1887 Homer Directory
Below is a partial transcription of the Parson’s Cortland County Directory, Homer Village section:
| Last Name/Business | First Name | Middle | Occupation | Home/Business | Street Location | Street | Page |
| Abbott | Frank | dealer in horses | h | Hudson | 199 | ||
| Adams | L. T. | wood worjer, secretary Homer brass band | h | railroad station | 199 | ||
| Adsit | Edward | trimmer | bds | Hotel Windsor | 199 | ||
| Allen | Albert | engineer C.S. Brown’s | bds | off | Water | 199 | |
| Allen | Darius | H. | insurance agent | h | rear | postoffice | 199 |
| Allen | Harriet | D. | widow of Arad F. | bds | rear | postoffice | 199 |
| Allen | Henry | machinist | h | off | Water | 199 | |
| Allen | Orville | insurance agent | h | rear | postoffice | 199 | |
| Allen | Oscar | painter | h | William | 199 | ||
| Allen | William | retired | h | James | 199 | ||
| R. BEARD & SON | Best Chamber Suits and Parlor Furniture | 199 | |||||
| Alvord | Betsey | widow of Reuben | h | 48 | Cayuga | 199 | |
| Alvord | Lydia | A. | widow of Wm. | h | 55 | James | 199 |
| Alvord | Wm. | N. | painter | h | 21 | William | 199 |
| ANDREWS | OSSIAN | B. | grocer and village trustee | b | S. Main, cor Pine | 199 | |
| ANDREWS | OSSIAN | B. | grocer and village trustee | h | N. Main | 199 | |
| Andrus | Leander | H. | carpenter | h | 61 | James | 199 |
| ANTISDEL | CHARLES | horse dealer | bds | Hotel Windsor | 199 | ||
| Arnold | David | H. | milk peddler | h | Cayuga, cor Cherry | 199 | |
| Arnold | Edwin | D. | blacksmith | h | Prospect | 199 | |
| Arnold | John | J. | wood worker | h | Clinton | 199 | |
| Atwater | Emily | resident | off | S. Main | 200 | ||
| ATWATER | J. CLAYTON | (Atwater & Kellogg) | h | 3 | Clinton | 200 | |
| ATWATER & KELLOGG | (J.C. Atwater and W.A. Kellogg) | druggists and booksellers | Keator block, Main | 200 | |||
| Babcock | Mrs. | h | 31 | Cortland | 200 | ||
| Babcock | Marshall | carpenter | h | N. Cemetery | 200 | ||
| Babcock | Oscar | laborer | h | 70 | Cortland | 200 | |
| Babcock | Wesley | teamster | h | N. Cemetery | 200 | ||
| Babcock | Wm. | A. | painter | h | N. Cemetery | 200 | |
| Bacon | Mary | widow of Charles | h | 18 | James | 200 | |
| Bacon | Mary | widow of Ansel | h | James | 200 | ||
| Bagg | James | H. | retired | h | Cayuga, cor Fulton | 200 | |
| Baker | Chancy | A. | trimmer | bds | William | 200 | |
| Baker | Edwin | trimmer | bds | William | 200 | ||
| Baker | Hannah | M. | widow of Valentine | h | William | 200 | |
| Baker | Jerome | B. | retired | h | Cayuga | 200 | |
| George I. Pruden makes a Specialty of Babies’ Photos | 200 | ||||||
| Baldwin | Alfred | laborer | h | S. Main | 200 | ||
| Baldwin | Fanny | Mrs. | h | High | 200 | ||
| Ballard | Charles | laborer | h | 46 1/2 | Cortland | 200 | |
| Ballard | Thomas | laborer | h | 4 | Pine | 200 | |
| Ballard | Thomas | M. | gardner | h | S. Main | 200 | |
| Barber | Jane | E. | widow of Paris | bds | Clinton | 200 | |
| Barker | Mary | Mrs. | h | Cayuga | 200 | ||
| Bartlett | Edgar | D. | farmer | h | Cayuga | 200 | |
| Bassett | Lorenzo | S. | carriage painter | h | James | 200 | |
| Bates | Alexander | carriage maker | James, h do | 200 | |||
| Bates | Charles | E. | peddler | h | James, cor Bartlett ave | 200 | |
| Bates | Charles | H. | emp Brockway’s | h | James | 200 | |
| Bates | Horton | L. | painter | h | 5 | Wall | 200 |
| Bates | John | painter | h | Elm ave | 200 | ||
| Bates | Lemuel | F. | painter | h | James, cor Fulton | 200 | |
| Bates | Ransford | D. | upholsterer | bds | James, cor Fulton | 200 | |
| Bates | Salina | widow of John | h | 21 | Warren | 200 | |
| Bates | William | H. | trimmer | bds | James, cor Fulton | 200 | |
| Beach | William | farmer | h | Clinton | 200 | ||
| Bean | Arthur | R. | sec’y and treas. Cortland and Homer Oil Cloth Co. | h | Binghamton | 200 | |
| Bean | Henry | T. | with William | bds | Cortland | 201 | |
| Bean | Samuel | retired | h | Cortland, cor Cayuga | 201 | ||
| Bean | William | pres. Cortland and Homer Oil Cloth Co. | h | Cortland | 201 | ||
| Bean | William | A. | manuf. carriage oil cloth | h | Cortland | 201 | |
| Belden | Joseph | D. | shoemaker | h | N. Cemetery | 201 | |
| Bell | John | farmer | h | Cayuga | 201 | ||
| Bell | Menzo | laborer | h | 68 | Cortland | 201 | |
| Bell | William | R. | emp. Brockway’s | h | N. Cemetery | 201 | |
| Bellows | Sarah | A. | widow of Isaac N. | h | Cayuga | 201 | |
| Bemis | Henry | carpenter | h | Bartlett ave | 201 | ||
| Benedict | Ethel | C. | postmaster, Postoffice building, Main | h | do | 201 | |
| Benedict | Mary | M. Mrs. | assistant postmaster | h | Postoffice building, Main | 201 | |
| Bennett | Augustus | H. | cashier Homer National Bank | h | Clinton | 201 | |
| Bennett | Caroline | widow of Charles | h | Spring | 201 | ||
| LAWN TENNIS at Sherwood’s | Cortland | 201 | |||||
| Bennett | Harrison | cooper | bds | Spring | 201 | ||
| Bennett | John | shoemaker | h | Center | 201 | ||
| Bennett | John | W. | shoemaker | h | Spring | 201 | |
| BENNETT | WILLIAM | W. | grocer, N. Main, cor James | bds | W. James | 201 | |
| Bentley | Andrew | J. | mason | h | 91 | S. Main | 201 |
| Billings | Paul | (Paul Billings & Co.) | h | 201 | |||
| Billings | Paul & Co. | (R.E. Billings) E. N. Walker, manager, dealers in baled hay, grain and produce | Fulton | 201 | |||
| Billings | R. E. | (Paul Billings & Co.) | 201 | ||||
| Bishop | Osander | retired | h | Cayuga | 201 | ||
| Bissell | blacksmith | bds | 20 | James | 201 | ||
| Bixby | Lottie | widow of Charles | h | N. Main | 201 | ||
| Blanchard | Alvira | widow of Silas | h | Cayuga | 201 | ||
| Blaney | Harrison | mail agent, Syracuse to New York | h | 43 | N. Main | 201 | |
| Blanshan | Russell | retired | h | 12 | Warren | 201 | |
| Blashfield | Mary | A. | h | 4 | Pine | 201 | |
| Blashfield | Zenas | M. | bds | James | 201 | ||
| Blinn | Edward | painter | bds | James | 201 | ||
| Bly | Harry | cabinet maker | h | Fulton | 202 | ||
| Bockes | Edward | J. | tanner | h | Mill | 202 | |
| Bolden | Samuel | barber | h | Center | 202 | ||
| Borst | Silas | carriage trimmer | h | 40 | Cortland | 202 | |
| Bosworth | Ann | resident | h | 6 | Albany | 202 | |
| Bosworth | Polly | resident | h | 6 | Albany | 202 | |
| Bovee | Orlando | A. | carpenter and joiner | h | 22 | Warren | 202 |
| Bowen | L. L. D. | Miss | h | Clinton | 202 | ||
| Bradford | George | D. | physician and surgeon | h | Cayuga cor Cortland | 202 | |
| Branch | Sanford | laborer | h | James | 202 | ||
| Breed | O. C. | sec’y and treas. Fisher Mfg. Co. | h | Cayuga | 202 | ||
| Brewer | Louise | A. | widow of Anasa | h | 92 | S. Main | 202 |
| Brewster | Elizabeth | A. | widow of William | h | off | S. Main | 202 |
| Briggs | Fred | clerk | bds | 61 | James | 202 | |
| Briggs | Frederick | clerk for Kingsbury & Daniels | bds | Hotel Windsor | 202 | ||
| Brink | Jay | B. | mechanic | h | Elm ave | 202 | |
| Write to Bronson & Lathrop for Prices of their Popular Brands. | 202 | ||||||
| Brink | Margaret | Mrs. | boarding-house | James, near cor Main | 202 | ||
| Brockman | James | painter | bds | James | 202 | ||
| Brockway | George | A. | cashier for W. N. Brockway | h | James | 202 | |
| Brockway | H. S. | supt. for W. N. Brockway | h | 3 | James | 202 | |
| Brockway | W. N. | manuf. of carriages | James h do | 202 | |||
| Brown | Charles | L. | cigar manuf. | Brown block, N. Main, h Clinton | 202 | ||
| Brown | Charles | S. | prop. pf planing-mill | h | Clinton | 202 | |
| Brown | Charles | W. | laborer | h | 88 | S. Main | 202 |
| Brown | Clay | D. | shop hand | bds | Clinton | 202 | |
| BROWN | FRANK | H. | meat market, Homer National Bank Building, Pine | bds | Gillson House | 202 | |
| Brown | Frank | L. | clerk at Cortland | h | Cortland | 202 | |
| Brown | Jesse | laborer | h | James | 202 | ||
| BROWN | JOHN | W. | (Paddock & Brown) | h | 151 | N. Main | 202 |
| Brown | Loren | T. | foreman Gage, Hitchcock & Co. | h | James | 202 | |
| Brown | Warren | retired | h | 151 | N. Main | 202 | |
| Branswick | Saloon The | Frank Forshee, prop. | Keator block, Main | 203 | |||
| Bryant | John | G. | cigar manuf. | Taylor & Schermerhorn block, Main, h do | 203 | ||
| Buchanan | Robert | blacksmith | h | 4 | Pine | 203 | |
| Buckley | John | section boss D. L. & W. R. R. | h | 2 | Warren | 203 | |
| Buckley | Michael | laborer | h | Cortland | 203 | ||
| Bunn | Dorliska | widow of Samuel | h | James | 203 | ||
| Bunn | Joseph | D. | mill-wright | h | S. Main | 203 | |
| Bunn | J. P. | farner | h | River | 203 | ||
| BUNN | WILLIAM | O. | cigar manuf. | 2 | S. Main; h 129 N. Main | 203 | |
| Burcher | William | emp. Brockway’s | bds | 51 | S. Main | 203 | |
| Burdick, M.D. | D. W. | physician and surgeon | h | 50 | N. Main | 203 | |
| Burdick | Elizabeth | widow of William M. | h | Cayuga | 203 | ||
| Burdick | J. S. | emp. Brockway’s | h | James | 203 | ||
| R. BEARD & SON, Best Feather Springs and Mattresses | |||||||
| Burke | James | laborer | h | William | 203 | ||
| Burnham | Eliza | widow of Ralph, boarding-house | h | James | 203 | ||
| Burnham | John | teamster | h | Bartlett ave | 203 | ||
| Burns | Barley | laborer | h | Cortland | 203 | ||
| Burns Brothers | (Daniel C. and Thomas M.) | news dealers, tobacco, confectionery, &c. | James cor. Cortland | 203 | |||
| Burns | T. N. | widow | h | James cor. Cortland | 203 | ||
| Burrows | James | O. | emp. Brockway’s | h | S. Main | 203 | |
| Butler | Ed | emp. Brockway’s | h | 8 | Grove | 203 | |
| Butler | Melvin | carpenter | h | Cayuga | 203 | ||
| Button | Hannah | bds | Fulton cor Cayuga | 203 | |||
| BUTTON | LEWIS | W. | (Griffin & Button) | h | Cayuga cor Cortland | 203 | |
| Campe | Charles | B. | clerk for Newcomb & Deyo | bds | 11 | James | 203 |
| Carey | John | painter | bds | James | 203 | ||
| Carl | Harry | laborer | h | High | 203 | ||
| Carpenter | Frank | D. | shop hand | h | 62 | James | 203 |
| Carpenter | William | emp. Gage, Hitchcock & Co. | h | 9 | Pine | 203 | |
| Chamberlain | Kate | widow | h | N. Main | 204 | ||
| Champlin | George | farmer | h | Clinton | 204 | ||
| Chapman | Albertus | tanner | h | High | 204 | ||
| Chapman | Asa | laborer | h | Prospect | 204 | ||
| Chapman | Dwight | laborer | h | Cayuga | 204 | ||
| Chapman | Harrison | emp. Brockway’s | h | Prospect | 204 | ||
| Chapman | Warren | laborer | h | High | 204 | ||
| Chatterton | C. | Mrs. | milliner | S. Main | 204 | ||
| Chatterton | J. R. | carpenter | h | S. Main | 204 | ||
| Chittendon | Olivia | widow of Giles | h | S. Main, cor Albany | 204 | ||
| Chollar | Harriet | N. | boarding-house | 20 | James | 204 | |
| Chollar | Thomas | D. | retired | h | N. Main | 204 | |
| Church | Isaac | laborer | h | Cayuga | 204 | ||
| Clapp | Clarisa | D. | widow of Justin B. | h | 22 | James | 204 |
| Clark | Allen | shop hand | h | N. Cemetery | 204 | ||
| Clark | Ela | E. | painter | bds | James, cor Fulton | 204 | |
| Clark | James | V. A. | teamster | h | 12 | Wall | 204 |
| Call and See Photographs, Large Size, at George I. Pruden’s | |||||||
| Clark | J. | painter | h | Elm ave | 204 | ||
| Clark | Lucius | L. | painter | h | 6 | Pine | 204 |
| Clark | S. N. | supt. for Cobb & Hooker | h | 91 | S. Main | 204 | |
| Clark | Ursula | widow of Dwight | h | James, cor Fulton | 204 | ||
| Clark | Warren | S. | h | W. James | 204 | ||
| Clark | Wm. | L. | carriage maker | h | River | 204 | |
| Cleary | Michael | F | pres. Homer Mfg. Co. S. Main | h | at Cortland | 204 | |
| Cleary | Minnie | F. | sec’y and treas. Homer Mfg. Co. S. Main | h | at Cortland | 204 | |
| COATS | JOHN | M. | surveyor, conveyancer and notary public, insurance agent, and butter dealer, Taylor & Schermerhorn block, Main | h | N. Main | 204 | |
| Cobb | Eliza | widow William | h | William | 204 | ||
| Cobb & Hooker | manufs. of butter tubs | 91 | S. Main | 204 | |||
| Coggeshall | Cyrus | store | N. Main | 204 | |||
| Coggeshall | Kate | M. | manager Western Union telegraph office | bds | N. Main | 204 | |
| Cogswell | Frank | J. | clerk for F. H. Smith | bds | 51 | S. Main | 204 |
| Coil | Helen | widow of William | h | Grove | 204 | ||
| Collins | Mrs. | widow of Thomas | h | Cherry | 205 | ||
| Collins | Chester | A. | (C. A. Collins & Son) | h | 52 | N Main | 205 |
| Collins | C. A. & Son (William C.) | clothiers and merchant tailors | Zimmer block, Main | 205 | |||
| Collins | William | C. | (C. A. Collins & Son) | bds | 52 | N. Main | 205 |
| Comstock | laborer | h | Cayuga cor Cherry | 205 | |||
| Conant | kalsominer and paper-hanging | h | Clinton | 205 | |||
| Conway | Mary | widow of Patrick | bds | 46 | Cortland | 205 | |
| Conway | Patsey | carriage trimmer | bds | 73 | Cayuga | 205 | |
| Conway | Rose | widow of Martin | h | 73 | Cayuga | 205 | |
| Cook | Emily | h | Cayuga | 205 | |||
| Cook | Lydia | h | Cayuga | 205 | |||
| Cook | Lydia | S. | resident | bds | Cortland | 205 | |
| Cooker | John | tailor | h | S. Main | 205 | ||
| Coon | Harvey | painter | h | 7 | Pine | 205 | |
| Coon | William | teacher | bds | James | 205 | ||
| COPELAND | GEORGE | N. | president First National Bank, real estate dealer | h | Copeland ave, cor Cortland | 205 | |
| HAMMOCKS at SHERWOODS’, Cortland | 205 | ||||||
| Corbin | Delette | widow of Leroy | h | William | 205 | ||
| Corey | Frances | widow of D. B. | h | 55 | N. Main | 205 | |
| Corl | John | retired farmer | h | 26 | Warren | 205 | |
| Cortland and Homer Oil Cloth Co., limited | William A. Bean, pres; A. R. Bean, sec’y and treas.; D. K. Falkner, supt. Preston ave | 205 | |||||
| Cotter | Mary | E. | (Cotter & Raycroft) | h | over | National Bank | 205 |
| Cotter & Raycroft | (Mary E. Cotter and Ella Raycroft) milliners | over | Homer National Bank | 205 | |||
| Couch | John | clerk for Wilber & Wright | bds | Cortland | 205 | ||
| Cough | Ellen | widow of George | h | 73 | Cayuga | 205 | |
| Cough | George | laborer | h | 60 | Cortland | 205 | |
| Coventry | Lillie | widow of Sherman | h | 7 | Fulton | 205 | |
| Coyle | Frank | hunter | h | River | 205 | ||
| Cox | William | H. | farmer | h | 14 | Grove | 205 |
| Craft | Almira | widow of Gardner C. | bds | Cayuga | 205 | ||
| Craft | Morris | G. | stock cutter at Brockway’s | bds | Cayuga | 205 | |
| Crane | Ellis | student | bds | 54 | Cayuga | 206 | |
| Crane | Samuel | retired farmer | h | 54 | Cayuga | 206 | |
| Crane | William | H. | cashier First National Bank | h | Main | 206 | |
| Crigue | Charles | laborer | h | N. Main | 206 | ||
| Crofoot | O. S. | Mrs. | (E. S. Dresser & Co.) | h | 12 | Clinton | 206 |
| Crofoot | Vine | widow of Wellington | h | 12 | Clinton | 206 | |
| Curtis | Lewis | blacksmith | h | 40 | Clinton | 206 | |
| Curtis | Myron | painter | h | Copeland ave | 206 | ||
| Daley | Cornelius | emp. Brockway’s | bds | 49 | S. Main | 206 | |
| Dalrymple | William | S. | farmer | h | Clinton, cor Warren | 206 | |
| DANES | CHARLES | H. | (Stevens & Danes) | h | Albany | 206 | |
| Danes | Thomas | painter | h | 21 | Grove | 206 | |
| Daniels | George | D. | (Kingsbury & Daniels) vice pres. Wire Fabric Co. | h | Cayuga | 206 | |
| Darby | Harriet | Mrs. | housekeeper | 3 | Albany | 206 | |
| Darby | Henry | miller | h | Clinton | 206 | ||
| Darby | Miles | book-keeper for Maxson & Starin | h | 4 | Mill | 206 | |
| Bronson & Lathrop, Mfgrs. Of Havana Cigars, Main St., Cortland, N.Y. | 206 | ||||||
| Darby | Sarah | widow of Lyman | h | 4 | Mill | 206 | |
| DARBY | WM. | H. | custom and flouring mill, Water | h | Clinton | 206 | |
| Darling | C. A. | Mrs. | dressmaker | 206 | |||
| Darling | Charles | A. | painter | h | 31 | Cortland | 206 |
| Darrow | Hill | plumber | h | River, cor Water | 206 | ||
| Davis | B. A. | emp. Wire Fabric Co. | h | 67 | Main | 206 | |
| Davis | Benjamin | farmer | h | Clinton | 206 | ||
| Davis | Byron | emp. At Brockway’s | h | James | 206 | ||
| Davis | Fred | emp. Wire Fabric Co. | h | 6 | Pine | 206 | |
| Davis | George | clerk | h | Cayuga | 206 | ||
| Davis | Julia | Mrs. | h | Clinton | 206 | ||
| Davison | Julietta | widow of Benjamin | h | Caraway | 206 | ||
| Decker | Ernest | painter | bds | James | 206 | ||
| Delano | F. | Willoughby | painter | h | James | 206 | |
| Delehant | John | painter | bds | Elm ave | 206 | ||
| Dennison | Frank | laborer | h | William | 206 | ||
| Dever | James | peddler | h | 55 | Cayuga | 206 | |
| Deyo | Richard | H. | (Newcomb & Deyo) | h | 11 | James | 206 |
| Dickerson | Harvey | M. | shop hand | h | Spring | 206 | |
| Dillenbeck | C. D. | wood worker | h | James | 206 | ||
| Dixson | Eliza | A. | widow of Joseph R. | h | S. Main | 207 | |
| Dobbins | Dennis | truckman and dealer in wood | h | 51 | Cortland | 207 | |