His last minstrel engagement was with the Barlow, Wilson Company.
John S. Stout was born in Dayton, Ohio, July 4, 1845.
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Robert J. Filkins, at one time one of Haverly’s most valued executives, got his early schooling with John Robinson’s circus; with which organization he became identified with in about 1867.
In 1874 he met Col. Haverly in New Orleans, and at once joined the latter’s forces, and continued under the Haverly banner for three years.
In 1879 he was in charge of the business management of the present 14th Street Theatre, New York, at that time Haverly’s Theatre.
Grace Filkins, the present well-known actress, was his wife.
Robert J. Filkins was born in Michigan; he died in Wichita, Kansas, April 19, 1886; age about 40 years.
Ike Withers was one of the early ones to do a musical act in a minstrel show.
His first professional appearance was with Bryant’s Minstrels in New York in 1862.