The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-14
THE ACTORS GRAVES.
THEATRICAL. GRAVES IN THE BROOKLYN
CEMeTERY-LivEs OF TIE OCCUPANT
LATTER LIES flTFUL FEVER ne
SLEEPS NELL" &C., &c.

LATTER LIES FITFUL FEVER re
SLEEPS MELL." &C, &c.
In the Cypress Hills Cemetery, he'' i'oo"'
,yn. N. Y. there is a portion set apart os Tue
New York Dramatic Fund Association 'o'
the graves OF actors. There are no" slNS'
occnr,nts Of il, The Brooklyn Eagle gives
on Interesting description of the " Actors
rpc,os,1re /" and something about those VINO
are sleeping their last sieer withln II. Among
them are John Seton, George Holland W.
II. Bcllamy, J. W. LipSard. aud ""eh'r.
man. George Barrett. all of whom playeo
for wears on the Richmond stage. IL says:
TIE GRAVES
arc laid ont with taste. The entire lot covers
otter 90, SQUARE feet, and is qlIadranSuar III
torn AtcIch of the corners WHO" grows,
while in the middle background an oak,
around the trunk OF which cling IVY leaves,
waves its branches. In the centre Eastclul
arbor, covered with honeysuckic, stand,
with lilies and roses at its feet. Along the
borders shrilbbery grows, and gives 10 the
whole mn effect of care and completeness. in
the middle part of the grounds lie buried
the children of actors, while the SIDES are
devoted TO the ashes OF The parents
Many Of the men and women VINO
siumber here were but little known
to the community, but the names OF
+. c. Weyms, Andrew Jackson Ahcn'
Lysander S. Thompson, George Skcrfi''
Catharine Wypant, Emma Dickson, Charics
d. S. Howard Alfred Moore, Charles H..
Stone, Mary Barrett, Frederick NJ. Kent
George Fl. Barrett, Charles L. Pars'oe George
Holland, Daniel b. Van Deercn, samuel ID.
Etinge, AmcIie FurZie, Mrs. Elizabeth Con-
nev, Mrs. Thomas Price, John Jones, Thomas
Price, William H. Belllm, John BridScmali,
William Bearing, John IL. OXlcy, James w.
Lincard. William Ii. Reynold, Adam Breach,
George Jamison, John Seton, Mary Marcy
Edmund Simpson. and Henry 3. Drayton
had become familiar to the thcatrc-gocrs OIL
the country.
The first grave that attracts attention or
entering the ground Is that OF
ANDREW JACKSON ALLEN.
1t is to the left of the gate. There |,
modest stone ut the bead, on which tie TIME
of bis birth and death IRE recorded IN pam
black letters. Under the inscription are Tue
words :" From his cradle he was scholar
exceeding wise, fair spoken. ana pcrsilad'lS'
Lofty and sour to them that loved him not
btlE 10 IiItsp tllfll tlldl sON@h'
summer" He was born in New OK III
December. l77G, and made his dCbut as an
actor as one Of the inccnsc-boyS in " Romeo
and Juliet at the old John-strect Theatre,
1897. The stage WAS from first TO Ei-t pa.
sion with him: while still Il lad he looked
from the gallery with more than admiration
upon the PLAYERS. and in his maturer years
he sought a. his companions only the men
whom he came in contact with before Tue
toot-iiclts Asan actor he never rose above
mcdiocrity, but his eye for costume and gene
ral effect was unsurpassed. Before he ilil('
gained any very wide reputation his hearing
failed him, which intirmity, besides attaching
to him the name of Dummy Allen" made
him the more readily abandon character I'M
pcrSonatons and accept the OTTER OF co>tllnel
to Mr., Edwin Forrest. Here he eXccllcd, and
to his skill not Il little of the great TRACE
dams success may well be attributed. lie
died in 1873. A, man he was the cmbodl-
ment of culture and Ccccntrcity. His dis
position was good but his temper, like his
hearing, WAS slightly ntirn, andhls stock oi
quotations which was without limlt-wh-
made to do. duty is OFTEN as the vehicle OF his
own ove.burdened feelings as for the en-
lightcnmcnt of his associates. Still he was
generous and manly, and few can pass III
quiet grave without feeling pang OF regret
Alongside of Allen lies
LYSASpER THOMPSON,
one Of the best character actors and mos
genial gentlemen that ever graced the Amer
lean stage. Nature lived in him, and there
WIS nothn" in human form that could no
ind expression through him. Irishmei
looked upon him as Il native ot the greer
i.le. Germans knew him to he of their race
and the Yankee found the very reflex q
New England in his form. He was. how
ever, native of Yorkshire, England, aht
especially eXcellcd in the delncation o
English peculiirities.. He was born in 1873
and made his debut on the stage in 1872
After Il successful career in his native coull
try he came to Amcric; in August, 1852. and
in the character of Bob Tigh, in "Schoo
for Reform" first appeared before an Amer
lean audience in Burion's Cmimbcr-Strce
Theatre. New York. He died in Brookly
in 1854. The profession lost one of its light
when he departed. Near TO Thompson II
poses
GEORGE SkERRITT,
the once celebrated low comedian. On hi
tombstone are the words,
"Alas. poor Skcrrit,!
He was u fellow of Infinite jest
And most excellent spirit
This quotation tells in brief the story u
his life. lie was the soul of all good com
pany, and what he achieved kr failed +
achieve may be accounted for by this gran,
characteristic He was born in Liverpool
Eagland, in 1910, and died in the city G
Albany in 1855. In the old Park Theatr,
New York, that {" Drury Lane" of the COZ
tinent, he was introduced to the American
and made n decided impression. In tn
characters of Timid in the dead Shot,
and Dominique the DeSerter, he was ia
above the average actor. The good thing
that are told of him would ill Il volume, an
it is to the honor of his professional brethre
that they show no disposition to inter tn
good that he did with his bones. Skerrtt
both as man and an actor, deserves to b
remembered.
A little further to the right, under tn
shadow of one of the willows already mel,
toned, without stone to mark his resting
place, sleeps the famous comedian
GEORGE II. BARRETT.
known in his day rs "Gentlcman George,
aud esteemed not more us an actor than h
was Us u man. On the stage he was rs full
the ideal actor IS those who had the forum
Of knowing him say he was a man. As
companion he was all that could be wished
courteous in his manner, engaging in CONVEX
sation, and upright in his thought, ant
with heart that never looked upol
suffering without desire to assuage it
Indeed, if he had a fault-and, being hu
man, it is supposed that be had-it wa
that he permitted the generous i'm
pulses of his nature to control BIZ
judgments. He was native of England
born in 1904. In 1906, still child, he ap
peared at the Park Theatre, New York. in
the part of Young Norcal, and from that