Tompkins Co., NYGenWeb - Ithaca City Cemetery

Ithaca City Cemetery (A)
Located to the west (downhill) side of West Campus. It can easily be accessed from either Stewart or University Avenues. Built on a terraced slope between Stewart & University avenues. City of Ithaca, Tompkins County, NY. The cemetery now covers sixteen acres, including a potter's field, two Jewish burial grounds, a Civil War memorial, and a Fire Fighters' Memorial. Records are from: City Cemetery interment records copied from original records 7/2/2002 by Cathy Knauff; Dora Pope Worden's 1920's records; Headstone inscriptions taken by Cathy Knauff starting in the summer of 2002 headstone inscriptions taken by Barbara Gossett [BG transcription]. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z	Photo by Cathy Knauff (larger photo)
The first burial in Ithaca is in this cemetery: Rachel Allen, a young child of a family passing through Ithaca, became ill and died in 1790 or 1791, and was buried in the Village Cemetery on the hill (Ithaca City Cemetery). She is buried in an unmarked grave.
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Ithaca City Cemetery is a very large cemetery with many very old headstones. We will try to be as accurate as possible with the inscriptions when transcribing from the headstones and the interment records. Other updates are from Ithaca City Hall index cards from the cemetery Interment records, hand copied by Cathy Knauff and transcribed by her. Those records will have block/lot/map no. listed to the right. When other records were used that source will be also listed. We are sorry if a person is not listed with these records. If their burial was in the early 1800s, many of those burials, if not recorded earlier are not marked in the interment records, nor does any headstone remain with their inscription. It must also be noted that in the Western Section of the cemetery (oldest part) we did find a pile of broken headstones that had been thrown over the bank. It appears that many years ago no care was taken to preserve the history that lies in this cemetery. This cemetery also seems to be a play ground for someone that finds it fun to destroy or vandalize headstones and monuments. Some monuments have also been pushed over the gorge where they can not be retrieved.

	SURNAME	FIRST NAME	BIRTH/DEATH/AGE	BLOCK/LOT/MAP/Info.SOURCE
	Abbott	Alecia Jane	d. 1817 32y	H/89/19/City Hall
	Abbott	Alecia Jane, wife of John Abbott	b. Dec. 21, 1815; d. Dec. 4, 18??	Headstone
	Abbott	James B.	d. Aug., 30, 1937 age 72y 7m 24d	Potters Field/City Hall
	Abrams	Abe L.	d. July 30, 1947 age 46y 10m 9d	Temple Beth El/City Hall
	Abrams	Lawrence I.	d. Apr 2, 1943 age 19y 11m 28d	Temple Beth El/City Hall
	Abrams	Robert Lee	d. July 25, 1947 age 13y 8m 18d	Temple Beth El/City Hall
	Ackerman	David Samuel	d. July 3, 1950 age 9 days	Temple Beth El/City Hall
	Ackley	Caroline	d. 1883 age 61y	A/5-6/21/City Hall
	Ackley	Cornelia	d. 1896 age 67y	A/23/32/City Hall
	Ackley	Emily	d. Apr 28, 1838 age 6y	A/7/31/City Hall
	Ackley	Frances	d. 1900 age 37y	A/5-6/31/City Hall
	Ackley	Frances	b. July 28, 1827; d. July 23, ___	Headstone inscription
	Ackley	Henry	d. March 11, 1854 age 68y	A/5-6/31/City Hall/Headstone inscription
	Ackley	Henry D.	who left his home in Feb. 1849; died in Sacremento City California Nov. 26th 1849 aged 32 yrs.	(headstone)
	Ackley	Julia E.	d. 1846 age 25y	A/7/31/City Hall
	Ackley	Julia E. (see above)	d. June 10 or 16, 1846 age 25y	Headstone inscription
	Ackley	Julius	d. 1864 age 77y	A/23/32/City Hall
	Ackley	Julius M.	d. 1863 age 45y	A/23/32/City Hall
	Ackley	Lydia, wf of Henry Ackley	d. March 23, 1874 age 77y	A/5-6/21/City Hall/Headstone inscription
	Ackley	Mary	d. 1899 age 50y	A/23/32/City Hall
	Ackley	Mary Halsey	d. 1877 age 79y	A/23/32/City Hall
	Ackley	Susan	d. May 2, 1932 age 81y 6m 6d	A/23/32/City Hall
	Ackley	Susan Wells	d. 1879 age 58y	A/23/32/City Hall
	Adams,	Female infant	d. Dec. 13, 1950 age 1 hour	Inf lot/map 69/City Hall
	Alderich	Herrick	d. 1853 age 66y	Western sect map 93/City Hall
	Alexander	Elizabeth	d. March 20,1942 age 72y 3m 2d	Potters 59/City Hall
	Alber or Aller	Melinda	d. 1842, ae 21 years	"Wife of David Aller" or "Alber" [BG transcription]
	Alber or Aller	Sally	d. 22 Oct. 1850	[May be 20 or 60 years old] "Wife of David Aller" or "Alber" [BG transcription]
	Allen	Luther	d. 1821 age 42y (?) 6 m	Not on Interment Records/D.P. Worden's records
	Allen	Sally F., consort of Luther	d. Oct. 27, 1827 age 37y 8m	Not listed Interment Records/D.P. Worden's records
	Allen	Charles Fletcher	d. 1914 age 65y	A/73/35/City Hall
	Allen	Edith Squires	d. 27 Oct 1936 age 78y	A/73/35/City Hall
	Allen	Ethel	d. 4 June 1960 age 77y	Cornell/Millpaugh/City Hall
	Allen	Garphelia	b. 1852 d. 18 Oct 1935 age 82y 9m 17d	C/145/57/City Hall/Headstone inscription
	Allen	Henry W.,	d. 1888 age 8y	A/73/35/City Hall
	Allen	J. Wesley	d. 1901 age 47y	G/90/14/City Hall
	Allen	Margaret (w/o Walter W.)	b. 1862 d. 6 Aug 1931	K/114/57/City Hall/Headstone inscription
		George VanDroff	1842-1919	(w/Walter & Margaret Allen) Headstone inscription
	Allen	Mary	d. 13 Nov 1959 stillborn	K/inf/69/City Hall
	Allen	Mary Isabelle,d/o O. E. & M.	d.____ __, 1848 aged 3 yrs.	A/22/22/City Hall & inscription
	Allen	Mary Jane Sprague	d. 1869 48y	G/134/6/City Hall
	Allen	Charles L., s/o O. E. & M.	d. May 4, 1855 age 4y	A/22/22/City Hall & inscription
	Allen	Mary A., "Mother" w/o O. E. Allen	d. Nov. 17, 1859 aged 46 yrs., 8 mo.	From Headstone inscription
	Allen	Oliver E.	d. March 10, 1869 age 57 or 59 years	A/22/32/City Hall& headstone inscription
	Allen	Thomas N.	d. 1901 77y	A/101/37/City Hall/soldiers Civil War
	Allen	Walter W.	d. 16 Jan 1923 at Rochester age 40y	K/114/57/City Hall Headstone/inscription has 1883-1924
	Allen	Capaphelia	1882-1935	From headstone inscription
	Allen	William H.	d. March 30, 1891 age 58y	B/?/44/City Hall/Headstone inscription
	Allen	William H. s/o Wm H. Allen	d. 29 Jan 1916 age 48y	B/?/44/City Hall
	Allen	Rachel	d. 1790 or 1791	Unmarked grave
	Alpert	Abraham	d. 24 July 1920 age 46y	Jewish/89/City Hall
	Alpert	David s/o Abraham Alpert	d. 19 Feb 1921 age 1y 11m	Jewish/89/City Hall
	Alpert	Sarah	d. 7 Oct 1936 age 42y 3m 21d	Jewish/89/City Hall
Note: many of the Andrew/Andrus records are spelled Andrews on interment records, and Andrus on headstone.
	Andrews	Ichabod Jr	d. 1865 age 58y	D/6/90/City Hall
	Andrews	Anna Stone (see Andrus spelling)	d. 1909 age 73y	B/36-37/54/City Hall
	Andrews	Frederick K. (see below under Andrus, Frederick)	d. 1907 age 75y	B/36-37/54 (interment records)
	Andrews	William J?	d. 1890 age 54y	D/6/90/City Hall
	Andrews	William I.	b. Apr. 14, 1836; d. May 1, 1890	D/6/90/City Hall
	Andrews	William M., s/o _____& Margaret Andrews	d. Aug. 1, 1836 age 4y	Western sect/City Hall/headstone inscription
	Andrews	Catherine	d. 1872 72y	B/36-37/54/City Hall
	Andrews	Elnathan	(Erected by widow, Sarah Miller, 1845) d. Nov. 23, 1815 ae 44 yr	(From headstone inscriptions)
	Andrews	Fanny B.	d. 1894 age 27y	B/36-37/54/City Hall
	Andrews	Florence S.	d. 16 March 1937 age 71y 5m 20d	B/36-37/54/City Hall
	Andrews	Katherine C.	d. 15 Oct 1939 age 83y 6m 5d	B/36-37/54/City Hall
	Andrews	Margaret Bailey	d. 1888 age 77y	D/6/90/City Hall
	Andrews	Margaret Bailey, wife of I. Andrews, Jr.	b. Aug. 27, 1811; d. Jan. 11, 1888	Headstone Inscription
	Andrews	Mary	d. 5 Feb 1938 age 79y 9m 3d	B/36-37/54/City Hall
	Andrews	Mary G. Tillotson	d. 1894 age 63y	B/36-37/54/City Hall
	Andrews	Ichabod	b. 1773, d. 1807	Headstone Inscription
	Andrews	Sarah Dudley	b. 1887, d. 1859	Headstone Inscription
	Andrews	Sarah Dudley	d. 1859 age 17y	D/6/90/City Hall
	Andrews	George D., son of Ichabod and Margaret Andrews	b. April 2, 1831, d. May 16, 1888	Headstone Inscription
	Andrus	George B.	d. 1888 age 57y	D/6/90/City Hall
	Andrus	William	husband of Anna Stone Andrus d. 18 Dec 1917 age 82y	36-37/54/City Hall (see above)
	Andrus	William	b. May 11, 1837 d. Dec. 18, 1917	Headstone inscription
	Andrus	Anna Stone wf. of William Andrus	b. Jan. 26, 1836 d. Mar. 28, 1909	Headstone inscription (see above Andrews)
	Andrus	Florence S.	b. Sept. 25, 1865 d. Mar. 15, 1937	Headstone inscription
	Andrus	Fanny B.	b. Mar. 31, 1867 d. Mar. 28, 1894	Headstone inscription
	Andrus	William W., s/o Ichobod & Margaret	d. Aug. 1, 1836 4 yr	Headstone inscriptions
	Andrus	Frederick	b. Jan. 4, 1832 d. April 23, 1907	Headstone Inscription (See above Andrews)
	Andrus	Mary G. Tillotson (on stone with Frederick)	b. Dec. 24, 1831; June 10, d. 1894	Headstone inscription (see above Andrews)
	Andrus	Frederick	b. Mar. 30th? 1862 d. Aug. 12, 1922	Headstone inscription
	Andrus	Mary T. (on stone with Frederick)	b. May __, 1868? d. Feb. 5, 1938	Headstone Inscription
	Andrus	Katherine C. (on headstone w/ Frederick & Mary T.)	b.Apr. 10, 1856 d. Oct. 15, 1939	Headstone inscription
	Andrus	William	d. Dec. 20, 1869 aged 69 yrs.	Headstone inscription
	Andrus	Catherine	d. July 31, 1872 aged 72 yrs.	B/36-37/54/City Hall/Headstone inscription
	Angell	Hellen Dana	d. 15 Feb 1947 age 85y 2m 14d	Amasa B Dana B/106/36/City Hall
	Angell	Henry H	d. 23 July 1943 age 83y 8m 15d	B/106/36/City Hall
	Angle	Julia Euretta, d/o W.& S.P.L. Angle	d. Jan. 5, 1857 age 6 yrs.	C/177/67/City Hall/Headstone Inscription
	Angle	Harriet Louise, d/o W.& S.P.L. Angle	d. Aug. 6, 1868 age 15y	C/177/67/City Hall/Headstone Inscription
	Angle	Semantha P. L. wife of W. Angle	d. Feb. 20, 1866 age 36y	C/177/67/City Hall/Headstone Inscription
	Angle	William	d. March 16, 1860 age 36y	C/177/67/City Hall/Headstone Inscription
	Angus	Charles	d. Aug. 22, 1843/or 1845 In the 36 year of his age	(From Headstone inscription)
	Angus	Ellen C. w/o George Angus	d. Sept 1916 ?	G/23/2/City Hall
	Angus	George	d. 8 April 1918 age 75y	D/69 Soldiers/City Hall
	Anson	Bertie	? ?	G/191/28/City Hall
	Anson	Emma	? ?	G/191/28/City Hall
	Anson	Frankie	? ?	G/191/28/City Hall
	Anson	John W.	d. 1872 age 36y	9/191/28/City Hall
	Apgar	Charles H.	d. 1857 age 6y	D/33/88/City Hall
	Apgar	Lavina	d. 1878 age 62y	D/33/88/City Hall
	Apgar	Edgar Kelsey	d. 1885 age 43y	Same as below/City Hall
	Apgar	Edgar Kelsey	b. 1842 d. 1885	Western sect 105/City Hall
	Apgar	George Wm	Aug. 2, 1836 - June 26, 1898 ae 62y	D/33/88/City Hall/Headstone Inscription
	Apgar	Alethea T., w/o George W. Apgar & d/o Jot? Selkreg	b. Mar. 31, 1845 d. 10 Oct 1923	B/?/53/City Hall/Headstone Inscription
	Apgar	Peter	d. 1879 age 68y	D/33/88/City Hall
	Apgar	Clara Selkreg Apgar Chandler	Dec. 31, 1884? - Aug. 26, 1956/1959	Headstone Inscription (on headstone with George W. & Alethea Apgar)
	Armitage	Armina	d. 1831 age 25y	A/35/23/City Hall
	Armitage	Benjamin B.	d. 1831 age 29	A/35/23/City Hall
	Armitage	Mrs. Erminia w/o Dr. B. B. Armitage	d. Mar. 4, 1831 age 25y 2m 28d	A/35/23/City Hall/Headstone inscription
	Armitage	Dr. Benjamin	d. Aug. 4, 1831, 29y 2m 24d	A/35/23/City Hall/Headstone inscription
	Arnold	John	d. 1 March 1924 age 35y	Potters Field/City Hall
	Ashdown	Ada Belle d/o Richard & Mary Ann	d. 1860 age 7y	D/63/78/City Hall
	Ashdown	Elinora? d/o Rich.& Mary A. Ashdown	d. 1860 age 2y	D/63/78/City Hall
	Ashdown	Mary Ann Popplewell w/o Richard Ashdown	d. 1900 age 70y	D/63/78/City Hall
	Ashdown	Mary N.	d. 1846 age 12y	C/15/63/City Hall /(See below (Mary N.)
	Ashdown	Mary N., d/o William & Sarah N.	d. Mar. 20, 1846 age 12y 5m 14d	headstone inscriptions) See above
	Ashdown	Richard	d. 1908 age 83y	D/63/77/City Hall
	Ashdown	Victoria d/o Rich & Mary A.	d. 1860 age 2y	D/63/78/City Hall
	Ashdown	William	d. Sept. 10, 1862 age 88y 5m 17d	C/15/73/City Hall/Headstone Inscription
	Ashdown	William	d. Feb. 15, 1876 age 70y ?m 20 dys	C/15/73/City Hall/Headstone Inscription
	Ashdown	Sara d., wife of William	b. 1810 d. 1893 age 83y	C/15/63/City Hall/Headstone Inscription
	Ashdown	Sophia A.	d. Jan. 24, 1865 age 70y 7mo. 5dys	C/15/63/City Hall/Headstone Inscription
	Ashley	Juliet	d. 23 Nov 1953 cremation, Mather Princeton NJ age 61y	J/30/52 Holmes/Stamp/City Hall
	Ashlin	Ann Jane	d. 1915 age 54y	D/90/85/City Hall
	Ashlin	Thomas	d. 16 Dec 1922 age 71y	D/?/85/City Hall
	Ashlin	Thomas Wm	d. 1894 age 7y	D/90/85/City Hall
	Ashlin	William	? ? "Taken from Marker no inf"	D/?/85/City Hall
	Atkinson	Elsie C.	d. 25 Oct 1947 age 56y 10m 11d	K/205/40/City Hall/Lot of Irving P Church
	Atwater	Benjamin Avery	d. 1883 age 63y	A/55/34/City Hall
	Atwater	Franklin	d. 1861 age ?	A/53/34/City Hall
	Atwater	Leonard	d. 1889 age 81y	A/53/34/City Hall
	Atwater	Adelbert	d. 1854 age 5y	A/55/34/City Hall
	Atwater	Agnes C.	d. 7 March 1933 age 90y 5m 9d	A/55/34/City Hall
	Atwater	Ann M. Price	d. Dec. 9, 1862, age 43 years; wife of Lewis Atwater	Headstone
	Atwater	Ann Maria	d. 1879 age 69y	/City Hall
	Atwater	Anna	? ?	No info/City Hall
	Atwater	Benjamin A.	d. 1851 age 5y	A/55/34/City Hall
	Atwater	Bertha	d. 1860, infant	A/55/34/City Hall
	Atwater	Charles H.	d. 1866 age 15y	A/55/34/City Hall
	Atwater	Ernestine	d. 1884 age 3y	H/103/9/City Hall
	Atwater	Frederick Beers	d. 4 Oct 1936 age 82y 5m 3d	G/59/15/City Hall
	Atwater	Harold	d. 1879 age 4mos	H/103/9/City Hall
	Atwater	Harriet, d/o James & Thankful	d. 1831 age 21y	Western Sect/City Hall
	Atwater	Miss Harriet, d/o James & Thankfull	d. Apr. 29, 1831 age 21y 2m 29d	(From Headstone inscription)
	Atwater	Horace	d. 1886 age 40y	H/103/9/City Hall
	Atwater	Thankful	d. 1870 age 86y	G/149/26/City Hall
	Atwater	James	d. 1866 age 80y	G/149/26/City Hall
	Atwater	Joachine?	d. March 29, 1920 age 65y	A//City Hall
	Atwater	Julia	d. 1861 age 2mos	G/59/13/City Hall
	Atwater	Lucy A.	d. 1854 age 8y	A/53/34/City Hall
	Atwater	Mary	No info
	Atwater	Minnie C. d/o Leonard	d. Feb 13, 1922 age 67y (Minnie died at Springfield, Mass)	A/53/34/City Hall
	Atwater	Fred	1854 - 1936	Headstone Inscription
	Atwater	Nellie	d. June 14, 1948 age 81y 4m 23d	G/59/13/Stephen Atwater
	Atwater	Olive H. Martin	d. 1869, ?	A/53/34/City Hall
	Atwater	Sarah A.	d. 1897 age 79y	A/55/34/City Hall
	Atwater	Stephen D.	d. 1889 age 66y	G/59/13/City Hall
	Atwater	Julia A. Beers, his wife	b. Apr. 10, 1826; d. Mar. 7, 1910	Headstone Inscription
	Atwater	Wm James s/o Leonard	d. Nov. 15, 1923 age 73y	A/53/34
	Atwater	Wm V.	d. 1876 age 62y	G/149/26/City Hall
	Atwood	Amy Ann Brownell w/o Wm Richmond Atwood	d. 1883 age 72y	C/23,16/74/City Hall
	Atwood	Laura E.	d. Dec 14, 1954 age 92y 3m 5d	C/201/82 lot of Edwin F./City Hall
	Atwood	Edwin S.	d. 1907 age 89y	C/201/82/City Hall
	Atwood	Herman M. s/o Edwin S.	d. Jan 11, 1920 age 74y	C/?/82/City Hall
	Atwood	Laura R.	d. 1897 age 73y	C/201/82 lot of Edwin F./City Hall
	Atwood	Thomas Sylvester	d. ? age 72y	VC/23,16/74/City Hall
	Atwood	Wilmar T. s/o Edwin & Laura Atwood	d. July 13, 1878 age 25y 11 mo.	C/201/82/City Hall
	Atwood	Wm Richmond	d. 1878 age 74y	C/23,16/74/City Hall
	Atwood	Jane, wife of Origen Atwood	d. Nov. 30, 1830 ae 31 y	Headstone
	Atwood	Amelia Melissa d/o Origin & Roxanna	d. Aug. 23, 1820 age 2y	Western sect Map 99/City Hall
	Atwood	Roxanna w/o Origin	d. 1826 age 30y	Western sect/City Hall
	Auble	Floyd	d. May22, 1939 age 58y	Potters/City Hall
	Auchmoody	Ida only d/o George & Lydia R.	d. Oct. 4, 1859 age 1y 15dys.	G/11/City Hall
	Auchmoody	?	Remains uncovered & name plate found	G/?/11/City Hall
	Augus	Charles	d. Aug. 22, 1845 In his 36y of his age.
	Austin	Clarissa d/o Sylvester & Sarah	d. May 30, 1852 age 17y 8m	C/35/74/City Hall
	Austin	Emma A.	d. 1895 age 48y	??/105/City Hall
	Austin	Maud H.	d. Dec 15, 1952 71y 1m 4d	A//208/28 lot of Harry Carr/City Hall
	Ayers	George H s/o David & Ann	d. 1818 age 1y	Western sec/City Hall

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