Tompkins Co., NYGenWeb - Ithaca City Cemetery

Ithaca City Cemetery (F)
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. 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
Faxon	Maria Day, wife of Samuel H.		Headstone inscription
Ferris	Joshua		Headstone inscription
Ferris	Eliza P., his wife		Headstone inscription
Finch	Charles	(no dates)	Headstone inscription
Finch	Dudley F.	Jan. 17, 1838-Mar. 17, 1923	Headstone inscription
Finch	Edgar M.	Jan. 18, 1836-Dec. 4, 1904	Headstone inscription
Finch	Francis E.	Born Marquette, Mich. 1889; Died Sappington, Mo., 1948	Headstone inscription
Finch	Louise Beers	Born Ithaca May ??, 1847; Died Ithaca Dec. 19, 1927	Headstone inscription
Finch	Miles	d. Aug. 17, 1873, aged 82 years and 1 month	Headstone inscription
Finch	Tryphena, wife of Miles Finch	d. Sept. 2, 1865, aged 65 years, 10 months and 20 days	Headstone inscription
Finch	Polly	1796-1859	Headstone inscription
Finch	Helen M. Wilcox, wife of Dudley F.	Jan. 14, 1845-Aug. 1, 1882	Headstone inscription
Finch	William	(no dates)	Headstone inscription
Finch	Wm. Floyd	Dec. 8, 1832-July 6, 1915	Headstone inscription
Follett	J. Kittredge	1839-1926	Headstone inscription
Follett	Elizabeth V. Drake, his wife	1838-1926	Headstone inscription
Follett	Julia Emily, their daughter	1862-1936	Headstone inscription
Foote	Almeron	Pvt. 109 N.Y. Inf.; Nov. 21, 1914	Headstone inscription
Fosbinder	Frank	Nov. 11, 1848-Sept. 3, 1889	Headstone inscription
Fosbinder	Harriet	1835-1852	Headstone inscription
Fosbinder	Ralph	1829-1857	Headstone inscription
Fosbinder	John	1786-1852	Headstone inscription
Fosbinder	Catura	1792-1847 (Rumsey at bottom of headstone)	Headstone inscription
Fosbinder	John H.	Aged 5 years	Headstone inscription
Fosbinder	William	Oct. 19?, 1821-Feb. 5, 1889	Headstone inscription
Fosbinder	Claranda, his wife	June 12, 1819-Feb. 15, 1878	Headstone inscription
Fowler	Mary L.	1840-1922	Headstone inscription
Francis	Benjamin D.	1824-1884	Headstone inscription
Francis	Sarah, his wife	1839-1920	Headstone inscription
Francis	Franklin V.	1869-1904	Headstone inscription
Francis	Carrie B. Cummings, his wife	1873-1931	Headstone inscription
Francis	Sarah L., their daughter	1898-1918	Headstone inscription
Francis	Harry	1881-1890	Headstone inscription
Fraser	Elias	Apr. 9, 1786-Sept. 22, 1853	Headstone inscription
Fraser	Jemima, wife of E. Fraser	Aug. 31, 1791-Oct. 28, 1880 "Mother"	Headstone inscription
Frear	William	Aug. 15?, 1836-Feb. 3, 1915	Headstone inscription
Frear	Ann A. Hopkins, his wife	Apr. 10, 1838-June 5, 1906	Headstone inscription
Frear	Baltus, son of William and Ann A. Frear	d. Apr. 24, 1885, aged 18 years and 2 months	Headstone inscription
Frear	Wilbur, son of William and Ann A. Frear	June 3, 18??, aged 6 weeks	Headstone inscription
Freer	Helen M.	1850-1919	Headstone inscription
French	Square A.	d. Apr. 27, 1840, aged 27 years	Headstone inscription
Fuller	Harris		Headstone inscription

Veterans are marked with a flag when found

Websites with City Cemetery Connections:

Fire Fighters' Memorial (off site)

Many, many thanks to Cathy Knauff for walking this cemetery, taking photos and transcribing the records from City Hall and other sources.

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