Subsequently he became identified with the Rice and Barton Company, with whom he has mostly since been identified.
Mr. Cain is happily married to Blanche Newcomb, the youngest daughter of the famous minstrel.
John E. Cain was born in St. Louis, Mo., August 20, 1862.
Jennie Yeamans, the famous daughter of a famous mother (Mrs. Annie Yeamans) played Topsy in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in New York, October 20, 1879.
Miss Yeamans was born in Sydney, New South Wales, October 16, 1862; she died in New York, November 28, 1906.
Bob Carmichael was well-known as an able and popular minstrel leader. In the Summer of 1886 he was with Haverly’s Minstrels, and in the Fall of the same year he joined “Nobody’s Claim” Company; the following season he was with Sweatnam, Rice and Fagan’s Minstrels, and in 1888 with Johnson and Slavin’s Minstrels. Subsequently he was associated with Primrose and West’s; his last engagement was with Harry Davis’ Minstrels in Pittsburg, Pa., commencing October 9, 1899.
Bob Carmichael was born in Salem, N. C., where he died November 27, 1899; age 32 years.
Eddie Marks (Peter E. Kenny), famous as one of the team of Griffin and Marks, whose “Silence and Fun” act is well remembered, played with his partner in all the principal variety halls of Europe, as well as engagements with Thatcher, Primrose and West’s; Haverly’s, Gorton’s and other well-known minstrel organizations.
He had been in the profession about twenty-five years.
Eddie Marks died in Jersey City, N. J., December 28, 1898; age 36 years.