This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4RB.2ACE/3242.1 Message Board Post: I just OCR'd this and need to check it for errors bill http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures120/lickbrook.htm *THE SCENERY OF ITHACA* and the Head Waters of the Cayuga Lake as Portrayed by Different Writers, and Edited By THE PUBLISHER ITHACA, N.Y.: SPENCE SPENCER 1866 LICK BROOK. Where is Lick Brook? How do you go to Lick Brook? Who discovered Lick Brook? These were the questions that were frequently asked in the summer of the Year of Grace, 1864. It came out conversationally, that a few people had been there, in the early summer of that year. Upon being questioned,— It was a "Wonderful place." "It was Beautiful." It was a "Fearful place." “You must go there." "Don’t think of going." "You never can get there." "Do go by all means." These, and similar, were the answers. They were very indefinite, but very well calculated to heighten the questioner’s curiosity. A party started one warm summer morning, to go to Lick Brook. They were provided with baskets and a LICK BROOK. 81 bottle, and it being ascertained also, that one of the party carried a pistol, it was declared safe to proceed. They started on the road, known in the vernacular as, "the way to Buttermilk Falls." Do you know the way? No! You have been there? No!! Has any one of us been there? No!!! Following the highway, up the valley, for perhaps three quarters of an hour, and meeting with no greater danger than a passing rail road train, (ladies are never alarmed at sight of a train of cars; oh no!) they were suddenly and with great presence of mind, stopped in the vicinity of a farm house, and one of the number dispatched to scour the country, and collect information. The result was, to open the nearest and most convenient gate, and turn into a lane. It does not seem to be the custom of the country to ask permission of a man to drive into his fields and lanes; but if the astonished pro- prietor makes his appearance, to shout, "Is this the way to Lick Brook ?" and apply the whip. They went on. The stream ran over the road, and the road ran through the stream. They clasped their hands, looked despair- ingly in one another’s faces, and safely forded; found themselves in a marsh, in a thicket, and then in the stream. They flanked a tree, and went ingloriously around a stump, and over a log, and crossed the stream several times more, and being now accustomed to danger, never discovered that the horses were running away. One was speculating on the chances of petroleum, the indications being an oily, green substance on the little pools of water; and another, on the probable value of the crops raised, and the fine opportunity for investing in real estate, and water privileges. The horses were sensible animals, how- ever, and finally yielded to a judicious amount of bit, and brake, and rather forcible persuasion. The road, what 82 Scenery of ITHACA. there was of it, now giving signs of discontinuing, they hailed a Iandsman, an "original settler" probably, for he was felling a tree, were advised to stop soon and try a different kind of locomotion. The horses were therefore tied up, and the baskets and valuables left to their keep- ing, a sarcastic individual quoting an Arab proverb. “They are safe; give yourself no uneasiness, O Effendi; there is not a Christian in the country." They next climbed a fence. There are things more easy of accomplishment than to get a large party over a fence, and while they were engaged in falling over it, getting caught in it, anathemizing it, one of the party, (who carried a fishing pole and a private bottle), was accidentally lost. All efforts to find him were vain, and the party were reluctantly compelled to go on without him. They were now breast high in a this- tie patch. There is a law in the statute book against thistles. There was, and may be now, a law in Connec- ticut, that "a man should not kiss his wife on ye Sabbath day." It is very easy to make laws, but how about enforcing them? Struggling through the thistles, taking care to keep within hailing of each other (otherwise there might have been more lost), they came upon the rocky bed of a small stream, and went stumbling on, over large stones and small atones, and going around stones, and, in fact, it was all stones. And here a great diversity of opinion arose, was this small stream the Brook? or should they follow the larger stream? They followed the smaller, now shut in by high banks, and with the mental certainty on the part of at least one that they were all wrong, were going wrong, and must be wrong, they turned a projecting cliff, and lo! “The First Fall of Lick Brook.” The larger stream was after- LICK BROOK.. 83 ward, by consulting “the oldest inhabitant,” found to be “the Inlet” — the Inlet of Cayuga Lake. Exclamations of surprise and rapture followed. “Beau- tiful,” “Lovely,” “Is this Lick Brook?” “How glad I am I came,” “What a nice place for dinner.” And it was lovely, a circular basin shut in by wall of rock, a little water falling in cool spray over green and mossy rocks straight down to the bed of the stream below. The most venturesome knew at a glance they could go no further. The “Fall” was unscalable, insurmount- able, and they all sat down on the broad, cool, rocky floor, to wonder and admire. When the stream is high (as afterward seen), and pours over a flood of spray, falling like a veil, it would seem that the nymph of the stream was sporting in bridal robes. “Another Fall ?" “The Upper Fall ?" "How can you get there ?" And wondering glances at the the walls of rock attested the consternation of the party. Rested and refreshed (and regaled with fragrant birch, by one of the junior members, who had not as yet left his youth far back), they retraced their footsteps, and stood at the foot of a mighty Hill. A Hill? surely a mis- take. Not long since a little girl of twelve summers, in coming from the opposite direction, exclaimed, “Auntie, must we go over that mountain before we get to Ithaca?” And this was the mountain. Formidable it looked; but with brave hearts, and resolute looks, and long drawn breaths, they essayed to climb. The strongest and most determined went ahead, and with the exhortation to “keep in file,” and “make a path as you go,” they went “onward and upward.” Short skirts and no encum- brances, and soon the bushes were loaded with cloaks, capes, mantles, and parasols and all the extras. It was hard work; but a hand occasionally held out from 84 SCENERY OF ITHACA. before, and an energetic push from behind, encouraged the lingering and laggard. One after another they dropped down to rest in an open space near the bank, and to take note of each other’s haps and mishaps. Breath taken, and a chance to look about, and down, right down below was the Fall they had left. Upward and onward, an occasional pause for breath, a little time to rest, to grumble, to remark on the weari- ness of pleasure seeking, to wish impossibilities. The invalid gave signs of despair, could go no further; but encouraged and persuaded, perhaps threatened also (for there was one who carried arms), still struggled on, and the top of the mountain was gained. Here one gave out entirely, and becoming deaf to en- treaties and remonstrances, the ties of friendship and family affection, was reluctantly abandoned to his fate. The invalid still kept on. “0! you leader of forlorn hope, what do you deserve for having inveigled me into this?” Downward now, down to the bed of the stream. It is easier to go down than up. You have only to shut your eyes and fall as far as possible, it will not be very far, for the low branches of the trees shut in on every side and arrest your progress. The invalid groaned; but looking down saw that one enterprising individual had already gained the desired haven, and was bathing his brow in the the cool water. The effect was electric. Water treatment was that invalld’s hobby, and she paused not again, until she was herself under treatment. In the bed of the stream again. Shut in by walls of solid rock on one side, and on the other by a steep wooded bank; woe to one who should attempt to climb it. The cool water murmured with a pleasant sound, and over- head was a glimpse of the blue sky, and the pleasant outer day. LICK Brook. 85 Following up the ravine, very pleasant and easy, and stooping under the trunk of a gigantic tree, that extended from bank to bank, at the right is a deep chasm,tunnelled out by winter frosts and melting snow, and summer showers dripping through the “jointed structure of the rock.” Still onward, forgetting fatigue and all the other ills of life in wondrous admiration, and suddenly - " the Great Fall.” Words are powerless. One by one they sink down on the firm rock floor, to gaze and wonder at the “Beautiful Fall,” “Beautiful Fall.” “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” Falling straight down from the upper air, and the sunlight and the world above, broken only by the slight projection of a strata of harder rock near the base, the bright mountain stream comes down, down, broken into white mist and spray, robes for a hundred water-nymphs. “Noon glows on the Lake, Noon glows on the fell, Awake thee, awake, ‘White Maid of Avenel.” How high? Ah! none can climb that steep, straight cliff. Rock bound and enchanted, — was that the shadow of Medusa’s head? Taghkanic Fall is 215 feet high, said one. 215 feet, how high is this? If Taghkanic Fall is 215 feet, emphati- cally remarked the man who carried the pistol, this is, this is 250 Proven to a demonstration, carried by acclamation. The act to take effect immediately. Our geologist was not there, or we should have known the kind of rock, how old, how far back in the “Painozoic Age,” how much older than the coal, and how much younger than the trilobites were its fossils. That is, if a 86 SCENERY of Ithaca geologist ever gives a direct answer to a direct question. The State geology says it belongs to the “Chemung Group.” Very definite that; and the State geology is unquestionable authority, and also says that it abounds in “Felicities.” This party, at least, had no reason to dis- belleve it. The invalid recovered, and rejoiced again in health and good spirits. Is it possible that this stream flows from that fountain, to find which Ponce de Leon and his grand cavailers sacrificed their lives? The friend left on the mountain was remembered and regretted, but one recalling that he loved Shakspeare well, and knew by heart every “soliloquy,” trusted that in that old friend he would find good company. Slowly, and with long, lingering glances, they bade good-bye to the “Beautiful Fall,” went down the glen, drank from the deep pool, and climbed again to upper air. They found their friend, not yet fossilized, gathered up the scattered garments thrown by in the toilsome ascent, and, with the exception of a serious misfortune that befel one of the number (Mem., never wear paper collars to Lick Brook), reached in safety and excellent spirits the foot of the mountain. They were here rejoined by the “lost one,” in a state of great indignation. He had not found trout, nor a pretty girl, nor “any peaches,” nor any other good thing; had been talked back to by a saucy boy, and was excessively indignant at having been deserted. Luncheon. Ah, how good it was. The chickens and the ripe tomatoes, and the bottle, and the pears, and all the other good things, and — away. Beautiful waterfalls, beautiful day, kind friends and true, they will be a pleasant memory forever. It has been ascertained that- when the present elderly LICK BROOK. 87 people of the burg of Ithaca were young, they were in the habit of visiting Lick Brook, but not bringing up their children to follow in the footsteps of their fathers (that is not the custom now), it was forgotten. Having been recently rediscovered, they have recalled their lost youth, its pleasures and pic-nics, and also the memory of Lick Brook.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NORTHRUP Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4RB.2ACE/3238.3.1.1 Message Board Post: Kem, there is a death record for an Alden J. Northrup, b. Sept. 3, 1907, d. May 8, 1974, in Polk Co., FL. Don't know if this is the same guy whose last residence was Bliss, NY, but thought I'd pass it on in case you want to research it further. (I got this info. from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998" found at Ancestry.com.)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Simmons Drew Nelson Thomas Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4RB.2ACE/3204.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Thomas family member its nice to make your acquaintance. I am sorry I dont know much about Tompkins NY records etc. I have found no marriages that have interested me on ancestrys data sets of NY. I have managed to verify all of this line back to Michael Thomas via vital records .You are the first person Ive come across looking into these folks and I would welcome any additianal information you have to offer and of course will site you as contributer. I will happily share what I have with you if that is of interest to you. We live in Niles Berrien county Michigan which is near Chicago Illinois. Do you live there in NY.? Name Polly Ann Young Date of death: 17-Feb-1871 Ledger Page: 136 Record Number: 27 Place of death: Hart County of Death: Oceana Sex: Female Race: White Marital Status: Married Age: 36 years Cause of Death: Fever Birthplace: New York Occupation: None Father's Name: Thomas, Michael Father's Residence: New York Mother's Name: Unknown, Mother's Residence: Date of record: 27-May-1872 Polly wed first Phineas Simmons (CANT FIND MARRIAGE RECORD BUT THE LINE IS VERIFIED VERIFIED BY DAUGHTER ELLAS DEATH CERT.)(later Polly wed Philip Young) Phineas died of disease in the war of the states child of interest Ella R simmons the spouse of John George Drew she passed away in Wisconsin child of interest Myrtle Drew wife of John Nelson (coi) Magnes Anna Nelson and Magnes is my wifes great great .grandmother. more Name: Phineas A Simmons , Enlistment Date: 07 August 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: New York Unit Numbers: 1303 1303 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 07 August 1862 at the age of 34 Enlisted in Company A, 1st Dragoons Regiment New York </cgi-bin/sse.dll?&ti=0&db=hdsregiment&f0=1303&f11=Union> on 07 August 1862. Died of disease Company A, 1st Dragoons Regiment New York DIED =Union> on 29 October 1862 in Suffolk, VA Name: Phineas A. Simmons Company: A Unit: 19 N. Y. Cavalry. Rank - Induction: Private Rank - Discharge: Private Allegiance: Union Name: Phineas A. Simmons Widow: Polly A. Simmons Comments: P. A. Young, Gdn. CIVIL WAR PENSION INDEX 1861 -1934 Name: Polly A Simons Age in 1860: 27 Birth Year: abt 1833 Birthplace: New York Home in 1860: Perry, Wyoming, New York Gender: Female Post Office: Perry Center Name: Ella Simmon Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855 Age in 1870: 15 Birthplace: New York Home in 1870: Hart, Oceana, Michigan Family and neighbors: Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: Hart

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4RB.2ACE/3204.1 Message Board Post: Michael Thomas 2nd born 1800 NJ was my 2nd great grandfather. He married Sally GOODWIN but don't know when or where. Sally born 1801 in NY State so doubtless the marriage took place somewhere in NY. I have not been able to learn of her parents. I have 12 of their 13 children (all born NY) but this is the first I have heard of Polly's husband. I have Michael's 1st child born 1823 but since I am missing one this may not be the first. Michael was still alive in 1880 living with one of his daughters in Caroline. Sally is in the 1870 census but not in 1880.How are you connected? I may have much to share with you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burdge, Burge Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4RB.2ACE/3241 Message Board Post: Can anyone tell me more about these places? - especially, the identity of the Burdge for whom they are named after? I have not run across any Burdge family in Tompkins, except a possible Wm. Burge listed in 1830 & 1840 census.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4RB.2ACE/46.125.247.831 Message Board Post: I am descended from a Sally Ann Rolph (her maiden name). she lived in Steuban County. Her father was Ephraim Rolph. Unfortunately I have no other information on her ancestry. She married twice, to Abram Jimerson (with three children) and later Robert Wilson. I am descended from her first child.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4RB.2ACE/46.125.247.827.1 Message Board Post: I too am searching for a Rolph in upstate NY. I am descended from a Sally Ann Rolph (1825-1865). She married twice, to Abram Jimerson and to Robert Wilson. She lived in Steuban County. Her father was Ephraim Rolfe, but I know little else. My Great Aunt talked of a Rolph farm in Steuban. I know there were Rolphs in Tompkins in the early 1800s, but know little else. Any information shared is appreciated

Joyce have you seen the website put together by volunteers? The link won't post here, so if you want it email. mary

Unfortunately, the lady about whom I'd like to get information died earlier in 1865 than the census was taken. My family is being just as frustrating in history as they are in real life!! I found a note last night after I emailed you that indicates Edward was born in PA. I do not have the source, however. >>> "Marsha E. Smith" <msmith11511@charter.net> 10/25/2006 4:46 PM >>> They are unavailable. I have looked at the records at the county clerks office and they go from 1835 to 1865. 1865 for Ulysses is wonderful... Marsha -----Original Message----- From: nytompki-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nytompki-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of CHARLES MCCORMICK Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:30 AM To: nytompki@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYTOMPKI] NYS census for Tompkins County I have been told that no one in NYS has copies of the 1845 and 1855 NYS census for Tompkins County. They are supposedly lost. Does anyone know anything different than this? >>> <bill.hart@mscsoftware.com> 10/24/2006 1:21 PM >>> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hart, Northrup Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4RB.2ACE/3238.3 Message Board Post: Kem, I found a Jesse R. Northrup in the 1910 Census that fits. He's enumerated at the 3rd Reserve Hospital in Manila, Philippine Islands on a Census taken 28 June 1900. Given this is a military schedule, it gives some interesting information. He is a Private, Co. C, 42 infantry. It listed his residence as McLean, NY and his birth month and year as October 1877. Jesse appears to be a Spanish-American War veteran. Bill ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYTOMPKI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYTOMPKI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYTOMPKI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

They are unavailable. I have looked at the records at the county clerks office and they go from 1835 to 1865. 1865 for Ulysses is wonderful... Marsha -----Original Message----- From: nytompki-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nytompki-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of CHARLES MCCORMICK Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:30 AM To: nytompki@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYTOMPKI] NYS census for Tompkins County I have been told that no one in NYS has copies of the 1845 and 1855 NYS census for Tompkins County. They are supposedly lost. Does anyone know anything different than this? >>> <bill.hart@mscsoftware.com> 10/24/2006 1:21 PM >>> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hart, Northrup Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4RB.2ACE/3238.3 Message Board Post: Kem, I found a Jesse R. Northrup in the 1910 Census that fits. He's enumerated at the 3rd Reserve Hospital in Manila, Philippine Islands on a Census taken 28 June 1900. Given this is a military schedule, it gives some interesting information. He is a Private, Co. C, 42 infantry. It listed his residence as McLean, NY and his birth month and year as October 1877. Jesse appears to be a Spanish-American War veteran. Bill ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYTOMPKI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYTOMPKI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4RB.2ACE/2310.4.1 Message Board Post: http://www.higginsonbooks.com/ Barbara: I recently purchased Phyllis' book: LaBar Patchworks from Higginson Books. See above web site. I too am a descendent of George LaBar and my line is Henry, Henry, Simeon, and Sarah (Sally) whose daughter Fidelia S LaBar who married Hiram Sironnes Bailey (need a lot of information on Hiram) to Wilbur C. Bailey to Walter R. Bailey (my grandfather). Lisa

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4RB.2ACE/3238.3.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Bill! My search for information about this family has started to reveal some interesting facts. Thanks to the help such as yours and Renee's, I've been able to obtain quite a bit of information about Jesse. These leads have also produced some information about Ellen, at least up to the age of about 11 (1920 census records) when she was living in Johnson City, Broome County, NY as a boarder. Patience and alot of time has also provided some leads to Alden Northrup (her older brother). I believe he was living at the "Hasting-on-the-Hudson" orphanage in Westchester County, NY at the age of 12, as I found his name listed on the 1920 census records for that place. I found additional records from the SSDI which indicated he died in May 1974 and his last residence was listed as Bliss, Wyoming County, NY. Now I proceed in locating Ellen later in her life - did she marry and if so, to whom. Did she or Alden have any children?? The biggest and most frustrating part of the family puzzle is trying to locate the names and information about Maude and Jesse's two other children born to them before her death.

Kem, I looked in Ancestry's OneWorldTree for Adelia Luther and found this match: Adelia Luther, no additional information on her married, William Adelbert Northrop, born 25 February 1851 in Dryden, Tompkins, NY no marriage date listed one son, Jessie Bill nytompki-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >Message: 3 >Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:44:22 EDT >From: Ptownpest@aol.com >Subject: Re: [NYTOMPKI] Jesse R. and Maude A. (HART) NORTHRUP from > Groton, Tompkins Co... > >If you were within arms reach right this minute, you'd be getting the >BIGGEST HUG! > >Thank you so very much for helping me with some information which will >(hopefully) provide additional leads to locating Ellen or perhaps her siblings >from someone within Broome County who knows something about her/them. > >I spent the day in Groton today hoping to find "anything" about this family. > The town clerk's office maintains the marriage records (but unfortunately >not the death or birth records). I found Maude and Jesse's marriage record. >They were married in Groton on July 13, 1904 - his parents' names were listed >as Delbert Northrup and mother was Adelia Luther. Jesse's birth place was >listed as North Gage, NY (will have to look up where that is located as I've >never heard of it). > >Your willingness to help me is very, very much appreciated! Please contact >me if I could return your kindness by research within my area. > > > >

I have been told that no one in NYS has copies of the 1845 and 1855 NYS census for Tompkins County. They are supposedly lost. Does anyone know anything different than this? >>> <bill.hart@mscsoftware.com> 10/24/2006 1:21 PM >>> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hart, Northrup Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4RB.2ACE/3238.3 Message Board Post: Kem, I found a Jesse R. Northrup in the 1910 Census that fits. He's enumerated at the 3rd Reserve Hospital in Manila, Philippine Islands on a Census taken 28 June 1900. Given this is a military schedule, it gives some interesting information. He is a Private, Co. C, 42 infantry. It listed his residence as McLean, NY and his birth month and year as October 1877. Jesse appears to be a Spanish-American War veteran. Bill ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYTOMPKI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Charles, I had wondered the same thing as especially, the 1855 state census for Tompkins County would be valuable to see. However, "Dick" Hillenbrand wrote to me and told me there had been a fire in Albany, NY in the early part of the 20th Century and that's how some of these county census sheets were "lost". He has a chart of NY State counties and their census availability. Upstate NY Genealogy: http://www.ny-genes.com/ny_counties/ Kathleen _______________________________________________________________ --- CHARLES MCCORMICK <CMCCORMI@kaneland.org> wrote: I have been told that no one in NYS has copies of the 1845 and 1855 NYS census for Tompkins County. They are supposedly lost. Does anyone know anything different than this? ________________________________________________________________ <bill.hart@mscsoftware.com> 10/24/2006 1:21 PM Surnames: Hart, Northrup http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4RB.2ACE/3238.3 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com