San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-16
JULIA DEANS GRAVE.
The Last Resting Place of Once Fa-
nous Woman Unmarked.

The Last Resting Place of n Once Fa-
nous Woman Unmarked.
In the cemetery of Port Jervis, N. T.,
in an unmarked grave, lies the body OF
a woman who was once brilliant fig
ure on the American stage. The grave
is that of'Julia Dean, who in her time
was one of the most beautiful women
of the American stage, as well as the
possessor of talents that made her
conspicuous among her associates.
There was for long time uncertain
ty as to where she was buried. She died
in New York in 1866, and her body was
placed first, with that Of the little child
whose birth cost her life, in the old
Marble cemetery in Second street.
After its removal from that place 1t
was brought to the cemetery here, but
the only identification Of the spotwhere
it lies is found in the records of the Gem
etery. The old keeper of the cemetery
can add to the bald facts some reminis-
cence of the day on which she was
brought here. He can still recall the
little crowd of mourners-al of them
at that time eminent on the stage
who came here and watched the un-
marked grave shaped over her.
It is in one of the most attractive
parts of the cemetery that the grave is
situated, but its natural beauties are all
that serve to distinguish it. At the foot
of the grave lies the body of her child
who was not long enough in this world
to need a name. In the registry of the
cemetery is this entry:
'Name-Julia Dean-Hayne-Cooper
"Place and time of nativity-Pleas-
ant Valley, near Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
July "a, 1880.
Names of parents-Edwin and Julia
Dean.
"Age-Thirty-ive years,
"Place and date of death-New York
city, May 10, 1866.
"Cause of death-C Childbirth.
Second husbands name-James G.
Cooper.
Buried in lot No. 3, Section 3,
owned by her father-in-law, Matthew
H. Cooper.
Remains of deceased first placed in
the Marble cemetery general receiving
vault, Second street, New York city.
Transferred to Laurel Grove cemetery,
Port Jervis, April 16, 1863"
The fact that woman once SO distin-
guished in her profession lies to-day in
an unmarked grave is attributed to the
fact that before her death most of the
property that her relatives had owned
was swept away, snd they were left in
very straitened circumstances. Now
they are all dead. While they were in
better circumstances the lot in the GEM
etery here was purchased, and when
they became impoverished and left the
town it was not possible to put a stone
over the grave. Her companions on the
stage evidently thought that her fam
lily had attended to this, and the grave
to-day, for one reason and another,
looks little like the resting place of a
woman who was once SO much praised
and admired.
Julia Dean was the daughter Of Julia
Drake, of whom it was written that
'she was the first native-born actress
thoO SASSO lhC "CSOtIu
1875" She married Thomas Fosdick
and later Edmund Dean. Miss Deans
father was an actor, and in her eleventh
year she left her home in the country
and went to take her place in her fla
Tiers company. At tina time he was
the manager of theaters in Rochester
and Buffalo, and he allowed her to act
when she was II years old, the part OF
Lady Ellen in "The Lady of the Lake -
She continued to play for several years
in her fathers company, and it was not
until 1s45 that her beauty and talents
won full recognition. Then she was only
Is years old, and the sensation she ere
ated while acting in Louisville opened
the way for her debut here. She acted
first "Julia" in Sheridan Knowles play,
"The Hunchback," one of the parts
that was chiefly associated with her
reputation. She was as triumphant
here as she had been elsewhere. At 25
she married DIR. Hayne, of Charleston,
S. c., and after her marriage followed,
while on a trip to San Francisco, the
most successful days of her career. In
1865 she was divorced from her husband
in Salt Lake City on the ground that
he had never contributed to her sup
port, and shortly after she married
James Cooper, of New York. In 1866
she played annie Catheneh" in a YER
sion of Wilkie Collins novel, "The Wom-
an in White" She soon retired, and
later in the year died at the birth of