In 1859 he joined Campbell’s Minstrells, and subsequently with such well-known organizations as Morris Brothers, Pell and Trowbridge, Mrs. Matt. Peel’s, Hooley and Campbell’s and others.
July 17, 1869, was organized Dougherty, Wild, Barney and Mac’s Minstrels; subsequently Hughey Dougherty retiring, the company continued for a brief period.
In 1871 it was Hart, Ryman and Barney’s Minstrels.
About that time Master Barney formed a partnership with Sam Rickey, playing sketches, of which “Bad Whiskey” was the most successful.
They separated about 1877, and later he formed an alliance with Barney McNulty, being known as the Two Barneys.
“Master” Barney was born in Buffalo, N. Y., December 29, 1839; he died in Brooklyn, N. Y., February 25, 1886.
James Glenn (McDonald) was a well-known vocalist in the good old days of minstrelsy.
His first appearance was made with Sam Sanford’s Minstrels in 1858; he continued with him, chiefly in Philadelphia, until 1862, when he joined Wood’s Minstrels in New York, with whom he remained a lengthy period.
Subsequently he was with the San Franciscos in New York, and Hooley’s in Brooklyn, N. Y.
James Glenn was born in Philadelphia in 1839; he died in New York, February 26, 1870.