellsboro, PA.

1919 Cheeseman Delos B. 11/22/1919 11/24/1919 Suicide by

Poison

Was a well-known King Ferry farmer. See p. 3.

1919 Chittenden Nancy B. 88 10/8/1919 10/9/1919 Died at Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

1919 Christiance George 83 3/17/1919 3/18/1919 Husband of Mary E. Christiance. Burial Lake

View Cemetery.

1919 Clapp Julius M. 70 9/25/1919 9/26/1919 Heart Attack Prominent furniture dealer; well-known speaker.

Burial at Newton, MA. Story p. 3. See 9/29/1920.

1919 Clapp Sarah E. 80 4/20/1919 4/22/1919 Pneumonia Burial Evergreen Cemetery in Spencer.

1919 Clark Herbert C. 57 8/14/1919 8/15/1919 Formerly of Ludlowville, died at Syracuse. Burial

at Elmira.

1919 Clarke Susan 85 11/15/1919 11/17/1919 Fall Died from injuries as a result of recent fall. Had

lived at Ludlowville. Widow of Alonzo Clarke.

Burial Pine Grove Cem.

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1919 Clayton Lawrence Allen 8 6/11/1919 6/12/1919 Drowned Drowned near Ithaca Gun Co. Had lived with

grandmother, Mrs. Lorain Potter. Son of Mrs.

Frank Cummings of New York City. See story p.

3.

1919 Cleaver Millie 5/17/1919 5/22/1919 (p. 9, King Ferry News)

1919 Cobb Theodore 76 12/29/1919 12/30/1919 Father of Ithaca Attorney Howard Cobb. He was

a pioneer in oil, natural gas and railroad

industries. Burial at Spring Mills, Allegheny

County. See story on p. 7.

1919 Coggshall Doris 8/29/1919 9/2/1919 Pneumonia Died at Groton.

1919 Cole Almira 87 4/24/1919 4/25/1919 Former matron at Ithaca's OID Ladies Home.

Burial King Ferry.

1919 Cole Laura S. 1/17/1919 1/18/1919 Widow of Eli Cole. Mother of Addie and Charles.

Burial City Cemetery.

1919 Colegrove Louise 9 12/12/1919 12/12/1919 Pneumonia Only child of Mr./Mrs. Carr S. Colegrove. Burial

Grove Cem. See also 12/13/1919.

1919 Coleman Carrie 1/4/1919 1/8/1919 Died at Auburn, formerly of Kidders. Burial Lake

View Cemetery, Interlaken.

1919 Coles Charles 75 12/26/1919 12/26/1919 Died at North Lansing.

1919 Collins Thomas 65 12/6/1919 12/8/1919 Died at Groton.

1919 Comstock Charles 47 1/14/1919 1/171919 Died at Binghamton State Hospital. Son of Mrs.

Emerette Comstock. Burial at Jenksville

Cemetery.

1919 Comstock George H. 90 12/6/1919 12/8/1919 Burial at Spencerport, his former home. See also

12/12/1919.

1919 Condit Edward H. 3/12/1919 3/14/1919 Apoplexy Died at Geneva. Formerly operated a garage in

Ithaca.

1919 Mrs. Congdon George E. 1/23/1919 1/25/1919 Had suffered a nervous breakdown at her

Rochester home. Had a summer home in

Jacksonville. Was a military field aid for the

American Red Cross and worked with service

men in the city hospitals and military base

hospitals. Burial at Trumansburg. See story p. 2.

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1919 Conine Arsula 46 5/12/1919 5/13/1919 Burial at Cortland.

1919 Conklin Addison 72 8/4/1919 8/5/1919 Died at Willard; had lived at Jacksonville.

1919 Conway Michael F. 6/11/1919 (notice) 6/11/1919 Killed in

Action

Buried in France. Body brought to Ithaca. See p.

3.

1919 Cook Clarissa 76 7/12/1919 7/12/1919 Widow of James Cook. Burial Newfield

Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Cooper Dell 1/11/1919 1/17/1919 Died at Cortland; formerly of Groton City. (p.7,

Groton City News)

1919 Cornelius Edith J. 66 10/13/1919 10/14/1919 Wife of Dennis Cornelius. Died at Lansing. Burial

Snyder Hill Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Covert Hiram 3/2/1919 3/4/1919 Had lived at Interlaken.

1919 Coxe Sarah 73 12/1/1919 12/2/1919 Died at Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cem.

1919 Coyle George 82 1/7/1919 1/8/1919 Father of John and Fred; burial at Waverly.

1919 Craft Grace E. 5/19/1919 (notice) 5/19/1919 Had lived at Franklinville. Sister of County Judge

Willard Kent. Burial at Olean.

1919 Crance Charles 74 12/8/1919 12/9/1919 Civil War Veteran, 50th Regiment, NY

Volunteers. Interred at Lake View Cem.

Mausoleum.

1919 Crance Hazel 18 7/19/1919 7/21/1919 Drowned In Cayuga Lake canoe accident. Daughter of

Mr./Mrs. Edward Crance. Story p. 3. See also

7/22/1919 and p. 3 on 7/26, 7/28, 7/29.

1919 Crandall Dora A. 57 11/15/1919 11/15/1919 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Crass Fred 29 12/31/1919 1/2/1920 Died following surgery at New York City. Father

of Horace, Gladys and Helen; son of Mrs. Andrew

Barto.

1919 Crawford Flora E. 62 11/30/1919 12/1/1919 Died at Krum's Corners; wife an Andrew C.

Crawford. Burial Hayt's Cem. See also 12/3/1919.

1919 Creque Wilmont D. 71 8/25/1919 9/10/1919 Died at Geneva. Former Trumansburg resident.

Son of late Francis Creque. Burial Pine Grove

Cemetery.

1919 Crim John P. 64 5/2/1919 5/3/1919 Died at Myers. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Crim Lucy A. 34 5/6/1919 5/7/1919 Wife of Philip Crim; daughter of Mrs. Emma

Atwater. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

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Death

Notes

1919 Crispell Cynthia 8/16/1919 8/20/1919 Widow of Benson Crispell. Died and buried at

Willard State Asylum. (p.9, Slaterville Springs

News)

1919 Crissey Lucinda 76 10/10/1919 10/13/1919 Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.

1919 Dr. Crittenden Victor C. 4/29/1919 5/2/1919 Died at Fredonia, NY home. Formerly lived and

practiced at Ithaca.

1919 Croft Andrew 64 9/21/1919 9/22/1919 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Cronk Mary Dimick 47 10/29/1919 10/30/1919 Died at Trumansburg. Wife of Frederick B.

Cronk.Daughter of Mrs. Catherine Dimick. Burial

Grove Cemetery.

1919 Culver Lewis A. 28 11/23/1919 11/24/1919 Died following long illness. Burial Pleasant Grove

Cem.

1919 Cummings Brinton S. 25 4/22/1919 (notice) 4/22/1919 Killed in

Action

Died in France. Formerly of Germantown, PA,

had lived and was well-known in Ithaca. See p. 3.

1919 Cummings Peter 4/8/1919 4/12/1919 Died at King Ferry. Burial at Lady of the Lake

Church Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Cushing Josie 1/30/1919 (notice) 1/30/1919 (p. 9, Dryden News)

1919 Cushman Eugene M. 58 1/21/1919 1/22/1919 Formerly of Auburn; member of Hardenburgh

Lodge of ODD Fellows and Knights of Pythias.


1919 Daley Kate 28 12/6/1919 12/18/1919 Died and buried at Willard. Sister to Albert and

Ella.

1919 Danes Frank 38 4/22/1919 4/22/1919 Accident Killed in auto accident near Covert. See p. 3

story.

1919 Dann Jamie Louise 5 6/21/1919 6/21/1919 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Dann. Burial

Grove Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Darling Robert 10/14/1919 10/31/1919 Tuberculosis Died at San Francisco. Wife of Robert Darling.

(Peruville News, p. 11)

1919 Davis George Francis 77 4/16/1919 4/17/1919 Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester.

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1919 Davis Mary E. 6/2/1919 6/2/1919 Died at Cortland. Sister of Ithaca attorney,

George B. Davis. Burial in family plot at McLean.

1919 Davis Sarah E. 74 4/13/1919 4/14/1919 Burial at Buffalo.

1919 Davy Emmett 3/26/1919 (notice) 3/26/1919 Died at Buffalo; buried at Mecklenburg. (p. 7,

Mecklenburg News)

1919 Dean baby boy 2/5/1919 (notice) 2/5/1919 Son Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Dean of E.

Steamburg. (p. 7, Trumansburg News)

1919 Mrs. Dean Fremont 2/15/1919 2/19/1919 (p. 7, Trumansburg News)

1919 Dean Hannah 86 5/22/1919 5/23/1919 Had lived at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn

Cemetery.

1919 Dean Oscar 74 3/28/1919 3/28/1919 Died at home of daughter, Mrs. Walter Chase,

near Jacksonville.

1919 Decker Mary E. 75 2/25/1919 2/26/1919 Widow of Peter Decker. Burial Pleasant Grove

Cemetery.

1919 Dederer William C. 82 6/22/1919 6/24/1919 Stroke Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.

1919 Dennis Charles 65 7/15/1919 7/15/1919 Well-known resident of Etna. See also Etna

News, p. 9, 7/23/1919.

1919 Mrs. Denson Frank 50 12/28/1919 12/29/1919 Heart disease Died at Trumansburg home. Burial at

Bennettsburg.

1919 Mrs. DeNyke Edward E. 7/12/1919 7/12/1919 Died at New York City. Former resident of Ithaca.

1919 DePuy 4 7/19/1919 (notice) 7/19/1919 Drowned Son of Mr./Mrs. Harvey DePuy of Norwich. (p. 11,

Freeville News)

1919 Mrs. Dewey Frank 11/13/1919 (notice) 11/13/1919 Burial Maple Grove Cem. (p.11, Candor News)

1919 Dick Newton 62 9/27/1919 9/27/1919 Died after being kicked by a colt. Had lived at

Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. See p. 3.

1919 Dickens Annie E. 77 4/4/1919 4/8/1919 Died at Mecklenburg. Widow of James L.

Dickens. Had operated a millinery business.

Burial Mecklenburg Cemetery.

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1919 Dickinson Alla Lee 20 2/14/1919 (notice) 2/14/1919 Typhoid

Fever

Died in Florida. She was the adopted daughter of

Mrs. Cynthia Vorhis Steele, formerly of Ithaca.

1919 Dickinson Elmer 7/5/1919 (notice) 7/5/1919 Son of William Dickinson. Burial King Ferry. (p.

7, King Ferry News)

1919 Dimmick Catherine 11/8/1919 11/8/1919 Pneumonia Died at Trumansburg one week after the death of

her daughter, Mrs. Frederick Cronk. Burial Grove

Cemetery.

1919 Dimmick Gladys Webster 9/26/1919 (notice) 9/26/1919 Died at Rochester. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Diven Emerson Liseum 8/6/1919 8/71919 Plane Crash Died in Texas. Was a Cornell junior from Elmira.

See p. 2.

1919 Dixon Frank R. 11/11/1919 (notice) 11/11/1919 Drowned Drowned while on route to Marine training camp

at Paris Island, on City of Athens. Next of kin,

Arthur Dixon, Lake Ridge.

1919 Mrs. Dobrin Theodore 81 2/4/1919 2/5/1919 Mother of Mrs. Jacob Rothschild.

1919 Mrs. Donnelly John 47 6/21/1919 6/23/1919 Was a dressmaker. Died at Interlaken while

working at a client's home. Burial St. James

Cemetery. See p. 7.

1919 Donovan Margaret Elizabeth 2/12/1919 2/13/1919 Sister of Mary T., John, William and Randles.

Burial Calvary Cemetery. See also 2/14/1919.

1919 Douque Frances Garcia 19 5/3/1919 5/5/1919 Peritonitis Died following appendectomy. Daughter of Mrs.

Ruby S. Douque. Burial at Herkimer.

1919 Drake Catherine J. 84 2/2/1919 2/4/1919 Died at home of her son, William E. Drake, in

Elmira. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.

1919 Drake Helen Gibbons 35 3/6/1919 3/7/1919 Died at Buffalo home. Wife of Allen N. Drake.

Daughter of Mrs. Ann Gibbons of Ithaca.

Survivors include her 3-day old son. Burial at

Buffalo.

1919 Duncan Katherine McDowell 64 4/8/1919 4/9/1919 Died at home of daughter, Mrs. H. N. Eaton.

Burial at Columbia, S.C.

1919 Dunks John 8/6/1919 (notice) 8/61919 Burial Bird Cemetery. (p. 9, Locke News)

1919 Dunn Lawrence 52 1/19/1919 1/20/1919 Flu Burial at Unionville, NJ.

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1919 Durphy William 52 1/15/1919 1/17/1919 Ptomaine

Poisoning

Died at a DesMoines, IA hotel. Formerly of

Ithaca; ran a creamery business at one time.

Recently a salesperson for the Four-Wheeled

Drive Auto Co. Son of Henry Durphy.

1919 Dusenbery Maurice E. 22 7/10/1919 7/11/1919 Accident Killed when he fell from a sulky plow on his

father's farm near Dryden. Son of Mr./Mrs. Zina

B. Dusenbery. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. See

story p. 2.

1919 Dykeman Harriet 86 10/12/1919 10/13/1919 Burial East Lawn Cemetery.

1919 Easling Elizabeth 89 5/14/1919 5/14/1919 Had lived at Trumansburg; burial Grove

Cemetery.

1919 Eckerson Catherine A. King 79 7/23/1919 7/25/1919 Died at Mt. Vail, NJ; formerly of Ithaca. Wife of

David Eckerson. Burial at Mt. Vail.

1919 Edgcombe Mary 81 4/30/1919 5/2/1919 Pneumonia Had lived at Peruville.

1919 Elliott Minar 74 7/10/1919 (notice) 7/10/1919 (p. 9, Locke News)

1919 Elliott Sarah 77 10/28/1919 10/29/1919 Died at Interlaken home of her sonl, Fred Elliott.

Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Ellison Louisa J. 73 4/11/1919 4/12/1919 Flu Died while visiting relatives in Ludlowville. Had

lived at and was buried at Dimondale, MI.

1919 Elting Dorothy 19 9/2/1919 (notice) 9/2/1919 Auto Accident Killed near Adams. She had lived at Watertown.

Father at one time an Ithaca resident. See story

p. 5, 9/3/1919.

1919 English Charles 69 11/28/1919 11/28/1919 Suicide At his Snyder Hill home. Well-known farmer; had

recently been despondent. Burial Snyder Hill

Cem. See p. 3.

1919 Enz Martha J. 83 8/12/1919 8/13/1919 Widow of Frank J. Enz; former Ithaca

postmaster. Burial Hayt's Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Evans Ziba 7/21/1919 7/25/1919 Died at Candor. (p. 9, Prospect Valley News)

1919 Eylenburg Henrietta 39 4/30/1919 5/6/1919 Had lived at Interlaken.

1919 Faulkes Edward Whitlock 41 9/28/1919 9/30/1919 Died at Willard Hospital. Had lived and was

buried at Auburn. Son of Mrs. George Beach of

Ludlowville. Had served in the Spanish American

War.

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1919 Fenn Gertrude 10/18/1919 10/21/1919 Widow of Elbert H. Fenn; had lived at Covert.

Burial Grove Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Ferguson Lynn Curry 30 10/23/1919 10/24/1919 Stroke Died of apoplexy. Wife of Lynn Ferguson.

Daughter of Grant Curry. Had lived at Enfield.

Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. See also

10/27/1919.

1919 Fessenden Archie 10 6/23/1919 6/26/1919 Son of Mr./Mrs. Clifford Fessenden, Newark

Valley. (p. 11, Candor News)

1919 Rev. Fetter Newton C. 72 12/12/1919 12/13/1919 Burial Reading, PA.

1919 Fisher Gladys Jane infant 2/15/1919 (notice) 2/15/1919 Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Fisher.

Burial Mecklenburg Cemetery. (p.7, Black Oak

Corners News)

1919 Fitch Mary Everett 66 2/21/1919 2/21/1919 Died at Dryden. Daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs.

William Fish of Dryden.

1919 Flagg George 73 10/12/1919 10/13/1919 Died at Interlaken; burial Ovid Cemetery.

1919 Fletcher Carrie W. 79 1/27/1919 2/3/1919 Pneumonia Died at Detroit. Widow of Herman E. Fletcher of

Enfield. Burial at Detroit.

1919 Mrs. Foot P.L. 4/19/1919 (notice) 4/19/1919 Had lived in Poughkeepsie. Daughter of Alfred

VanKirk of Jacksonville. Burial Grove Cemetery.

(p. 7, Trumansburg News; also in Jacksonville

News)

1919 Foote Elizabeth 86 5/8/1919 5/9/1919

1919 Foster Abbie G. 93 12/12/1919 12/12/1919 Widow of Lot Foster. Burial Danby Rural Cem.

1919 Mrs. Fowler Arthur 25 12/28/1919 12/29/1919 Died at Detroit home. Wife of Arthur, formerly of

Ithaca.

1919 Frank William 21 6/30/1919 (notice) 6/30/1919 Drowned Near Union Springs on Cayuga Lake. Story on p.

3.

1919 Franks Minnie D. 1/25/1919 1/27/1919 Widow of Walter Franks who died 1/14/1919.

Burial at Binghamton.

1919 Franks Walter B. 1/14/1919 1/16/1919 Died at St. Luke's Hospital at NY City. Had

operated a fish market at Aurora and Seneca

streets. Was well-known here. Burial at

Binghamton.

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1919 Sgt. Frawley John J. 26 5/5/1919 5/9/1919 Accident Died in motorcycle accident in Nogales, AZ,

where he was stationed with the 7th Signal Corps

Co. was former resident of Ithaca, employed by

Western Union Telegraph Co. Son of Mr. and

Mrs. Patrick Frawley of Owego. See p. 7. See

also: 5/13/1919.

1919 Frear Helen M. 12/19/1919 12/20/1919 Died at Rochester, former Ithaca resident. Widow

of Martin Frear. Burial City Cem.

1919 Freeland Hawley 40 7/31/1919 8/1/1919 Died at Speedsville home. Burial at Speedsville

Cemetery.

1919 Freeland Hawley 8/5/1919 (notice) 8/5/1919 (p. 9, Rawson Hollow News)

1919 Frith George W. 58 11/11/1919 11/12/1919 Pneumonia Burial Hayt's Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Fuller Frank 80 1/27/1919 1/30/1919 (p. 9, Mecklenburg News)

1919 Fuller Irving Chapman 60 1/5/1919 1/6/1919 Died at Groton. Father of Leslie Fuller, of State

Guard, who died 5 weeks ago of the flu. Burial

Groton Rural Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Fuller R. Glenn 3/20/1919 3/20/1919 Died at Slaterville home; burial at Candor. See

also 3/21/1919.

1919 Gage Jennie Landon 6/18/1919 6/19/1919 Died at Clifton Springs Sanitarium. Wife of

Richard J. Gage of Danby. Daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. Bennett Landon. Burial Danby Rural

Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Gardner Herschel L. 43 10/16/1919 10/16/1919 Heart Failure Died following surgery. Had lived at Elmira where

her husband is a prominent attorney. Burial at

Blossburg, PA, her childhood home.

1919 Garey Cora B. 23 10/17/1919 10/17/1919 Wife of John Ford Garey; daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. J.J. Sincepaugh.

1919 Gast Maria 12/6/1919 (notice) 12/6/1919 Died at Washington. Burial at Mecklenburg. (p.9,

Mecklenburg News.)

1919 Gaston Etta Seager 69 11/24/1919 11/25/1919 Died at Groton home; wife of James Gaston.

Burial Groton Rural Cem.

1919 Gates Frank 1/1/1919 1/3/1919 Died at McGraw. Former owner of Cruett and

Gates Gristmill in Etna.

1919 Geary Joseph 24 3/30/1919 3/31/1919 Burial Calvary Cemetery. See also 4/1/1919.

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1919 George Amazilla 82 11/13/1919 11/13/1919 Died at Freeville. Widow of Joel B. George;

mother of O.K., Edgar N. and Luella. Burial

Willow Glen Cem. Lived at Freeville since 1871.

1919 George Anna 60 7/5/1919 7/7/1919 Had lived and was buried at Geneva.

1919 George Jason J. 82 4/18/1919 4/19/1919 Born at Redwood, NY; resident of Ithaca for 38

years. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Georgia William E. 68 12/7/1919 12/9/1919 Burial at Newfield.

1919 Gibbons Anna May 12/14/1919 12/15/1919 Widow of Thomas Gibbons. Survived by 4

daughters, 2 sons. Burial Calvary Cem. See also

12/16/1919.

1919 Gibbons Margaret 9/3/1919 9/4/1919 Widow of Martin Gibbons. Survived by 6 sons.

Burial Calvary Cemetery. Also 9/8/1919.

1919 Gifford Morgan 84 3/31/1919 3/31/1919 Burial at Inlet Valley Cemetery. See also

4/1/1919.

1919 Mrs. Gilley William C. 3/16/1919 3/19/1919 Wife of Dr. William C. Gilley; burial at City

Cemetery.

1919 Gleason Celia 12/11/1919 (notice) 12/11/1919 Formerly of McLean. Burial at Dundee. (p. 11,

McLean News.)

1919 Goodrich Frances 10 3/7/1919 3/8/1919 Daughter of Mrs. Angeline Goodrich. Burial Lake

View Cemetery.

1919 Goodyear Harper 3/6/1919 3/15/1919 Died at New York City, formerly of Trumansburg.

Burial Grove Cemetery. See p. 9, Trumansburg

News.

1919 Goodyear Marian Augusta 8/12/1919 8/13/1919 Daughter of the late Dr. John Goodyear; had lived

in Groton. Suffered a stroke in recent years.

Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

1919 Gorton Walter 73 1/21/1919 1/22/1919 Paralysis

Complication

s

Died near White Church. Father of William, Fred,

Lewis and Earl. Burial Cooper's Cemetery at

Brookton.

1919 Dr. Gould L.A. 66 10/24/1919 10/24/1919 Prominent Interlaken doctor. Member of Masons.

Born at Cantoocook, N.H. Burial Lake View

Cemetery, Interlaken. See p. 2.

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Notes

1919 Graham Edward 35 8/13/1919 8/14/1919 Died at Harrisburg, PA. Formerly of Ithaca. See

also 8/15/1919 and 8/16/1919.

1919 Grice John T. 92 12/18/1919 12/22/1919 Asphyxiation Died from fumes from a defective coal range at

Waterburg home. See story on p. 5. See also p.

7, 12/23/1919.

1919 Mrs. Grice John T. 93 12/18/1919 12/22/1919 Asphyxiation Died from fumes from a defective coal range at

Waterburg home. See story on p. 5. See also p.

7, 12/23/1919.

1919 Griswold Harrison 1/12/1919 1/15/1919 Died at home in NY City. Husband of Alice

Hixson Griswold. Formerly of Ithaca.

1919 Mrs. Grove Alfred 50 4/15/1919 4/16/1919 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Grover Lucinia 60 11/17/1919 11/18/1919 Died near Freeville. Widow of John Grover. Burial

Willow Glen Cem.

1919 Gunderman William 62 8/9/1919 8/11/1919 Heart Attack Prominent politician and former Ithaca mayor.

Burial Lake View Cemetery. Story p. 3.

1919 Guyer Andrew 7/28/1919 7/29/1919 Died at Belmar, NJ. Husband of former Mary

McAllister of Ithaca.

1919 Dr. Haiselden Harry 6/19/1919 (notice) 6/19/1919 Died at Havan, Cuba. Was from Chicago, a

controversial doctor who appeared in a film made

at the Wharton Studio in Ithaca. See story on p. 2

and p. 3, 7/9/1919.

1919 Hall Arthur G. 41 10/17/1919 10/18/1919 Was a member of Ithaca's Carpenters Union.Son

of Mrs. Susan Hall; burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Hall Charles 7/15/1919 7/17/1919 (p. 9, King Ferry News)

1919 Hall Deborah M. 79 1/20/1919 1/20/1919 Widow of William L. Hall. Burial Christian

Cemetery, Enfield Center. See also 1/21/1919.

1919 Hall Martha S. 8/20/1919 8/21/1919 Daughter of Mrs. Mary Hall. Had been on faculty

of Conservatory of Music.

1919 Halpin Matthew B. 35 9/16/1919 9/17/1919 Consumption Son of Mrs. Alice Halpin of NY City. Burial at St.

Raymond's Cemetery in Westchester, NY.

1919 Halsey Francis Whittling 68 11/24/1919 11/25/1919 Died in New York City. Prominent Cornellian,

editor and author. See p. 2.

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1919 Hamilton Andrew 74 3/17/1919 3/19/1919 Died at Stryker, OH where he ran a grocery and

women's furnishings business. Civil War veteran;

brother of Mrs. T.D. Tryon of Ithaca. Was born in

Caroline.

1919 Hamilton Jane 85 2/3/1919 (notice) 2/3/1919 Widow of Alphonso Hamilton. Burial at

Chemung.

1919 Hammond Joseph 3/4/1919 (notice) 3/4/1919 Had lived at Syracuse; formerly of Interlaken,

where he had been school commissioner for

several years. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Hammond W. F. 12/25/1919 12/29/1919 Died at Boulder, Co. home. Former Mary Baker

of Enfield.

1919 Handsom Fred 67 10/19/1919 10/20/1919 Father of Fred, Richard, Lura, Ruth Handsom.

Burial at Mansfield, PA.

1919 Hanford Elizabeth 85 11/28/1919 (notice) 11/28/1919 Died at Mason City, IA. Former resident of Etna,

widow of Frederick. (p.9, Etna News)

1919 Hare Lurinda 3/30/1919 3/31/1919 Burial at Georgetown, NY.

1919 Hargreaves Sarah Cook 5/11/1919 5/12/1919 Died at Duluth, MN. Formerly of Ithaca; sister of

Comptroller E. L. Williams of Ithaca. Burial Lake

View Cemetery.

1919 Harrington Mary E. 75 6/9/1919 6/10/1919 Widow of T. J. Harrington; burial East Lawn

Cemetery.

1919 Harris Adeline Bothwell 86 12/14/1919 12/15/1919 Died at Groton. Widow of Nelson Harris. Burial

Groton Rural Cem.

1919 Haskin Clinton A. 85 6/20/1919 6/21/1919

1919 Hassan Margaret 6/17/1919 6/18/1919 Widow of George C. Hassan. Burial Calvary

Cemetery. See also 6/19/1919.

1919 Hazen Louisa M. 63 4/13/1919 4/14/1919 Wife of D.J. Hazen. Burial at Willseyville.

1919 Head infant 1/4/1919 (notice) 1/6/1919 Baby of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Head of Richford.

(p.7, Caroline News)

1919 Heath Frank Leslie 65 7/29/1919 7/31/1919 Pneumonia Died at Asbury Park, NJ. Was a well-known

Candor hardware merchant. Well-known in

Masonic circles. See p. 3.

1919 Heathering Kate 7/29/1919 7/31/1919 Died near Enfield. Mother of Ward Smith of

Cayutaville.

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1919 Heilbrun Louis I. 12/20/1919 12/22/1919 Died and buried at New York City. Husband of

Dora Hyman, former Ithaca resident and

employee of Rothschild's Department Store.

1919 Hesketh Edith M. 36 12/21/1919 12/22/1919 Daughter of Mrs. E. S. Purington. Temporarily

interred at Lake View Cem. Vault.

1919 Hesley Anna 7/4/1919 7/5/1919 Wife of Paul F. Hesley. Internment in Lake View

Cemetery mausoleum. See p. 3.

1919 Hesley Paul F. 72 8/6/1919 8/61919 Died following surgery. Internment at Lake View

Mausoleum. See p. 3.

1919 Heustis Edwin T. 61 6/16/1919 6/16/1919 Was a long-time mail carrier. Burial Pleasant

Grove Cemetery. See p. 3. See also 6/18/1919.

1919 Hillick James B. 61 1/12/1919 1/13/1919 Died at Geneva, formerly of Ithaca. Was a

conductor on the Lehigh Valley Railroad for 35

years.

1919 Hillsinger W.B. 46 11/29/1919 11/29/1919

1919 Hine (boy) infant 6/18/1919 6/23/1919 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hine of Newfield.

Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. (p. 9, Newfield

News)

1919 Hinkley Gerold Watson 1/16/1919 1/17/1919 Flu Cornell graduate in 1916. Well-known here. Late

father, Charles Hinkley, also a prominent

Cornellian. Burial at Dunkirk, NY.

1919 Hinman John 11/6/1919 (notice) 11/6/1919 Died at Soldier's Home, Bath, NY. Burial at Bird

Cemetery. (p. 11, Locke News)

1919 Hinman Warne 56 1/13/1919 1/15/1919 Died at Rochester. Had formerly lived and was

buried at Groton.

1919 Hitchcock Emma R. 74 7/9/1919 7/9/1919 No known relatives. Burial Adams Cemetery in

Danby.

1919 Lt. Hochstein David 1/29/1919 (notice) 1/29/1919 Killed in the war. Well-known violinist who made

his debut in Ithaca, January 1917.

1919 Hoffman Fred 32 1/27/1919 1/28/1919 Died at Detroit; formerly of Ithaca. Son of Mr. and

Mrs. John Hoffman.

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1919 Mrs. Holden Charles 63 3/2/1919 3/3/1919 Died at Ludlowville. Mother of Dr. C.E. Stockton,

Russell, Richard, Earl and Frank Stockton. Burial

Lansingville Cemetery.

1919 Holden Charles D. 67 5/16/1919 5/15/1919 Burial Lansingville Cemetery.

1919 Holden DeWitt 71 2/25/1919 2/26/1919 Died at Auburn; formerly of Ithaca.

1919 Holford John W. 49 2/11/1919 2/12/1919 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holford of Interlaken.

Burial at Lodi.

1919 Hollenbeck Emily 63 4/22/1919 4/23/1919 Burns Burned when clothing caught fire. Story p. 3, 4/22

and 23/ 1919. Widow of James Hollenbeck.

Funeral and burial at Elmira.

1919 Hollenbeck Lucy 37 3/4/1919 3/4/1919 Widow of Wyland D. Hollenbeck. Daughter of

Patrick Flynn. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Hollister Martha 34 11/24/1919 11/25/1919 Burial King Cem.

1919 Hollister Martha 11/24/1919 11/28/1919 Spinal

Meningitis

Daughter of late Lewis Hollister of Danby. Sister

of John, Eugene, George, Fred, Frank and Sarah

Hollister. Burial King Cem.

1919 Holman Irvin 66 2/26/1919 2/27/1919 Had been a member of Holman Brothers Feed

Store on N. Aurora St. Burial at Seabring

Cemetery, Newfield.

1919 Holton Eugene 75 7/14/1919 7/15/1919 Died at Interlaken. Was a Civil War veteran.

Burial Lakeview Cemetery.

1919 Holton Isaac 70 10/12/1919 10/13/1919 Heart Disease Well-known Trumansburg pharmacist. Burial

Grove Cemetery. Story p. 2.

1919 Hopkins Thomas B. 78 11/24/1919 11/25/1919 Died at Groton; was Civil War vet.

1919 Horton Frank 60 11/27/1919 12/3/1919 Died at Covert. For many years he owned grocery

store at Pratt's Corners. Burial Grove Cem.

1919 Mrs. Horton 1/2/1919 1/3/1919 Flu Died at Interlaken. Grandmother of Wilbur

Bradley who died the same day. Burial Lake View

Cemetery, Interlaken. See story p. 3.

1919 Hosley Ann Elizabeth 5/25/1919 5/28/1919 Had lived with niece at McLean. Burial at Cuba,

NY.

1919 Hosmer Julia W. 10/10/1919 10/10/1919 Died at Elmira. Widow of Rev. George Herbert

Hosmer. Burial at Concord, MA.

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Death

Notes

1919 Housden Emma 66 11/15/1919 11/17/1919 Had lived and was buried at Medina, NY. Wife of

Alfred Housden.

1919 Mrs. Hovencamp Joshua 5/17/1919 5/22/1919 Had lived at Mecklenburg. Burial Mecklenburg

Cemetery.

1919 Howe Emma Crain 83 10/23/1919 10/24/1919 Widow of Prof. S. B. Howe. Burial Groton Rural

Cemetery.

1919 Howser James William 82 1/15/1919 1/16/1919

1919 Hoyt Louisa J. 80 7/12/1919 7/13/1919 Had lived and was buried at Denver, CO. Born in

Ithaca, daughter of Mr./Mrs. John W. Gibbs.

Married David Hoyt in 1860 and moved to

Colorado.

1919 Hradisky Joseph 4 3/25/1919 3/25/1919 Accident Hit by Lehigh Valley train near Myers. Son of Mr.

and Mrs. Martin Hradisky. See p. 3.

1919 Hudson W.H. 10/9/1919 (notice) 10/9/1919 Died at London, England. Former assistant

librarian at Cornell University. Was a staff

lecturer at London University.

1919 Huff Charles E. 51 3/3/1919 3/4/1919 No known relatives. Burial South Newfield.

1919 Hulford Anna May 58 12/5/1919 12/6/1919 Pneumonia Wife of Salin Hulford of Trumansburg. Burial

Grove Cem.

1919 Hull Albert M. 90 12/9/1919 12/9/1919 Widower of Margaret Visscher; father of Prof.

Charles H.Hull and Mary J. Hull. He was

President of Fall Creek Milling Co. which he

purchased in 1862 from Ezra Cornell. Burial City

Cem. See also p. 7, 12/9/1919, and p. 7,

12/10/1919.

1919 Hulslander Helen Beers 5/15/1919 5/15/1919 Wife of Leroy Hulslander; daughter of Mr and

Mrs. Charles B. Beers of Elmira. Burial

Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira.

1919 Humphrey Richard F. 22 10/1/1919 10/6/1919 Drowned After diving into Fall Creek Gorge. Cornell

sophmore from Waterbury, CT. Story p. 3. See

also 10/7/1919.

1919 Hunter Frank 12/15/1919 12/19/1919 Lived near Groton. Burial Bird Cem.

1919 Hunter William 9/26/1919 (notice) 9/26/1919 Burial Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg. (p. 9,

Jacksonville News)

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Notes

1919 Hurlbert Lavina 84 2/13/1919 2/14/1919 Buried at Friendship, NY.

1919 Hurlbut Mary A. 81 12/23/1919 12/24/1919 Had lived at Trumansburg. Mother of Fred, Frank,

Walter, and Warren. Burial Hayt's Cem.

1919 Hurley Catherine Dwyer 10/8/1919 10/10/1919 Died at Buffalo; wife of William Hurley; sister of

Anna Higgins.

1919 Hutchins Lulu 8/21/1919 8/25/1919 Died at Saratoga Springs. Niece of Minnie

Barnes. Frequent visitor to Ithaca.

1919 Hutchinson Douglas Gray 8 2/7/1919 2/7/1919 Scarlet Fever Son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hutchinson, brother

of Duncan and Stanley. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1919 Ingalls Dana 65 3/3/1919 3/5/1919 Had lived and died at McLean.

1919 Ische John H. 33 2/16/1919 2/17/1919 Died at Scranton, PA where he was advertising

manager for the Scranton Tribune-Republican.

Son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. George Adams of

Ithaca. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1919 Ives Emily 81 4/27/1919 4/28/1919 Burial at Genoa.

1919 Ives Nianette 74 2/20/1919 2/24/1919 Pneumonia Died at Ludlowville home Burial at N. Lansing

cemetery.

1919 Jackson Mary H. 78 7/2/1919 7/21919 Burial at Lodi.

1919 Jackson Richard 42 4/15/1919 4/16/1919 Son of Mrs. Susan Jackson, brother of Mrs. Susie

Bell, Mrs Annette Brown and the late Napoleon

Jackson.

1919 Jackson Sylvia A. 60 2/11/1919 2/14/1919 Died at Trumansburg. Wife of George M.

Jackson. Burial Grove Cemetery.

1919 Jacobs Calvin C. 48 8/7/1919 8/8/1919 Died at Groton.

1919 Mrs. Jacobs Samuel 70 4/20/1919 4/23/1919 Died at North Lansing; burial N. Lansing

Cemetery.

1919 Jarvis Maria S. 4/20/1919 4/21/1919 Wife of William Jarvis. Burial City Cemetery.

1919 Jennings I.B. 80 2/13/1919 2/14/1919 Died at Danby; burial Curtis Cemetery. See also

p. 7, 2/19/1919, Danby News)

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Notes

1919 Jennings Jesse H. 64 2/14/1919 2/14/1919 Died at Meany Sanitarium after long illness. Born

in Danby; was lawyer and former district attorney.

See p. 5 and p. 2, 2/15/1919. Burial Curtis

Cemetery.

1919 Johnson Emery 4/1/1919 4/5/1919 Typhoid

Pneumonia

Died at home in East Troy, PA. Well-known

farmer, cousin of Amelia Krum. See p. 7, Krums

Corners News.

1919 Johnson George A. 84 2/26/1919 2/27/1919 Paralysis Well-known barber, having learned the trade from

his father. Served several years as Republican

employee in the State Senate. Brother of Porter

A. Johnson, father or Jessie and C. Herbert

Johnson. See story on p. 5. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1919 Johnson Winifred Cecelia 31 9/15/1919 9/16/1919 Wife of Harry E. Johnson; daughter of Mr./Mrs. J.

E. Walker. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Johnston Edward F. 40 9/4/1919 9/8/1919 Died at New York City. Former organist at Cornell

Univ. and Calvary Baptist Church in Ithaca. Born

Edinborough, Scotland. See p. 7.

1919 Jones Allen 23 4/25/1919 4/26/1919 Foster son of William Robinson. Died at

Tompkins County TB Hospital. Recently,

honorably discharged from army; Co. B, 63rd

Pioneer Infantry. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Jones Emma E. 87 2/26/1919 2/28/1919 Died at Owego; wife of John Jones. Burial

Evergreen Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Jones G.W. 90 11/29/1919 12/1/1919 Widow of Cornell Prof. of Mathematics, George

W. Jones. Burial Pleasant Grove Cem.

1919 Jones Mary Josephine 65 5/18/1919 5/19/1919 Wife of Edward Jones. Mother of Mrs. Lorinda

Thomas. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Jones Nichol F. 4/2/1919 4/10/1919 Died at Enfield Falls. Was a Civil War veteran.

Burial Laurel Hill Cemetey.

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Notes

1919 Jones Wylie B. 1/27/1919 1/29/1919 Heart Attack Was head of the Wylie P. Jones Advertising

Agency at Binghamton; formerly head of the

Booth Advertising Agency in Ithaca. Burial

Binghamton. Story on p. 5.

1919 Joseph baby girl 1/8/1919 1/11/1919 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Joseph. (p.7,

Myers News)

1919 Joyce William 67 1/17/1919 1/18/1919 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Jump Susan 6/14/1919 (notice) 6/14/1919 (p. 9, King Ferry News)

1919 June Emma 63 2/25/1919 2/26/1919 Stroke

Complication

s

Died at Ludlowville. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery.

1919 Cpl. Kastenhuber Henry C. 2/28/1919 (notice) 2/28/1919 Gunshot

Wounds

Died in Field Hospital #312 in France. Also

known as Henry Cazenovia; son of George

Cazenovia. See story on p. 7.

1919 Kelley Martha A. 82 2/3/1919 2/4/1919 Widow of Alanson Kelley; burial at Odessa.

1919 Kelsey Mary Auble 78 2/7/1919 2/8/1919 Heart Trouble Died at Groton where she lived in same house for

50 years. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

1919 Kennedy Anna 54 3/2/1919 3/31919 Wife of Thomas Kennedy. Had lived at

Trumansburg.

1919 Kennedy Eliza 92 3/2/1919 3/4/1919 Had lived at Interlaken.

1919 Kennedy Sarah 87 2/25/1919 2/26/1919 Died at Interlaken; burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Kent G. Ervin 28 2/19/1919 2/20/1919 Died in hospital in Dayton, OH. Wife of G.Ervin

Kent, former grad manager of athletics at Cornell.

Well-known in Ithaca while working for the Red

Cross. Daughter of Charles Kennedy of

Minneapolis. See p. 5.

1919 Kimble John 72 3/26/1919 3/27/1919 Died at his Etna farm; burial at Rochester.

1919 King George 75 6/3/1919 6/4/1919 Heat

Exhaustion

Died when Ithaca temperatures reached 98

degrees. Was a former laborer. See story on p. 3

and 6/6/1919.

1919 Mrs. King Harsey 9/9/1919 (notice) 9/9/1919 Had lived at Gotham Burial Grove Cemetery. (p.

11, Trumansburg News)

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Notes

1919 King Mary A.L. 3/15/1919 3/17/1919

1919 Kingman Leroy 3/6/1919 (notice) 3/6/1919 Died at Owego where he was the editor of the

Owego Gazette. Had lived at Speedsville. See p.

9, Speedsville News.

1919 Kingsley Harriet A. 8/20/1919 8/21/1919 Died at Asbury Park, NJ. Sister of Mrs. George

P. Bristol of Ithaca.

1919 Kipp Blanche 35 11/21/1919 11/22/1919 Bright's

Disease

Wife of James A. Kipp; daughter of Mr/Mrs. J.W.

Ireland. Well-known concert singer, graduate of

Ithaca Conservatory of Music. Burial Lake View

Cem. See also 11/24/1919.

1919 Kirkendall Cassie 30 2/15/1919 2/17/1919 Pneumonia Wife of Floyd. Burial at Spencer.

1919 Knapp Elizabeth Crozier 87 12/28/1919 12/29/1919 Died at Rochester. Widow of Stephen K. Knapp.

1919 Knapp Ivan 12 8/24/1919 8/25/1919 Accident Killed when he rode his bicycle into a car. Son of

Mr./Mrs. Emory Knapp of Dryden. Story p. 3.

1919 Knettles Homer M. 71 10/1/1919 10/2/1919 Survived by 6 daughters, 3 sons. Burial Lake

View Cemetery.

1919 Knox Pauline Gardner 6/20/1919 (notice) 6/20/1919 Died at New York City, formerly of Dryden. Wife

of John Knox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paige

Gardner. Mother of Paige and Kenneth. Sister of

John.

1919 Mrs. Kolar Michael 10/12/1919 10/13/1919 Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1919 Kresga Delmar J. 49 7/25/1919 7/25/1919 Was a carpenter. Father of Edna. Burial Inlet

Valley Cemetery. See also 7/26/1919.

1919 Kresge Susanna 79 1/4/1919 1/4/1919 Died at VanEtten, formerly of Newfield. Had 8

sons.

1919 Krist Magdalena 90 1/7/1919 1/8/1919 Widow of Ambrose Krist. Burial Calvary


1919 LaBarre Amie 50 5/18/1919 5/19/1919 Had been in poor health. She was head of Ithaca

High School English Dept. Daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. Bloom LaBarre; sister to Byron. Burial Lake

View Cemetery. See story on p. 3.

1919 LaBarre Mary 59 3/26/1919 3/27/1919 Wife of Philip LaBarre.

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Notes

1919 Mrs. Laird W. R. 1/17/1919 1/18/1919 Died at Auburn. Formerly of Caroline and

Trumansburg. See also Krum's Corners News, p.

7, 1/22/1919.

1919 Lamb Chester 18 1/9/1919 1/10/1919 Suicide by

Shooting

Died at Lodi. Was a farm hand from Canton, PA.

Story on p. 3.

1919 Lamb Mabel V. 37 1/11/1919 1/11/1919 Grip Wife of Clarence E. Lamb.

1919 Lambert William J. 56 3/17/1919 3/17/1919 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Lamoreaux Jennie 50 8/21/1919 8/22/1919 Died at Interlaken. No near relatives.

1919 Lane Bertha 6/9/1919 6/14/1919 Daughter of Mr.and Mrs. John Lane of Virgil. (p.

9, Dryden News)

1919 Lanning Edna B. 26 4/9/1919 4/10/1919 Bronchial

Pneumonia

Died in Town of Lansing. Wife of Ray Lanning.

Burial at Willow Glen Cemetery.

1919 Lanterman Maria 91 4/5/1919 4/12/1919 Died at King Ferry; beilieved to be oldest woman

in Cayuga County. Burial King Ferry Cemetery.

1919 Lason Jane 8/26/1919 (notice) 8/26/1919 Widow of Capt. Lason. Burial Speedsville

Cemetery. (p. 9, Speedsville News)

1919 Latimer Clark 12/9/1919 (notice) 12/9/1919 Son of Rev. John Latimer, formerly of West

Groton. Burial Groton Cem. (p. 11, West Groton

News.)

1919 Lt. Col. Leary Edward M. 55 9/27/1919 9/29/1919 Killed in Texas plane crash. Husband of Agnes

Dodd Leary, whose parents live in Enfield. Story

p. 5.

1919 Leonard Lucy 60 7/11/1919 7/12/1919 Was for many years matron of Ithaca Children's

Home. Burial at Enfield Center.

1919 Leonard Susan 75 4/5/1919 4/5/1919 Pneumonia Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Lesh Daniel E. 3/7/1919 3/14/1919 Died at Yakima, WA. Former Miss Minnie

Personius of Ithaca.

1919 Capt. Lewis John 5/17/1919 (notice) 5/17/1919 Died at Springfield, IL. Brother of Marie Lewis of

Ithaca. Funeral held at Mt. Hope Crematory

Chapel, Rochester.

1919 Linderman Almira 68 12/9/1919 12/9/1919 Widow of Chester F. Linderman. Burial Hayt's

Cem.

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Notes

1919 Linsay George W. 4/12/1919 4/12/1919 Died at Meny Sanitarium where he had been

receiving treatment. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

See also 4/14/1919.

1919 Little Mary 60 12/26/1919 12/30/1919 Apoplexy Died at Auburn. Burial at Union Springs.

1919 Lombard Sam 3/30/1919 3/31/1919

1919 Lombard Sybil 83 10/30/1919 11/1/1919 Had lived at Ludlowville. Burial at Moravia. (also:

p.9, Ludlowville News, 11/4/1919)

1919 Longcoy Alfred W. 67 1/10/1919 1/11/1919 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Loomis Rhoda L. 66 5/13/1919 5/14/1919 Wife of Frank J. Loomis of Danby; burial

Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

1919 Lori James 5 4/23/1919 4/24/1919 Drowned Drowned in Cayuga Inlet near Cornell Boathouse.

Son of Mrs. Sophie Lori. Burial Calvary

Cemetery. Story p. 3.

1919 Lormore Robert 73 1/5/1919 1/6/1919 Heart Failure Died at Dryden. Husband of former Loretta

Givens.

1919 Loveless Albert 80 3/24/1919 3/24/1919 Burial City Cemetery.

1919 Low Lydia 1/29/1919 (notice) 1/29/1919 Heart Failure Died at Helena, MT. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

George W. P. Pew. Former Ithaca schoolteacher.

Burial Helena, Montana.

1919 Lull E.E. 9/30/1919 10/2/1919 Died at High Point, NC; formerly of Ithaca. Burial

at Scipio Center.

1919 Lumbard Almira 68 3/15/1919 3/17/1919 Died at Cryden where she lived with her adopted

daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Weyant. Burial Green Hills

Cemetery.

1919 Lumbard Samuel G. 52 3/30/1919 4/1/1919

1919 Lusk Guy E. 11/4/1919 11/5/1919 Died at Hartford Mills. Well-known businessman.

Member of Odd Fellows.

1919 Mrs. Lynch Frank 12/12/1919 (notice) 12/12/1919 Died at Union. Burial Maple Grove Cem. (p.11,

Candor News.)

1919 Lynch John H. 89 12/18/1919 1/12/1920 Pneumonia Died at Palomar, CA home. Had been esident of

Danby for several years around 1846 when he

and his brother, Ely, ran a millingbusiness. See

obituary on p. 2.

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Notes

1919 MacGuigan Margaret E. King 4/18/1919 4/19/1919 Died at Auburn Hospital. Wife of Charles R.

MacGuigan. Burial at Soule Cemetery in Auburn.

1919 Mack Frank 78 11/9/1919 11/14/1919 Died at Decatur, MI. Formerly of Ludlowville; son

of Mr/Mrs. William Mack. (p.11, Ludlowville

News)

1919 Mrs. Mack Thomas 72 3/2/1919 3/5/1919 Pneumonia Died at McLean less than 24 hours before her

husband's death.

1919 Mack Thomas 78 3/3/1919 3/5/1919 Pneumonia Died at McLean. Double funeral held for Mr. and

Mrs. Mack. See p. 5. Burial at McLean Cemetery.

1919 Mahoney Thomas 9/4/1919 9/4/1919 Heart Disease Survived by 5 daughters.Burial Mt. Olivet

Cemetery. Also 9/8/1919.

1919 Mrs. Malley John 10/25/1919 (notice) 10/25/1919 Burial Groton Catholic Cemetery. (p. 7, Groton

News)

1919 Maloney Thomas 12/25/1919 12/26/1919 Husband of Bridget. Burial Mount Olivet Cem.

See also 12/27/1919.

1919 Mann William 68 2/8/1919 2/10/1919 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

1919 Manning Sarah Priscilla 75 2/21/1919 (notice) 2/21/1919 Stroke

Complication

s

Widow of Ithamar Manning; had lived at

Wellsburg; also had owned farms at Interlaken,

Sheldrake and Ithaca. Burial Lake View Cemetery

at Ithaca.

1919 Marcelle Jane 79 3/11/1919 3/121919 Heart Disease Died at Rogue's Harbor. Wife of Frank Marcelle.

Burial Asbury Cemetery.

1919 Martin Elizabeth 57 1/4/1919 1/6/1919 Heart Disease Died at Syracuse, formerly of Ithaca. Widow of

Henry H. Martin. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

Story on p. 3.

1919 Mastin Lucius 78 8/14/1919 8/14/1919 Oldest member of Ithaca Fire Dept. Burial Curtiss

Cemetery, Danby.

1919 Matthews Meryl 17 4/26/1919 4/28/1919 Accident Killed in auto accident in Brooklyn. Sister of

James Matthews of Thomas - Morse Aircraft

Corp. See p. 3 story.

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Notes

1919 Mattison Ernest C. 4/18/1919 4/19/1919 Pneumonia Had lived at Jacksonville. Was a nursery man

and fruit dealer. Burial at Lake View Mausoleum.

See also 4/24/1919.

1919 McAuliffe Cornelius D. 9/15/1919 9/16/1919 Burial St. James Cemetery, Trumansburg. See

9/18/1920.

1919 McComb Albert E. 20 5/5/1919 5/5/1919 Accident Died of injuries from motorcycle accident. Son of

Mr. and Mrs. Robert McComb. Recently

discharged from the navy. Story on p. 7.

1919 Mrs. McCready James 70 5/29/1919 5/31/1919 Acute

Indegestion

Died at Washington; had lived in Ithaca with her

brother, Frank J. Alberger. Burial at Forest Lawn

Cemetery, Buffalo.

1919 McDuffee Garvin 77 5/12/1919 5/12/1919 Civil War veteran. Had lived at Interlaken.

1919 McElheny Jane C. 85 8/8/1919 8/91919 Widow of Thomas J. McElheny. Burial at Nichols,

NY.

1919 Mrs. McGovern Harry 4/7/1919 (notice) 4/7/1919 Died in Pennsylvania; husband was pastor in

Caroline Center. (p. 7, Caroline Center News)

1919 McKay Jane M. 60 1/14/1919 1/15/1919 Wife of C.E. McKay. Burial at Paterson, NJ.

1919 Maj. McKenna James A., Jr. 7/28/1919 10/14/1919 Killed in war in France. Memorial mass held in

Ithaca. See p. 2.

1919 McLafferty Garaphelia 72 8/5/1919 8/5/1919 Widow of Frank McLafferty. Burial Montour Falls.

1919 Mead Catherine A. 87 11/12/1919 11/13/1919 Died in same house on Dryden Rd. in which she

was born. Burial Pleasant Grove Cem.

1919 Judge Mead Howard J. 71 8/13/1919 8/14/1919 Died at Owego; born in Caroline. Son of David P.

and Mary Green Mead. Attended Albany Law

School. Was an attorney at Candor; D.A. in Tioga

County. Husband of former Electa Gardner of

Ithaca. Story p. 2.

1919 Mrs. Meeker Urania 76 1/26/1919 1/27/1919 Burial at Susquehanna, PA.

1919 Merritt Harriet Smith 11/4/1919 11/8/1919 Died at Washington; formerly of Trumansburg.

Burial Grove cemetery. (p. 9. Trumansburg

News)

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1919 Messenger Apilona 76 2/15/1919 2/17/1919 Died at Dryden. Widow of Levi Messenger. Burial

Willow Glen Cemetery.

1919 Messer Clarence 26 6/18/1919 6/19/1919 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Messer of Searsburg.

Father of Richard. Was a member of the

Immaculate Church.

1919 Meyers William Henry 86 8/19/1919 8/20/1919 Died at Ludlowville. Oldest member of I.O.O.F.

and Civil War veteran. Father of Frank H. and

Edward G. Meyers of Ludlowville. See Ludlowville

News, p. 9, 8/25/1919.

1919 Michaels (girl) Infant 12/4/1919 12/12/1919 Daughter of Mr./Mrs. David Michaels. (p. 11,

Myers News.)

1919 Mrs. Mickle Silas 3/5/1919 3/12/1919 Died at home in Cayutaville. Burial in Union

Cemetery in Burdett.

1919 Middaugh Elizabeth 79 2/24/1919 2/24/1919 Burial Ellis Cemetery.

1919 Middaugh John J. 87 6/1/1919 6/2/1919 Burial City Cemetery.

1919 Miller Charles H. 68 4/25/1919 4/26/1919 Died at home of sister, Mrs. Allen Curtis, near

Covert. Brother to Frank, Olin and William of

Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery.

1919 Miller William R. 9/1/1919 9/2/1919 His family resides in Akron, OH. Burial at

Doylestown, OH.

1919 Mills Katherine Wilson 5/29/1919 5/31/1919 Died at Trumansburg home of her son, John.

Burial at Athens, PA, her former home.

1919 Mineah Carrie 2/24/1919 (notice) 2/24/1919 Stroke Died at McLean. Mother of Jerome Mineah.

1919 Minor A. V. 76 5/4/1919 5/6/1919 Died at Interlaken 6 weeks after her husband

died. Burial Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken.

1919 Minor A.V. 77 2/14/1919 2/14/1919 Died at Interlaken.

1919 Moe Mary 66 12/3/1919 12/4/1919 Widow of Frank Moe. Burial Lake View Cem.

1919 Moffatt Sarah J. 76 11/21/1919 11/22/1919 Widow of Orin Moffatt. Burial Lake View Cem.

1919 Montgomery Daniel R. 81 8/5/1919 8/61919 Died at Cortland Hospital following goiter surgery.

Was well-known Dryden businessman, former

postmaster, Civil War veteran. Burial Willow Glen

Cemetery. See story p. 7 and 8/7/1919.

1919 Moore Mary 3/18/1919 3/19/1919 Died at her Sheldrake home.

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Notes

1919 Morrill Georgianna Lee 11/18/1919 11/22/1919 Heart Disease Died at New York City where she taught school.

Daughter of the late Rev. Abner Morrill of Etna.

Burial Willow Glen Cem.

1919 Morrill Margaret 7/19/1919 7/22/1919 Died at Groton.

1919 Morris Herbert 19 8/20/1919 8/28/1919 Pneumonia At Lake Montague. Son of Alice Rumsey.

Formerly of Enfield Falls. Grandson of Mr./Mrs.

Alonzo Rumsey. (p. 7, Enfield Falls News)

1919 Moseley William A. 57 8/13/1919 8/14/1919 Died at Lansing home; burial Willow Glen

Cemetery.

1919 Moses Stanley 8/23/1919 8/26/1919 Son of Mr./Mrs. Gerald Moses. (p. 9, Groton

News)

1919 Mosher Elizabeth T. 78 2/9/1919 2/10/1919 Grip Wife of Albert F. Mosher of Trumansburg. Burial

Grove Cemetery.

1919 Moss Roxy 74 2/27/1919 2/28/1919 Died at Waterburg; widow of John Moss. Burial

Grove Cemetery.

1919 Mulks Frank F. 65 7/23/1919 7/23/1919 Died at Brookton where he had operated a

general store for 32 years. Brother to Charles F.

and Fred R. Mulks. Burial Slaterville Cemetery.

1919 Munson J. Ada 75 9/8/1919 9/11/1919 Widow of Orange Munson. Had lived in Erin;

formerly of Snyder Hill. Burial Snyder Hill

Cemetery.

1919 Murphey Ellen 76 10/15/1919 10/20/1919 Died at Willard Hospital; daughter of Martin and

Johanna Murphey of Ludlowville. Burial Pine

Grove Cemetery. (p. 11, Ludlowville News)

1919 Murphy Harriet 87 9/17/1919 9/17/1919 Died at Interlaken. Burial Lake View Cemetery,

Interlaken.

1919 Pvt. Murray Charles Warner 19 2/16/1919 2/18/1919 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Murray of Rockaway

Beach, L.I. and grandson of Mary Murray of

Ithaca. Born in VanEtten, he had recently

returned from France. Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery

in VanEtten. See p. 2.

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Notes

1919 Murtha Charles 67 7/27/1919 7/29/1919 Died at Buffalo. Brother of James Murtha,

Groton. Burial Java Center, NY.

1919 Neff Ralph 6/15/1919 6/20/1919 Heart Trouble Died at Dryden. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Neff.

Burial Green Hills Cemetery.

1919 Nelligan James 63 9/24/1919 9/25/1919 Born in Ireland; lived on farm on Coddington Rd.

for several years. Burial at Trumansburg.

1919 Nevius Louisa Schribner 7/12/1919 7/14/1919 Died at Orange, NJ. Burial City Cemetery.

1919 Noble William Nelson 69 5/30/1919 5/31/1919 Heart Failure Died while on a business trip to Sayre, PA. He

was a prominent Ithaca attorney. Story on p. 7.

1919 North Marcia Sweet 72 9/5/1919 9/10/1919 Wife of James North. Born in Peoria, IL; died at

Enfield. Burial Roif Cemetery.

1919 Northrup Henry G. 10/14/1919 10/15/1919 Died in Brooklyn; will be buried at Ithaca. Son of

Mr./Mrs. John (Louise A.) Northrup. See

10/17/1919.

1919 Nourse Charlotte G. 60 10/13/1919 10/14/1919 Widow of Francis Nourse. Burial at Curtiss

Cemetery, Danby.

1919 Novak Emanuel 70 1/23/1919 1/24/1919 Died at Newfield. Born in Bohemia; father of

Joseph. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.

1919 Noyes Grace P. 83 12/20/1919 12/20/1919 Died at Old Ladies Home. Born, and buried, at

Cortland

1919 O'Brian Mary A. 60 9/27/1919 9/27/1919 Widow of Thomas O'Brien. Burial Mt. Olivet

Cemetery.

1919 O'Connell Alice 3/2/1919 3/3/1919 Had lived at Danby. Widow of Timothy O'Connell.

Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1919 O'Connell Margaret 65 9/14/1919 9/15/1919 Widow of Martin O'Connell. Prominent in work at

St. James Catholic Church, Trumansburg.

1919 Ogden Gertrude Emerson 1 2/1/1919 2/3/1919 Daughter of Prof. and Mrs. H. N. Ogden.

1919 Oliver Barbara M. 6 mos. 2/11/1919 2/12/1919 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis J. Oliver; burial

Grove Cemetery.

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1919 Oliver William 68 1/20/1919 1/21/1919 Suicide by

Poison

Despondent over failing health. Born in England,

was a well-known Trumansburg farmer for 45

years. Had 4 daughters and 4 sons. Burial Grove

Cemetery. See story p. 3.

1919 Olney Rachel M. 80 2/4/1919 2/5/1919 Died at East Lansing; formerly of West Groton.

Burial at North Lansing Cemetery.

1919 Oltz Augusta 58 12/9/1919 12/10/1919 Wife of Gordon Oltz. Died at Auburn. Burial Lake

View Cem. See also 12/15/1919.

1919 Orlo Scott 2/12/1919 11/11/1919 Pneumonia Died at Palch, Germany. Battery E, 809th Heavy

Field Artillery, A. E. F. Next of kin, George Scott,

South Danby.

1919 Osborn Mary D. 84 2/13/1919 2/14/1919 Had been associated in business with her son,

R.C. Osborn, for 28 years. She was the last of 10

children. Mother of R.C., Harry and Mary E.

Osborn. See also Speedsville News, p. 7,

2/20/1919.

1919 Osborn Mary J. 71 1/16/1919 1/16/1919 Died at her Slaterville Rd. home; burial Pleasant

Grove Cemetery.

1919 Osborn 8/19/1919 (notice) 8/19/1919 Died and buried at Willett. Daughter of Mr./Mrs.

Louis Osborn. (p. 9, Caroline News)

1919 Osburn Walter 7/4/1919 7/5/1919 Apoplexy Well-known Speedsville carpenter.

1919 O'Shea Elizabeth 82 11/8/1919 11/10/1919 Widow of Daniel O'Shea. Burial Vault at Calvary

Cemetery.

1919 Ostrander Byron L. 64 10/13/1919 10/13/1919 Burial East Lawn Cemetery.

1919 Ostrander Mandana 75 5/31/1919 6/2/1919 Widow of Herman Ostrander.

1919 Outwater Emily J. 75 11/11/1919 11/12/1919 Born in Syracuse; Ithaca resident since 1870.

Sister-in-law to the late Andrew D.White. Burial

Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse. See p. 2.

1919 Owen Herman 56 11/9/1919 11/10/1919 Died of injuries after struck by car near Elbridge

where he was visiting his son. He owned

magazine agencies in Ithaca. See p. 5.

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1919 Mrs. Parker Jesse Alfon 3/16/1919 4/1/1919 Died at Honolulu, Hawaii, former Grace Marshall

of Ithaca.

1919 Parsell Flora 5/2/1919 5/3/1919 Died at Battle Creek, Michigan; burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1919 Parshall Gilbert 83 4/30/1919 4/30/1919 Burial Curtis Cemetery in Danby.

1919 Patch Lyman Adelbert 74 12/17/1919 12/18/1919 Pneumonia Died at Caroline. He was overseer of the poor.

Burial Maple Grove Cem.

1919 Patmore Libbie A. 3/6/1919 3/6/1919 Wife of Fred G. Patmore; burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1919 Patterson Estus 63 12/21/1919 12/22/1919 Well-known rural mail carrier and former grocer

in Newfield. See p. 7.

1919 Payne Wesley 14 mos 7/16/1919 7/1/1919 Son of Mr./Mrs. Richard Payne. Survived by 3

brothers and 4 sisters. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1919 Pearsall Warren M. 71 4/16/1919 4/17/1919 Burial Grove Cemetery.

1919 Peck Eugene A. 54 8/6/1919 8/61919 Survived by wife, five brothers, two sisters.

1919 Peck Nathaniel 10/31/1919 11/6/1919 Burial at Trumansburg. (p. 11, Mecklenburg

News)

1919 Peirce Willard B. 78 12/11/1919 12/11/1919 Pneumonia Civil War Veteran, Member of Battery A, First

Regular Rhode Island Light Artillery, took part in

Battle of Bull Run. Agent for the Lehigh Valley

Railroad; conducted a coal business in Ithaca for

10 years. Burial East Lawn Cem. See story on p.

5.

1919 Perkins Sumner 56 9/15/1919 9/15/1919 Had been employed at Cornell Univ. and Ithaca

Street Railway. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Perry George J. 54 4/3/1919 4/4/1919 Died at Town of Caroline; burial Snyder Hill

Cemetery.

1919 Perry Martha 79 10/30/1919 11/4/1919 Mother of Ada and adopted son, William

Cleveland. (p. 9, Rawson Hollow News) also (p.

9, Speedsville News). Burial Speedsville

Cemetery.

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1919 Personius Frances Delphine 76 3/7/1919 3/8/1919 Widow of Henry Personius. Had lived at Caroline

Depot. Burial South Hill Cemetery.

1919 Dr. Petersen Peter 32 12/20/1919 1/28/1920 Uremic

poisoning

Died at San Francisco. Born in Denmark;

received degreeof DVM at Cornell in 1915;

appointed to a faculty position at the University of

California. Husband of former Rose Scott. See p.

7. See also 2/16/1920.

1919 Pew Mary A. 80 1/23/1919 1/24/1919 Died at Rochester; widow of George Pew. Burial

East Lawn Cemetery.

1919 Philips Joseph D. 57 2/7/1919 2/8/1919 Died at Caroline at home he was born in. Burial

W. Slaterville Cemetery.

1919 Phillips Carrie M. 61 4/22/1919 4/23/1919 Mother of Leslie Phillips; daughter of Mrs. C.G.

VanOrder. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.

1919 Pierce William 46 6/20/1919 6/21/1919 Died and buried at Trumansburg. Son of Samuel

Pierce; burial Catholic cemetery. See also

6/23/1919.

1919 Mrs. Pinckney D.J. 69 7/29/1919 7/29/1919

1919 Polan Mary 5/13/1919 5/13/1919 Pneumonia Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1919 Pollay Adelena 4/23/1919 4/24/1919 Wife of George C. Pollay. Member of Eastern

Star. Burial Lake View Mausoleum.

1919 Pope Beulah M. 9/30/1919 10/6/1919 Wife of Harold Hutchinson of Syracuse. Burial

Willow Glen Cemetery. (p. 11, Dryden News)

1919 Porter Phoebe 89 10/27/1919 10/28/1919 Widow of Francis Porter. Burial at Trumbull's

Corners.

1919 Post Leonard 19 10/17/1919 10/18/1919 Died in fire at barn silo near Buttermilk Falls.

Story p. 3.

1919 Potter Hiram 84 7/19/1919 7/22/1919 Died at daughter's home at Groton. Burial at

Cortland.

1919 Poyer Isaiah 76 2/1/1919 2/1/1919 Heart Disease Died near Trumbull's Corners and buried at

Trumbull's Corners Cemetery.

1919 Poyer Jay 47 3/25/1919 3/26/1919 Heart Disease Had lived and was buried at Trumbull's Corners.

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1919 Preston Allen Leonard infant 6/30/1919 7/5/1919 Son of Mr./Mrs. Allen D. Preston of Horseheads.

Burial at Caroline.

1919 Preswick Joseph J. 87 6/2/1919 6/3/1919 Well-known farmer; burial East Lawn Cemetery.

1919 Price Minnie L. 8/30/1919 8/30/1919 Mother of Clifton Price and Mrs. M.W. Brown.


1919 Pudney Almeda 92 11/24/1919 11/25/1919 Died at Dryden.

1919 Puff Emaline 93 11/1/1919 11/3/1919 Mother of Fred Puff; burial Woodlawn Cemetery.

1919 Queer Mary 50 6/9/1919 6/10/1919 Wife of John Queer. Daughter of Mrs. Joseph

Shaw. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery.

1919 Quick Charles 69 4/7/1919 4/7/1919 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Quick Henry 89 12/20/1919 12/27/1919 Died at Kidders. Burial Lake View Cem. (p. 7,

Lake Rd. News.)

1919 Quinn Edward (Family) 8/31/1919 9/2/1919 Accident Killed when auto struck by a Lehigh Valley train

near Romulus. See p. 5. In same car as Calvin

Wheeler family, also killed in the accident.

Residents of West Junius, near Waterloo.

1919 Quinn Ellen 80 10/10/1919 10/11/1919 Died at Trumansburg.

1919 Ragan Elizabeth 84 6/9/1919 6/10/1919 Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. See also 6/11/1919.

1919 Randall Emillus Oviatt 69 12/18/1919 12/24/1919 Died at Columbus, OH. Husband of former Mary

A. Coy of Ithaca. He was Cornell grad '74,

historian, lawyer, writer and teacher. Burial at

Green Lawn Cem., Columbus. See story, p. 7.

1919 Rapp Alexander W. 4/27/1919 5/1/1919 Had lived and buried at King Ferry.

1919 Rappleye Marion 79 7/10/1919 7/11/1919 Had lived near Interlaken. Burial Lake View


1919 Raub Mary 68 1/6/1919 1/7/1919 Wife of David Raub. Burial Pleasant Grove

Cemetery.

1919 Reeves Lorin W. 64 4/15/1919 4/17/1919 Apoplexy Died at Lodi.

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1919 Reeves Mode 86 9/4/1919 9/4/1919 Heart Disease Died at home of nephew, Emmett Woolley at

Lake Ridge. Survivor of the Ithaca Flood of 1857.

Burial Upper Sandusky, OH. Story p. 3.

1919 Rhodes Bertrand 2/18/1919 (notice) 2/18/1919 Died at New York City. Son of Mr. and Mrs.

George B. Rhodes. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

See also 2/19/1919.

1919 Rhyder Sarah 6/14/1919 (notice) 6/14/1919 (p. 9, King Ferry News)

1919 Rice Sarah P. 69 6/24/1919 6/24/1919 Wife of John A. Rice; burial City Cemetery.

1919 Rich William 59 10/19/1919 10/20/1919 Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.

1919 Riley Robert William 3 10/18/1919 10/20/1919 Pneumonia Son of H. W. Riley; brother of Manton.Cremated.

1919 Roach Mary A. 12/31/1919 12/31/1919 Died at Scranton, PA. Formerly employed by Mrs.

E. L. Williams in Ithaca. Burial at Waverly.

1919 Roat Mary Elizabeth 86 9/18/1919 9/19/1919 Widow of Fred Roat. Lived entire life in Ithaca.

Burial City Cemetery.

1919 Robbins Daniel H. 80 7/7/1919 7/9/1919 Had lived and was buried at North Cohocton, NY.

Civil War veteran and father of H. Eugene

Robbins of Newfield.

1919 Roberts William 7/16/1919 (notice) 7/16/1919 Burial Indian Mount Cemetery, Moravia. (p. 9,

Locke News)

1919 Robertson Katherine Beatrice 10 mos. 5/2/1919 5/3/1919 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie C. Robertson of

Philadelphia, PA. Burial at Slaterville.

1919 Robinson James M. infant 4/14/1919 4/16/1919 Died at Newton, MA. Son of Mr. and Mrs.

Montgomery Robinson. Burial Brooklyn, NY.

1919 Robinson Tracy 1/3/1919 1/20/1919 Pneumonia Died at Auburn City Hospital. Formerly of West

Groton. Mother of two week old Hazel and 10

year old Eula.

1919 Robinson William 12/21/1919 1/3/1920 Pneumonia Burial Union Cem. (p. 9, Reynoldsville News.)

1919 Robinson William H. 2/21/1919 2/21/1919 Was chef for Cornell crew and worked at various

fraternities.

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1919 Roby Harry, Jr. 16 7/9/1919 7/10/1919 Drowned In Cayuga Lake while trying to retrieve a canoe

during a storm. Son of Harry Roby of New York

City. Family was vacationing here. Story p. 3.

1919 Roehrig Harold L. 7/13/1919 7/151919 Drowned In Delaware River near Philadelphia. Cornell

engineering graduate, 1912. Grandson of Mrs.

A.N. Hungerford of Ithaca. Story p. 3.

1919 Rogers infant 1/4/1919 1/7/1919 Baby of Mr. and Mrs. Dana Rogers. (p. 7,

Freeville News)

1919 Rosa Charles 40 9/3/1919 9/4/1919 Had lived at Portland Point. Burial Calvary

Cemetery.

1919 Roscoe Katherine H. 4 10/24/1919 10/25/1919 Pneumonia Daughter of Mr./Mrs. Harry L. Roscoe of

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Child became ill while

visiting relatives at Valois. Story p. 5.

1919 Lt. Rouse Charles L. 22 3/24/1919 3/25/1919 Accident Killed in plane accident in Florida. Son of Mr. and

Mrs. Horace R. Rouse, brother of Henry. See p.

3. See also p. 5, 3/26/1919.

1919 Rouse Charles L. 11/11/1919 (notice) 11/11/1919 2d Lieutenant, Aviation. Killed in aeroplane

accident, Camp Arcada, Florida in March 1919.

Next of kin, Horace R. Rouse, Cascadilla Park.

1919 Rowley D.W. 9/13/1919 (notice) 9/13/1919 (p.9, Dryden News)

1919 Ruebel Jannet 46 10/23/1919 10/23/1919 Died at home on Slaterville Rd. Wife of Adam

Ruebel. Burial Quick Cemetery.

1919 Rumsey Horace 78 12/14/1919 12/18/1919 Burial Trumbull's Corners Cem.

1919 Rumsey LaFayette 9/26/1919 (notice) 9/26/1919 Had lived at Kansas; formerly of Enfield Falls.

Brother of Levi Ramsey. (p. 9, Enfield Falls

News)

1919 Rumsey infant 5/1/1919 (notice) 5/1/1919 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Rumsey of

Enfield Falls. (p. 9, Trumballs Corners News)

1919 Russell John 84 3/26/1919 3/27/1919 Died at Enfield; burial Enfield Center.

1919 Ryan Anna 58 3/27/1919 3/27/1919 Heart Disease Died in Trumansburg home. Widow of Edward

Ryan. See p. 2.

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1919 Ryan Julia 88 2/23/1919 2/24/1919 Died in Danby where she had lived for 50 years.

Burial Calvary Cemetery. See also 2/26/1919.

1919 Sage Mary W. 75 9/24/1919 9/24/1919 Died at Old Ladies Home. Burial at Hayt's

Corners.

1919 Sammons Ellen 57 9/27/1919 9/29/1919 Wife of Maurice Sammons. Burial Mt. Olivet

Cemetery.

1919 Sanders Mary 82 7/25/1919 7/25/1919 Wife of Henry Sanders. Had lived at Beloit, OH

for many years. Burial King Cemetery.

1919 Sandhovel William 12/20/1919 1/2/1920 Died at Brooklyn. Husband of Mida VanOrder,

former Ithacan. Burial Greenwood Cem.,

Brooklyn.

1919 Sandwick Elizabeth 10/17/1919 10/20/1919 Died at Dryden. Buried at Green Hills Cemetery.

See also Dryden News, p. 9, 10/23/1919.

1919 Sanford Frank 1/25/1919 1/29/1919 Grip Brother of Fred. (p. 9, McLean News)

1919 Satterly Paul 6 1/4/1919 1/6/1919 Pneumonia Died at West Danby. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph

Satterly. Mother also died 1/4/1919; brother died

12/30/1918. Burial at Richford.

1919 Mrs. Satterly Ralph 1/4/1919 1/6/1919 Pneumonia Died at West Danby. Burial at Richford.

1919 Savacool Laura 78 5/6/1919 5/10/1919 (p. 9, Groton News)

1919 Savage Dennis 93 12/28/1919 12/30/1919 Died at St. Louis, MO. Formerly of Ithaca, an

employee for 50 years at C. J. Rumsey Hardware

store.

1919 Sawyer Elizabeth 77 8/31/1919 9/2/1919 Heart Disease Died near Trumansburg. Burial Lake View


1919 Saxton Fred 49 2/18/1919 2/18/1919 Husband of Louise Saxton and brother of John.


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1919 Schaeffer Ruth Stone 28 7/8/1919 7/14/1919 Accident Shot at Camp Alexander, Newport News, VA

when military guard ordered her husband to stop

the car in which they were riding. Guard shot at

rear tire; bullet went into the car. She was former

resident of Trumansburg, daughter of Stephen L.

Stone. Wife of Edward Schaeffer. Story p. 3.

1919 Schempp George 1/20/1919 (notice) 1/20/1919 Pneumonia Died in Georgia where he did agricultural work for

the state. Cornell Agricultural School graduate,

1911. Burial at Tacoma, WA.

1919 Scherer Frederick J. 37 7/13/1919 7/14/1919 Well-known Ithaca barber. Son of Mrs. Ella

Scherer. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. See

also 7/17/1919.

1919 Schutt Louise S. 7/16/1919 7/17/1919 Died at Ensenore. Widow of Charles W. Schutt.

Burial East Lawn Cemetery.

1919 Cpl. Scofield Arthur Perry 26 5/7/1919 5/21/1919 Pneumonia Died at Luxemburg. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry

Scofield of Dryden. Story on p. 7. Died of

pneumonia while serving in U.S. Army. Body

returned to Dryden 11/20 for burial at the Willow

Glen Cem., survived by 2 brothers and 3 sisters,

see IJ, 11/15/1920 on p.2. Also, see Dryden

News, 11/17/1920, p.9.

1919 Scott Orlo 2/?/1919 9/14/1920 Died in Germany in February, 1919 while serving

in the military. Originally from Danby, his body

just arrived in New York;. Burial at Watkins Glen.

1919 Seaman Smith 64 5/11/1919 5/12/1919 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Seamon Alice E. 10/2/1919 10/4/1919 Died at Astoria, L.I. Widow of Charles Seamon.


1919 Seamon Barney 50 7/11/1919 7/11/1919 He had been a prominent clothing merchant for

many years with his brother, Philip. See story on

p. 7.

1919 Searles Ella 60 4/25/1919 4/26/1919 Had lived at Newfield. Daughter of Mrs. Hannah

Dean.

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1919 Sears John David 11/11/1919 (notice) 11/11/1919 Co. C, 7th Inf., A. E. F. Taken prisoner in July

1918. Reported in prison camp, Raastadt,

Germany. Next of kin, Eli Sears, Swartwood, N.Y.

1919 Sellen Martha 75 11/23/1919 11/24/1919 Pneumonia Had lived at Groton.

1919 Shank Eugene 65 4/8/1919 4/9/1919 Died at Interlaken; had operated a meat market.


1919 Shaw Mary E. 71 10/30/1919 10/31/1919 Wife of Thomas E. Shaw. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1919 Sherwood Phoebe M. 71 7/19/1919 7/22/1919 Died at Trumansburg. Wife of W. Irving

Sherwood. Burial Grove Cemetery.

1919 Shevalier Levi 11/18/1919 (notice) 11/18/1919 Died at Endicott; formerly of Besemer. (p. 9,

Besemer News)

1919 Shurger Rodney 2/1/1919 (notice) 2/1/1919 Brother of E.J. Shurger. Died and buried at

Earlsville.

1919 Shurter Heman B. 89 3/21/1919 4/8/1919 Died at Cassopolis, Michigan. Born in Ithaca;

worked for a few years at the Ithaca Journal and

the Auburn publishing house of Derby and Miller.

Married former Anna Fisher of Spencer in 1856

and moved to Cassopolis where he is buried.

1919 Rev. Simpson A.B. 10/29/1919 11/3/1919 Died at Nyack, NY. Founder of Christian and

Missionary Alliance.

1919 Sinsapaugh Ann Elizabeth 85 3/22/1919 3/22/1919 Mother of James H. Sinsapaugh. Burial King


1919 Slocum B.F. 75 10/26/1919 10/27/1919 Died at home of his son, Guy Slocum, at King

Ferry. Burial King Ferry Cemetery.

1919 Smiley Henry F. 50 4/17/1919 4/17/1919 Had a meat market for many years at N. Cayuga

and Cascadilla Sts. Burial Calvary Cemetery. See

also 4/19/1919.

1919 Smith Almina 10/17/1919 10/18/1919 Wife of Harris I. Smith. Had lived at Enfield.

Burial Hayt's Cemetery.

1919 Smith Arthur W. 35 10/31/1919 10/31/1919 Pneumonia Died following surgery. See obituary p. 5, also

11/1/1919 and p. 3, 11/2/1919.

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1919 Smith August Belmont 60 2/2/1919 2/4/1919 Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.

See 'Memoriam" on p. 5, 2/12/1919.

1919 Smith Avery D., Jr. 23 days 1/18/1919 1/20/1919 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Avery D. Smith.

1919 Smith Eliza K. 85 12/27/1919 12/29/1919 Wife of Charles Smith. Burial East Lawn Cem.

1919 Smith Harry T. 40 12/1/1919 12/2/1919 Son of A. L. Smith of Arcade. Burial at Arcade,

NY

1919 Smith Jerome 10/1/1919 (notice) 10/1/1919 Died at Willard State Hospital. Brother of

Charlotte Budd. (p. 6, Cayutaville News)

1919 Smith Larkin 7/26/1919 (notice) 7/26/1919 Burial Kline Cemetery. (p. 7, West Dryden News)

1919 Smith Morgan J. 17 3/20/1919 3/21/1919 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Smith; brother of

Harold, Jesse, Eleanor and Elsie. Burial Lake

View Cemetery.

1919 Smith Olive J. 85 12/12/1919 12/13/1919 Burial Genoa Cem.

1919 Smith Ward 57 11/23/1919 11/24/1919 Stroke of

Apoplexy

Died at Trumansburg. Burial Laurel Hill Cem.

1919 Smith Kathryn 50 6/17/1919 6/18/1919 Wife of Franklin Smith. Burial Lansing Cemetery.

1919 Smith Rena M. 2 7/6/1919 7/16/1919 Died at grandparents home at Rock Stream.

Daughter of Mr./Mrs. Earl Smith. Mother former

Leland Russell of Trumansburg.

1919 Snyder Abram L. 90 8/6/1919 8/71919 Died at Trumansburg. Well-known vocal teacher

at area schools. Member of Presbyterian Church

in Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery. See

story p. 2.

1919 Snyder Chris E. 65 2/18/1919 2/19/1919 Well-known West Danby farmer. Father of

Edward E. Snyder. Burial at West Danby.

1919 Snyder Mary Elizabeth 70 12/28/1919 12/29/1919 Wife of Oscar Snyder. Burial Willow Glen Cem.,

Dryden.

1919 Snyder Sarah 76 8/24/1919 8/25/1919 Wife of George Snyder. Daughter of late Jacob

Albright of Dryden. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery,

Dryden.

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1919 Mrs. Sobers Thompson 9/4/1919 9/8/1919 Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p. 9, Groton

News)

1919 Sommers Henry Cantine 3/24/1919 3/24/1919 Pneumonia Died at New York City. Son of Mrs. John L.

Morris of Ithaca. See also p. 5, 3/26/1919.

1919 Southworth Ella W. 5/22/1919 5/26/1919 Had lived at Dryden. Burial Dryden Cemetery.

1919 Sovocool John 5/22/1919 (notice) 5/22/1919 Tuberculosis Son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sovocool. (p. 9,

Etna News)

1919 Ens. Speed Christopher M. 1/12/1919 1/24/1919 Pneumonia Died while visiting family at Baltimore. 1918

Cornell graduate. Story p. 3.

1919 Spencer Theodore C. 74 2/4/1919 2/5/1919 Burial woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira. See p. 5,

2/7/1919.

1919 Sperry Marshall E. 74 5/5/1919 5/5/1919 Lived and died at Ludlowville. Prominent

hardware and boating industry businessman. For

30 years was owner of area's largest fruit farms.

Widower of Elizabeth Carr, survived by second

wife, Susie Johnson. Burial Pine Grove

Cemetery. Story on p. 3. Also: Ludlowville News,

p. 11, 5/9/1919.

1919 Mrs. Spur Peter 2/12/1919 (notice) 2/12/1919 Burial Bird Cemetery. (p. 7, Locke News)

1919 Mrs. St. John Henry A. 65 8/9/1919 8/11/1919 Pneumonia Died at Clifton Springs Sanitarium. Former

Cynthia Woodward Morgan daughter of Dr.

Edward J. and Ann Bruyn Morgan; wife of Henry.

Always lived in Ithaca; was well-known for her

charity and literary work. See story p. 7.

1919 Starr Daisy 5/13/1919 5/15/1919 Died at Torrington, CT. Formerly of Newfield;

daughter of Frank Starr of Breeseport.

1919 Starr Wallace 70 12/12/1919 12/12/1919 Died at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cem.

1919 Stevens Anna Briggs 44 3/8/1919 3/10/1919 Died at Dryden; had been an invalid. Daughter of

Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Moore. Burial Willow Glen

Cemetery.

1919 Stevens Minnie 51 4/21/1919 4/221919 Died at Willard Hospital. Wife of Ira Stevens.

Burial Cooper Cemetery.

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1919 Stiefel Frieda 15 11/14/1919 11/17/1919 Suicide Drank poison. Sister of John Stiefel of Groton.

Parents live in Germany. Story on p. 3. See also

p. 3, 11/18/1919.

1919 Stiles Amy Davidson 1/8/1919 1/11/1919 Flu Died while visiting her father at Albany. She was

a teacher at Ithaca High School. Burial

Cooperstown.

1919 Stoddart Joseph W. 56 12/20/1919 12/22/1919 An employee at Ithaca Gun Co. Father of

Margaret. Burial at Groton.

1919 Mrs. Story William 78 6/17/1919 6/18/1919 Died and buried at Cortland (Cortland Cemetery).

Mother of J. C. Durfey of Ithaca.

1919 Mrs. Streeter Randolph 75 3/20/1919 3/21/1919 Died at Syracuse; widow of N.R. Streeter;

Formerly of and burial at Groton.

1919 Sumner Nathaniel infant 6/21/1919 6/24/1919 Son of Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Sumner. Burial at

Boston, MA.

1919 Swartwood Evangeline D. 63 4/1/1919 4/3/1919 Died at Dryden. Wife of Wallace Swartwood.


1919 Switzer Guernsey 31 9/6/1919 9/8/1919 Died at Interlaken home of her parents, Mr./Mrs.

Frank Raymond. Burial at Lodi.

1919 Szekely Joseph 59 1/7/1919 1/8/1919 Employee of Lehigh Valley Railroad. Burial Lake

View Cemetery.

1919 Taber Jasper ####### 4/19/1919 4/19/1919 Was a Civil War veteran; burial City Cemetery.

1919 Tarbell Lavina M. 82 5/30/1919 5/31/1919 Widow of James Tarbell; last of 14 children born

to Hannah Snyder and Andrew Miller of North

Lansing. Burial at North Lansing family plot.

1919 Tarbell Thomas Edward 4 1/17/1919 1/18/1919 Septic

Infection

Died at Groton. Son of Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Tarbell,

brother of Roscoe C. Tarbell, Jr. Burial Groton

Rural Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Tatlock H. A. 43 5/31/1919 6/2/1919 Had lived and was buried at Rochester. Sister of

John W. Baker of Ithaca.

1919 Taylor Annie Reading 4/9/1919 (notice) 4/9/1919 Flu Died at Manchester, England. Wife of

WilliamTaylor; brother of James Reading Ithaca.

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1919 Taylor Esther 12 3/2/1919 3/3/1919 Drowned Fell through ice on Beebe Lake. Adopted

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Taylor. Burial

Calvary Cemetery. Story on p. 3.

1919 Mrs. Taylor Hester 8/19/1919 8/23/1919 Died at Saratoga Hospital. Formerly of Ithaca.


1919 Teeter Abelia 80 7/27/1919 7/29/1919 Widow of George W. Teeter. Burial at Asbury.

1919 Teeter Lettie J. 9/28/1919 9/29/1919 Died at Lansing. Widow of Franklin Teeter. Burial

North Lansing Cemetery.

1919 Mrs. Teets Charles 12/19/1919 (notice) 12/19/1919 (p. 11 Etna News)

1919 Terry Henry 10/22/1919 10/23/1919 Burial City Cemetery.

1919 Thayer S.W. 57 4/7/1919 4/9/1919 Died at Binghamton, formerly of Ludlowville,

where he was a miller. Husband of Mamie Lewis

of Port Crane.

1919 Thomas Frederick 1/10/1919 (notice) 1/10/1919 Died at Syracuse; buried at Ithaca. Husband of

former Della Whitcomb.

1919 Thompson Sidney P. 11/11/1919 (notice) 11/11/1919 Missing in

Action

U.S. Aviation Corps, A. E. F. Next of kin, F.

C.Thompson, 206 East Lewis St.

1919 Thygesen Thoreald 6 weeks 3/30/1919 4/1/1919 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thoreald Thygesen. Burial

Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

1919 Tichenor Charles 70 5/23/1919 5/28/1919 Native of Town of Dryden. Had spent many years

at Hale, MI. Burial Willow Glen.

1919 Tichenor John P. 51 1/4/1919 (notice) 1/4/1919 Bright's

Disease

Died at Kansas City, MO. His mother was former

principal of Fall Creek School.

1919 Tillotson Anna T. 68 10/3/1919 10/3/1919 Widow of Henry B. Tillotson. Born in Enfield,

daughter of Jane Hooper Willets. See also

10/4/1919.

1919 Capt. Tinkham Edward I. 23 3/30/1919 4/5/1919 Spinal

Meningitis

Died in Italy. Former Cornell student. Had won

medals for bravery in action in France. Son of Mr.

and Mrs. Julian Tinkham of Montclair, NJ. See

story on p. 5.

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1919 Titus Isabelle 88 9/10/1919 9/11/1919 Widow of Charles M. Titus. Youngest and the last

survivor of 10 children of Ben Johnson and Jane

Dey. Active in church work; father was prominent

lawyer. Burial City Cemetery. Story p. 3.

1919 Tompkins Monroe 63 1/11/1919 1/13/1919 Died at Newfield; burial Woodlawn Cemetery.

1919 Torrillo Assunta 26 4/26/1919 4/28/1919 Pneumonia Wife of Patrick Torrillo. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1919 Totman Mary N. 79 1/26/1919 1/27/1919 Died near Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

1919 Townley Smith 74 12/16/1919 12/17/1919 Died at Portland Point. Burial at North Lansing.

1919 Townsend Arvah 22 7/4/1919 7/5/1919 Accident Killed when motorcycle hit bus near Romulus.

Son of Mr./Mrs. Gilbert Townsend of

Townsendville, near Interlaken. Story on p. 3.

1919 Townsend Edgar Rolfe 62 4/22/1919 4/22/1919 Burial Rolfe Cemetery, Enfield. See also

4/23/1919 and Krums Corners News, 4/25/1919.

1919 Tree Edward 74 4/1/1919 4/1/1919 Died at daughter's home in Chicago. Formerly of

Ithaca, employed at Cornell Veterinary College.

Burial at Pleasant Grove cemetery. See also

4/2/1919.

1919 Tripp Albert 68 1/8/1919 1/10/1919 Heart Disease Died at Freeville.

1919 Tuck Harriet B. 6 mos. 8/24/1919 8/25/1919 Daughter of Mr./Mrs. Robert S. Tuck. Burial Lake

View Cemetery.

1919 Tucker Eliza 92 10/5/1919 10/10/1919 (p. 11, Locke News)

1919 Tweddle John M. 26 2/19/1919 2/21/1919 Pneumonia Died at parents' home at Beaver Dam, near

Montgomery, NY. Was a graduate of the

Conservatory of Music in Ithaca and taught for

several years. See also p. 5, 2/25/1919.

1919 Twist Mary E. 58 10/28/1919 10/28/1919 Wife of Salem Twist. Internment: Lake View

Cemetery Mauseleum.

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1919 Tyler Cyrus 85 1/18/1919 1/18/1919 Father of Locey Tyler. Burial Willow Glen

Cemetery.

1919 Tyler Helen 86 4/5/1919 (notice) 4/5/1919 Died at Plainville, CT. Mother of Mrs. G. Rummer

of Dryden. (p.7, Dryden News)

1919 Tyler Merritt 88 12/22/1919 (notice) 12/22/1919 Died at Skaneateles Falls, formerly of Dryden. (p.

9, Dryden News.)

1919 Updike Bert B. 40 9/9/1919 9/10/1919 Accident Killed in auto-trolley car crash at Buffalo.

Formerly of Ithaca. Husband of Ethel Peck. Burial

Lake View Cemetery. Story p. 3.

1919 Updike Irving 80 7/14/1919 7/14/1919 Died at Jacksonville. Father of William, Fred and

Orville.

1919 Utter Edward H. 7/6/1919 7/7/1919 Prominent fruit grower at Taughannock Falls.

Husband of Katherine Stamp Utter. Burial East

Lawn Cemetery. See story p. 7.

1919 Van Auken Anna M. 68 9/16/1919 9/20/1919 Died at Bridgeport, CT. Widow of Calvin J. Van

Auken. Burial Bridgeport. (p.9, Trumansburg

News)

1919 Van Cleef Elizabeth Lovejoy 63 11/22/1919 11/22/1919 Died at Elmira while visiting her daughter. Wife of

Mynderse Van Cleef; daughter of late Elias and

Elizabeth Treman. Burial vault at City Cem. See

p. 5.

1919 Van De Mark Myron 1/25/1919 (notice) 1/25/1919 Died at Tampa Springs; burial at Brookton. (p. 7,

Brookton News) See also p. 5, 1/28/1919.

1919 Van Droof George 76 3/14/1919 3/14/1919 Was a member of Sydney Post, G.A.R.

1919 Van Order Edward S. 2/7/1919 2/7/1919 Apoplexy Died a few hours before the funeral of his father-

in-law, Theodore C. Spencer. See p. 5. Burial

Lake View Cemetery. See also 2/8/1919.

1919 Van Order George 11/6/1919 (notice) 11/6/1919 Died at Toledo, OH. Formerly of Ithaca clothing

store owner. Brother of Ithacans, Mrs. William

Tree and Mrs. Ada Burling. See also 11/7/1919.

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1919 Van Pelt Archie 32 1/8/1919 1/8/1919 Pneumonia Died at Dryden. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Van

Pelt. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. See also p. 7,

Krum's Corners News, 1/11/1919.

1919 Mrs. Van Schaick Fred 1/24/1919 1/25/1919 Died following appendectomy at Cortland.

Formerly of Summerhill. Daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. Albert Perry.

1919 Van Tine Franklin Harold 23 mos. 11/17/1919 11/17/1919 Pneumonia Son of Mr/Mrs. Ralph G. Van Tine of Auburn.

Burial Willow Glen, Dryden.

1919 Van Worert 89 10/24/1919 (notice) 10/24/1919 Died at West Candor. Father of Sylas Van Woert.

(p. 9, Central Chapel News)

1919 Van Zoil Lillian 10/24/1919 10/25/1919 Daughter of Mr./Mrs. Ambrose Van Zoil. Burial

East Lawn Cemetery.

1919 Vandemark Jesse 10 weeks 4/1/1919 4/2/1919 Son of Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Vandemark of Brookton.

Burial Quick Cemetery.

1919 VanGorder Alvah 69 1/3/1919 1/4/1919 Died at Kennedy's Corners. Burial Hayt's

Cemetery.

1919 VanSanwood Anna May 12/24/1919 12/30/1919 Died at New York City. (p. 9, Freeville News.)'

1919 Vitelli Beniamino 27 3/26/1919 3/27/1919 Parents live in Italy. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1919 Vorhees Susette 89 7/1/1919 7/1/1919 Had resided at the Old Ladies Home; burial City

Cemetery.

1919 Vorhis Frank 58 5/18/1919 5/19/1919 Died at Brookton where he had been in the

milling business for 32 years. Burial Quick

Cemetery.

1919 Vosburgh Edward 8/11/1919 (notice) 8/11/1919 Had lived at Covert. (p. 3, Personal Notices)

1919 Wafer Margaret 82 11/22/1919 11/22/1919 Burial Mt. Olivet Cem. See also 11/24/1919.

1919 Wager Harriet 77 5/2/1919 5/2/1919 Burial at Ludlowville.

1919 Wager John 76 1/21/1919 1/21/1919 Had been a lawyer; burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Wallace James J. 76 11/16/1919 11/17/1919 Civil War veteran. Member of Sydney Post

G.A.R. Burial City Cem.

1919 Wallenbeck John 88 2/10/1919 2/10/1919 Husband of Amelia Zerfass; father of Edward.

Burial Hayt's Cemetery.

1919 Wallenbeck Maggie 78 5/9/1919 (notice) 5/9/1919 (p. 11, Black Oak Corners News)

1919 Wallenbeck Nancy E. 73 1/4/1919 1/4/1919 Taught school for 50 years. Burial at Enfield.

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1919 Mrs. Walters George 3/19/1919 3/25/1919 Died at Watkins Glen. Had lived at Ludlowville.

Husband is superintendent of salt plants at

Ithaca, Watkins Glen and Ludlowville.

1919 Ward Frederick 6/19/1919 6/28/1919 Heart Disease Died at home at Bath. (p. 9, Dryden News)

1919 Ward John W. 61 6/2/1919 6/3/1919 Burial Mecklenburg Cemetery.

1919 Warner Susie A. 44 10/19/1919 10/20/1919 Daughter of Mrs. A.K. Warner. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1919 Washburn Anna Belle 16 3/10/1919 3/11/1919 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Washburn of

South Newfield. Sister of Ethel and Mildred.

Burial Spencer Cemetery. See also 3/13/1919.

1919 Webb Caroline 72 3/4/1919 3/5/1919 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Webb James 94 10/30/1919 10/31/1919 Stroke of

Paralysis

Died following stroke. His father, Peter Webb,

was a slave brought to America by a family in

Caroline. James was born while father still had

not received his freedom. Burial Caroline Grove

Cemetery.. Story p. 2.

1919 Weber Rebecca 89 5/8/1919 5/9/1919 Widow of J. M. Weber. Died at Des Moines,

Iowa. Mother of former dean of Cornell Ag

College, Dr. H. J. Weber. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1919 Welch Harry Vincent 25 5/14/1919 (notice) 5/14/1919 Killed in an explosion on the U.S.S. Stockton.

Son of John J. Welch of Auburn. Brother of

Edward Welch of Ithaca. Burial at Auburn. See p.

7.

1919 Wells Stanley 36 12/6/1919 12/6/1919 Burial Lake View Cem.

1919 West Russell M. 68 11/15/1919 11/21/1919 Died at Dryden. Burial Green Hills Cem.

1919 Westervelt Minnie Hine 60 11/30/1919 12/1/1919 Died at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cem.

1919 Mrs. Westervelt Stephen F. 78 1/27/1919 1/28/1919 Stroke Died at home of her son, Abraham, at

Ludlowville. Burial Lake View Cemetery,

Interlaken.

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1919 Westervelt Thomas St. John 45 1/9/1919 1/9/1919 Pneumonia Died at Philadelphia. Former resident of Ithaca.

1896 Cornell graduate, mechanical engineering.

Nephew of H. A. St. John of Ithaca.

1919 Westfall George 93 3/29/1919 4/2/1919 Died at Caroline Center. Burial Berkshire.

1919 Wharton Frances 76 7/18/1919 7/21/1919 Died at Bronxville Sanitarium. Formerly of Ithaca.

Burial at Mt. Kisco, NY.

1919 Wheeler Calvin (Family) 8/31/1919 9/2/1919 Accident Killed when auto struck by a Lehigh Valley tain

near Romulus. See p. 5. In same car as Edward

Quinn family, also killed in the accident.

Residents of West Junius, near Waterloo.

1919 Wheeler Ellen 50 7/3/1919 7/5/1919 Had lived at Trumansburg. Wife of John Wheeler.

1919 Dr. Whitbeck John W. 74 7/16/1919 7/17/1919 Died at Interlaken. Burial Lake View Cemetery,

Interlaken.

1919 White Edgar M. 59 8/28/1919 8/29/1919 Auto Accident Killed near Buttermilk Falls bridge. Was an

undertaker and furniture dealer from Weedsport.

Story p. 3.

1919 White Nelson G. 72 10/23/1919 10/24/1919 Died at home at Allentown, PA. Formerly of

Ithaca; Civil War veteran. Burial Allentown.

1919 Whitman Grace 39 8/15/1919 8/18/1919 Died following surgery; was an invalid. Daughter

of Mr./Mrs. Frank Whitman.

1919 Whitney Harriet 59 3/5/1919 3/12/1919 Had lived at Interlaken where buried in Lake View

Cemetery. (p. 7, Interlaken News)

1919 Whittaker Richard 71 1/16/1919 1/17/1919 Had lived near Caroline Center. Burial Caroline

Center Cemetery.

1919 Wichelns Alma 1/15/1919 1/21/1919 Pneumonia Died at Brooklyn home. 1915 Cornell graduate,

prominent in women's activities and sports. Was

teaching at Rye, NY school.

1919 Wick Martha A. 86 12/20/1919 12/20/1919 Burial City Cem.

1919 Wickes Jane 85 10/2/1919 10/3/1919 Died at Interlaken. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1919 Wicks George M. 89 10/25/1919 10/27/1919 Had lived at Etna. Burial Etna Cemetery.

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1919 Mrs. Widmer R. A. 6/10/1919 (notice) 6/10/1919 Died at Brooklyn; formerly of Ithaca.

1919 Wilcox William H. 78 10/16/1919 10/17/1919 Died at Spencer. Burial Curtiss Cemetery. See

also: Danby News, p. 9 on 10/24/1919.

1919 Wilkin Josephine M. 71 10/1/1919 10/2/1919 Died at Jacksonville. Widow of David Wilkin.

Mother of Homer, Harry and Harvey. Burial Hayt's

Cemetery.

1919 Wilkin Sarah E. 80 12/18/1919 12/18/1919 Widow of Oliver C. Wilkin. Burial Hayt's Cem.

1919 Williams Barney 10/15/1919 (notice) 10/15/1919 Remains buried at McLean, where he was a

former resident. Died 20 years ago at Lanesboro,

MA.

1919 Mrs. Williams James 5/23/1919 5/29/1919 Died at Cayutaville. Burial Laurel Hill Cemetery.

(p.11, Enfield Falls News)

1919 Dr. Willis Augusta 80 7/14/1919 7/16/1919 Died at Jersey City. Former Augusta Foote of

Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery.

1919 Wilson Asa D. 82 8/1/1919 8/5/1919 Died at Podunk.

1919 Wilson Carl Edward infant 4/9/1919 (notice) 4/9/1919 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Noble Wilson. (p. 7,

Ludlowville News)

1919 Wilson Elizabeth A. 74 2/21/1919 2/21/1919 Pneumonia Born at Enfield; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel

H. Willets. Widow of Thomas Wilson.

1919 Wilson Jeff B. 65 3/15/1919 3/17/1919 Had lived at Dryden; was an invalid for many

years. Father of Paul and Ruth. Burial Willow

Glen Cemetery.

1919 Winters Nancy A. 66 2/4/1919 2/5/1919 Burial East Lawn Cemetery.

1919 Wire Harold 13 11/17/1919 (notice) 11/17/1919 Died at Mt. Kisco when he jumped from a truck

and was hit by another truck. Son of Mr. Artemus

M. Wire, formerly of Forest Home. See p. 5.

1919 Mrs. Wood Charles 66 12/16/1919 12/26/1919 Died at Azusa, CA. Formerly of Ludlowville. (p. 9,

Ludlowville News.)

1919 Wood Nellie 56 11/2/1919 11/3/1919 Mother of Isabelle; widow of Albert, of

Ludlowville. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery.

1919 Wooden Fred 54 9/16/1919 9/17/1919 Died at Podunk. Burial at MacDougall.

1919 Woodford Mary A. 69 12/28/1919 12/29/1919 Widow of Frank D. Woodford, Mother of John,

Fred, and Eloise. Burial Lake View Cem.

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1919 Woodson William L. 47 10/23/1919 10/23/1919 Stepson of Mrs. Jasper Woodson. Burial City

Cemetery.

1919 Woodword Thomas A. 2/24/1919 3/5/1919 Died at Monrovia, CA; had lived at Beatrice, NE.

Brother-in-law to Mrs. Catherine Smith of Ithaca.

1919 Mrs. Works A. C. 3/12/1919 3/20/1919 Mother of Mrs. A.B. Kennedy of Ithaca; died at

Lima, NY home.

1919 Wortman Flossie 28 5/24/1919 5/26/1919 Wife of Warren Wortman. Burial Grove

Cemetery.

1919 Wright Charles 12/6/1919 12/11/1919 Died near Perry City. Burial Jones Cem.

1919 Mrs. Wright Joseph 3/21/1919 (notice) 3/21/1919 Died at Union Springs; formerly of Ithaca. Sister

of Elmer Thompson. See p. 3, Personal Notices.

1919 Young Charles E. 65 1/20/1919 1/20/1919 Died at Cortland; formerly of Groton.

1919 Zietor Matilda 11/24/1919 11/28/1919 Pneumonia Died at Brooklyn. Former Ithaca resident.

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