He was an exceptionally versatile performer, and excelled as a banjoist and tambourinist. He continued as a member of the above company until May, 1858, Geo. Christy seceding and going to California. Howard went with him, and continued with Christy until 1861, when he joined Unsworth’s Minstrels, also Hooley and Campbell’s.
For about five years prior to his death he had been with the Wallace Sisters Combination.
Gus Howard died in Alexandria, Va., March 27, 1874; age about 35 years.
Warren Richards (Richard A. Warren) was well-known as a tenor singer with Duprez and Benedict’s Minstrels about forty years ago; he was with them for a lengthy period. He was born in New Orleans, and died in New York City, June 15, 1876.
L. Morrisey (Morrisey B. Little), a well-known and capable song and dance performer, joined Johnny Allen’s Minstrels about 1870.
He formed a partnership with Fred Emerson, and as Morrisey and Emerson opened at Bryant’s Minstrels, New York, September 4, 1871, and continued there until the Spring of 1873, when the team separated.
Mr. Morrisey played the variety houses until his death in New York, February 8, 1881.
James G. Russell (Grant), the well-known vocalist, commenced his minstrel career about 1870 in New York, and successfully appeared in the companies of Carncross and Dixey in Philadelphia; Emerson’s, Geo. Thatcher’s and Bryant’s.
He died in Richmond, Va., May 5, 1883.
J. K. Silver, of the famous Silver Brothers, was prominent for many years in minstrel and concert work.