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Edwin Pearce Christy was an American composer, actor and stage producer, most famous for founding the most successful black-face minstrel show of the 19th century, Christy's Minstrels. Born in Philadelphia, his career as a minstrel and singer began in Buffalo, New York, where he performed singing in the Edwin Dean Company in 1836. By 1843, the group was growing in popularity and began touring in and around upstate New York until 1846, when Christy took over management of the group. As Christy's Minstrels, they began performing in New York City at Palmo's Opera House. After performing at an 1847 benefit in Cincinnati for young songwriter Stephen Foster, the group began to specialize in performances of Foster's works and were instrumental in spreading the popularity of the songs of America's first professional songwriter. Foster even sold his song, Old Folks at Home (aka Swanee River) to Christy for his exclusive use, although this was done most likely due to Foster's ongoing financial difficulties due to the lack of enforcement of music copyrights back then. In the early to mid-1850's, Christy's Minstrels were one of the top stage attractions in New York City. Christy himself retired as a performer in 1855 but continued in entertainment, running a chain of theaters called Christy's Opera House in several cities, while his stepson George continued with the minstrel group. However, due to marriage and other personal problems, and afraid of the financial damage he was suffering due to the effects of the Civil War, on May 20, 1862, Christy committed suicide by throwing himself from a window at his residence at 78 East 18th Street in Manhattan. He died the next day from his injuries and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.- George B. McClellan was born on 3 December 1826 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 29 October 1885 in Orange, New Jersey, USA.
- Percy Gaunt was born in 1853 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Percy died on 5 September 1896 in Palenville, New York, USA.
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Robert Lowry was born on 12 March 1826 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Lone Ranger (2013), Aloha (2015) and Bad Girls (1994). He died on 25 November 1899 in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA.- Ignatius Donnelly was born on 3 November 1831 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 1 January 1901 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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Thomas Dunn English was born on 20 June 1819 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Thomas Dunn was married to Ann Maxwell Mead. Thomas Dunn died on 1 April 1902 in Newark, New Jersey, USA.- Music Department
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Septimus Winner was born on 11 May 1827 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for The Handmaid's Tale (1990), I'm from the City (1938) and Hollywood Barn Dance (1947). He was married to Hannah Jane Guyer. He died on 22 November 1902 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.- Joseph Jefferson III, often known as Joe Jefferson, was an American actor. He was the third actor of this name in a family of actors and managers, and one of the most famous 19th century American comedians. Beginning as a young child, he continued as a performer for most of his 76 years. Jefferson was particularly well known for his adaptation and portrayal of Rip Van Winkle on the stage, reprising the role in several silent film adaptations. After 1865, he created no other major role and toured with this play for decades.
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Lewis H. Redner was born on 15 December 1831 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Lewis H. died on 29 August 1908 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.- Creston Clarke was born on 20 August 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Battle of Ballots (1915). He was married to Adelaide Prince. He died on 21 March 1910 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
- Eleanor Caines was born in 1870 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Art and the Legacy (1911), The Stronger Sex (1910) and The Lost Identity (1913). She was married to Jack Le Faint and William Robson. She died on 3 June 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Rev. John M. Snyder was a Unitarian minister, author and playwright. After graduating with honors from the Meadville Theological School in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Rev. Snyder was ordained a pastor in 1870 at the Hingham Unitarian Church in Hingham, Massachusetts. Three years later he became pastor at the Messiah Church in St. Louis, Missouri, a post he would hold for the next 26 years. In 1899 he returned to Massachusetts to become pastor at the Wellesley Hills Unitarian Church. It was at this posting that in 1904 he wrote the play "As Ye Sow", in an attempt to reach a larger audience than he could preaching from his pulpit. The following year "As Ye Sow" was produced on stage at Boston and in 1914 released as a motion picture. Rev. John M. Snyder died on 12 August, 1914, at Nantucket, Massachusetts, after a year long battle with throat cancer. At the time of his death Rev. Snyder had been pastor of the Nantucket Unitarian Church for five years
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W.W. Denslow was born on 5 May 1856 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for Billy Bounce (1963), Number 13 (1962) and The Legends of Oz (1993). He was married to Mrs. Frances G. Doolittle, Ann Waters Holden and Annie McCartney. He died on 29 March 1915 in New York City, New York, USA.- American journalist, novelist and playwright Richard Harding Davis was born in Philadelphia, PA, in 1864 (literary talent ran in his family: his father was a newspaper editor and his mother was a writer). He attended Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, and in 1886 he began his literary career as a journalist on the "Philadelphia Record" newspaper. Three years later he went over to "The New York Sun". The next year he was hired as managing editor of "Harper's Weekly" magazine, and in that capacity traveled all over the US, Central America and the Mediterranean. He showed a facility for war coverage, reporting on the Greco-Turkish War, the Boer War in South Africa, the Cuban front of the Spanish-American War and World War I. His coverage of the German invasion of Belgium in that war brought his name to the international forefront, and was considered by many to be the quintessential example of war correspondence.
His first effort as a fiction writer, "Gallagher", was published in "Scribner's" magazine in 1890 and began his long and successful career as a writer and novelist. His second wife was stage actress Bessie McCoy, whom he married in 1912 (his first marriage lasted from 1899 to 1910), and Davis began yet a third successful career as a playwright (he wrote 25 plays altogether) and became a celebrated member of the New York City "social set". Many of his novels and plays have been made into successful films.
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Mace was a dentist from Erie, Pennsylvania who at one point did some stage stock work for Mack Sennett. Heading west, he worked for Carl Laemmle and Thomas H. Ince before settling back with Sennett. After achieving success as the Chief of the Keystone Kops, he quit Sennett and opened his own company, trying to develop films around his old "One-Round O'Brien" character. After that didn't work out as he planned, Mace moved to Apollo Films. That was also a failure, and he later formed his own company, the Fred Mace Feature Film Company. Unfortunately, the company folded, and Mace returned to Sennett. By that time, however, his popularity had wained, and Mace received few roles over the next two years. He was ultimately found dead in a New York City hotel room, reportedly of a stroke.- Actor
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Jack Bonavita was born on 15 December 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Woman, the Lion and the Man (1915), The Wizard of the Jungle (1913) and The Winning of Jess (1915). He was married to HH Princess de Montglyon (Rosalie F. Mercy d'Argenteau). He died on 19 March 1917 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Arthur Stanford was born on 24 August 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Whirl of Life (1915). He died on 21 July 1917 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
- Mrs. Lewis McCord was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Heart of Nora Flynn (1916), The Ghost House (1917) and The Chorus Lady (1915). She was married to Lewis McCord. She died on 24 December 1917 in New York City, New York, USA.
- (1867) Bill Hallman was an actor and vaudeville song-and-dance man in the off-season during his playing days. It kept his legs in shape and seems to have earned him more recognition than he ever received for what appears on the surface to have been a solid fourteen-year ML career. But that appearance is deceiving. Hallmans peak years came in 1893-96, when anything less than a .300 BA was a mark of failure. Consequently, his .272 career BA (built around four consecutive .300 seasons during his peak) was about average for his position and some 10 points below the league mark of .282. Hallman was also about dead average as a fielder and achieved black ink in a positive department only twice in his fourteen seasons. In 1891 he tied for the AA lead in games played, and ten years later he topped the NL in sacrifice hits. Hallman turned pro in 1886 with Wilkes-Barre of the Pennsylvania State Association as a pitcher but moved behind the plate when the regular catcher took sick one day prior to an exhibition game and hit a grand slam home run in his first at bat. He opened the following season with Hamilton, Ontario, of the International Association but returned to Wilkes Barre when the Canadian club signed Chub Collins. Philadelphia N acquired him in the spring of 1888 for insurance behind incumbent second baseman Charlie Ferguson. Although Hallman failed to win the job after Ferguson unexpectedly died, he claimed the spot in 1889. He then joined George Wood and Joe Mulvey in playing with Philadelphia teams in three different major leagues in three consecutive seasons before returning to the Phillies in 1892. Hallman remained a Philadelphia fixture until June 1897 when he and Dick Harley were traded to St. Louis for outfielder Tommy Dowd. Initially a favorite of Browns owner Chris VonderAhe's, he swiftly lost the fickle mogul's support once he was named manager of the club. Hallman was fined $200 by Von der Ahe after he broke his thumb in Cleveland and then contracted malaria that he claimed was brought on because "the dressing rooms which Von der Ahe furnishes his players are never clean." Hallman also contended that while the Browns were on the road for six weeks in 1897 the team wasn't paid, and he threatened, after he was traded to Brooklyn in November 1897, to "tie up" the St. Louis gate receipts when the Browns came to Brooklyn the following year in order to recover the s200 fine that had been deducted from his pay unfairly. Meanwhile he hit just .244 for the Bridegrooms and spent the next two seasons in the minors. A good year in 1900 with Buffalo in the newly renamed American League earned Hallman a contract with Cleveland when the AL went major in 1901. He lasted only 5 games in the Forest City before returning to the Phillies to fill the hole vacated by Nap Lajoie when he jumped to the Philadelphia AL club. While Lajoie was hitting .426 to lead the AL in 1901, Hallman batted .184, a mere 242 points less, to bring up the rear among NL qualifiers. He was retained as a "utility man" for two more seasons and then drifted back to the minors, where he finished his baseball career in 1909 with Denver of the Western League.
- William Mortimer was born in 1870 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Hidden Charms (1921). He was married to Anne Mortimer. He died on 3 April 1921 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Donald Bowles was born on 15 February 1874 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Rhoda's Burglar (1915) and The Squaw Man's Son (1917). He died on 3 October 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Boies Penrose was born on 1 November 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 31 December 1921 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Ferdinand Tidmarsh was born on 4 November 1881 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The College Widow (1915), The Turmoil (1916) and The Battle of Shiloh (1913). He died on 15 November 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Christine Wetherill Stevenson was born on 12 April 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Christine was a writer. Christine was married to William Yorke Stevenson and John V. Rice Jr.. Christine died on 21 November 1922 in Media, Pennsylvania, USA.
- W.A. Whitecar was born in 1850 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. W.A. was an actor, known for The Man Who Disappeared (1914) and By the Aid of a Film (1914). W.A. was married to Isabelle D. Melville. W.A. died on 19 June 1923 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Marie Wainwright was born on 8 May 1853 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Secret Strings (1918), Social Hypocrites (1918) and Polly with a Past (1920). She was married to Winston Henry Slaughter, Franklyn Roberts and Louis James. She died on 17 August 1923 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Kate Douglas Wiggin was born on 28 September 1856 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a writer, known for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), A Bit o' Heaven (1917) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932). She was married to George Christopher Riggs and Samuel Bradley Wiggin (lawyer). She died on 24 August 1923 in Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK.
- Frank Moore was born on 15 November 1880 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914), His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914) and The Last Egyptian (1914). He was married to Grace ?. He died on 28 May 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Charles Brandt born in Philadelphia in 1862. well-known stage performer from the 1880s. cheerful, white-haired gentleman who starred and supported in more than 60 movies for the Lubin Film Company from 1911, often seen as professionals or fathers in dramas and comedies, first appeared in 'His Chorus Girl Wife' directed by Harry Solter and starring Florence Lawrence in 1911, perhaps he will be best remembered in the role of Sam Graham in 'The Fortune Hunter' directed by Barry O'Neil, starring William Elliott and Ethel Clayton in 1914. in 1917 he moved to the World Film Company followed by the Betzwood Film Co in 1918 last seen in 'The Master Mind' directed by Kenneth S. Webb and starring Lionel Barrymore for the First National Film Company in 1920. died in Philadelphia in 1924 age 62
- Owen Evans was born on 9 April 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Freed by Fido (1917), Treed (1916) and Some Liars (1916). He died on 10 September 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- John J. Glavey was born on 25 October 1885 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. John J. was a writer, known for The Veiled Marriage (1920), High Speed (1920) and Gypsy Joe (1916). John J. was married to Emma. John J. died on 2 January 1925 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Edward Jobson was born on 29 February 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Saphead (1920), Burning Daylight (1920) and Someone in the House (1920). He died on 7 February 1925 in San Jose, California, USA.
- Frances Trego Montgomery was a prolific writer of children's stories during the early twentieth century. She is best known for her popular "Billy Whiskers" series, which were about the misadventures of a mischievous but somewhat short-tempered goat. Many children, including the future President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, loved the books--twenty-five in all--and couldn't get enough of them. Other books by Mrs. Montgomery included an early science fiction book for children called "The Wonderful Electric Elephant." She died on board the Cunard liner S.S. Franconia while on an around-the-world tour; she had planned to write a book about her travels.
- John I. Beggs was born on 17 September 1847 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Sue Elizabeth Charles. He died on 17 October 1925 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Augusta Haviland was born on 30 August 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918). She was married to Charles Chappelle (actor). She died on 25 October 1925 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Victory Bateman was born on 6 April 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924), A Trip to Paradise (1921) and Romeo and Juliet (1916). She was married to George Cleveland and Harry Mestayer. She died on 2 March 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Budd Doble was born in 1841 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Budd Doble Comes Back (1913). He was married to Hortenz Marie MacDonald. He died on 29 March 1926 in La Puente, California, USA.
- Albert Glassmire was born in 1881 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for Smiles (1919), All for Science (1913) and Fixing the Fakirs (1913). He died on 2 December 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Charles Belmont Davis was born on 24 January 1866 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Charles Belmont was a writer, known for Mother o' Mine (1921), The Home Stretch (1921) and A Romantic Adventuress (1920). Charles Belmont was married to Pauline Turgeon. Charles Belmont died on 9 December 1926 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
- Sgt. Jiggs was born on 22 May 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Her Father Said No (1927), A Certain Young Man (1928) and In Old Kentucky (1927). He died on 9 January 1927 in the USA.
- Little Joe Hetzer was born in 1901 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 8 March 1927 in Ridgway, Colorado, USA.
- John Drew was born on 13 November 1853 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 9 July 1927 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Elizabeth Dejeans was born on 27 December 1868 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, USA. She was a writer, known for The Tiger's Coat (1920), The Romance of a Million Dollars (1926) and Crashin' Thru (1923). She died on 6 February 1928 in Dover, Ohio, USA.
- American character actor of silent films. As a boy, Cassady sang aboard a passenger steamer, the Republic, as it sailed between Cape May and his native Philadelphia. Cassady began his adult career under the vaudeville management of Ed Harrigan, then toured in stock productions for twenty-five years with the Thomas Shea theatrical company. Shea transformed his theatrical troupe into a vaudeville company and Cassady remained with him in that arena for several years. He entered films in 1914 and appeared in nearly thirty roles before returning to the stage in 1916. He died of pneumonia while on tour with the Donald Kerr-Effie Watson company on the Schubert circuit, in Spokane, Washington, in 1928.
- George W. Howard was born in 1873 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Cup of Chance (1915). He died on 25 August 1928 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Jack Drumier was born on 19 October 1867 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Dancer's Peril (1917), The Power and the Glory (1918) and The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds (1918). He died on 2 April 1929 in Clearwater, Florida, USA.
- Fanny Cogan was born in 1866 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns (1919), The Cross Bearer (1918) and The Woman of Lies (1919). She was married to James P. Cogan. She died on 18 May 1929 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Edwin Middleton was born in 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Flaming Sword (1915), The Haunted Manor (1916) and Wildfire (1915). He was married to Mrs. Middleton. He died on 17 June 1929 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Merceita Esmond was born in 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Beautiful Adventure (1917), Thoughtless Women (1920) and Oh, You Women! (1919). She was married to Henry Northrup, Dr. Frank Farra Lyne and Harry Northrup. She died on 22 November 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
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Songwriter ("Sunbonnet Sue", "School Days", "Waltz Me Around Again Willie"), and author, educated at Girard College. He was a department-store salesman before becoming a songwriter. Joining ASCAP in 1927, his chief musical collaborator was Gus Edwards. His other popular-song compositions include "Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay", "The Little Red School House", "I Can't Tell Why I Love You But I Do", "Goodbye Little Girl, Goodbye", "I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave", "Goodbye Dolly Gray", "I'll Be With You When the Roses Bloom Again", "Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield", "In Zanzibar", "If a Girl Like You Loved a Boy Like Me", and "Laddie Boy".