Tom English was born in Portarlington, Ireland, September 4, 1860.
Frank McKee, the well-known theatrical magnate, was press agent for Leavitt’s Gigantean Minstrels in 1882.
Arthur Johnson, of the old song and dance team of Harrington and Johnson, is now with Mrs. Johnson’s Pickle Company. This is not a farce-comedy as one might believe, but a permanent organization with headquarters at Richmond, Va. The author hopes to sample those pickles on his next trip to the Old Dominion capitol.
Charlie Haywood (Wilson B. Howard) was one of the original members of the Clipper Quartette, organized in 1879, of which he was the bass singer.
He remained with the quartette about three years.
He was born in 1861, and died at Peak’s Island, Me., July 12, 1889.
Matt McElroy was a banjoist of uncommon ability. He made his first appearance with Hooley’s Minstrels in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1876.
In 1877 he joined George M. DeVere in a double banjo act, and continued with him two years, after which he worked with Harry Colby, as Devere and McElroy.
Subsequently he had various other partners.
In 1886 he married Nellie Mordaunt.