Francis Wilson is a man of letters; the author of “Reminiscences of a Fellow Player,” “Recollections of a Player,” and the comedy in which he is now appearing, the “Bachelor’s Baby.”
Likewise did he write the “Life of Jos. Jefferson,” the “Eugene Field I Knew,” and contributed several short stories to magazines.
He is co-proprietor with Mrs. Wilson (formerly Miss Myra V. Barrie) of the Misses Adelaide and Frances Wilson.
James F. Mackin was born in Providence, R. I.; he died in Sturgis, Dak., May 4, 1883.
Francis B. Wilson was born in Philadelphia, February 7, 1854.
Billy Ginniven, the well known black-face song and dance performer, worked at various times with John E. Henshaw, Charley Gilday, and his wife, professionally known as Frankie Lee, whom he married about 1878.
He died in Denver, Colo., January 11, 1879.
Petrie and Fish formed a partnership in 1876, doing a black-face act.
In 1878 they were joined by Connors and Kelly, and as the Original Four they met with great success in the United States and Europe. They subsequently separated, Mr. Petrie doing an act with his wife in the variety houses, billed as Petrie and Elise, in “Passing the Toll Gate.”
In 1896 Mr. and Mrs. Petrie, with their two sons, formed the Four Olifans, a grotesque act, which they performed successfully for several seasons. Mr. Petrie married Margaret Cockrell in 1880.