He had at various times conducted theatres in Terre Haute and Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Syracuse, N. Y., and Dayton, Ohio, where for eighteen years he was a resident, during which period Mr. Reed’s hand was frequently in his pocket to help those less fortunate than himself.
Ned Reed was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 27, 1840; he died in Dayton, Ohio, November 27, 1891.
C. W. Pringle was for many years associated in the management of Richard’s and Pringle’s Colored Minstrels, a popular organization. He died in Marysville, Cal., March 18, 1893.
Billy Gray (Cornelius O’Donnell) was well-known as a versatile black-face comedian. He entered the variety profession about 1862.
In 1873 he joined Harry Robinson’s Minstrels, and two years later was with Hooley in Brooklyn, N. Y. Subsequently he joined the company of Harrigan and Hart in New York, where he long remained.
Billy Gray was born in Ireland; he died in New York, November 21, 1882.
Billy Remington, a prominent black-face performer, who was an especially clever bone player, died at Grand Rapids, Mich., April 16, 1870.
Peasley and Hughes were a well-known black-face song and dance team of the variety and minstrel stage, where they played many notable engagements.
Mr. Peasley was also of Peasley and Fitzgerald; they opened with the Dearborn Minstrels in Chicago, August 21, 1871.
John A. Peasley died in Syracuse, N. Y., April 22, 1893.