He was with Buckley’s Serenaders, also in New York, in the Summer of 1870; in the Fall he joined the San Francisco Minstrels, likewise in New York. He opened with Emerson’s Minstrels in San Francisco, August 19, 1872; May 12, following he sailed for Australia with that company, and remained in the Antipodes after leaving Emerson, finally returning to the United States in the Summer of 1879. He again went to California, where he died at Colton, that State, March 18, 1886. Mr. Rockefeller was born at Penfield, N. Y., March 14, 1843. CHARLEY PETTENGILL. Minstrelsy suffered an irreparable loss in the untimely death of this brilliant comedian; a comedian in fact, and versatile to a degree. August 1, 1864, he opened with Buckley’s Serenaders in Boston, and became a great favorite at once. Subsequently he joined the Morris Bros. Minstrels in the same city, where he remained until February 13, 1866. September 10, following, he played a brief engagement with Sands and Herbert’s Minstrels, and the same month returned to his home in Albany to organize Pettengill’s Minstrels, which continued intermittently until September 22, 1869, when in conjunction with Johnny Allen and Delehanty and Hengler, a company bearing their names was launched at Brooklyn, N. Y. In November following they opened for a run in New York, that terminated June 1, 1870. [Illustration: JOHN GORMAN JAMES GORMAN GEO. GORMAN THE GORMAN BROS.; ALWAYS ON TOP. AMOS ARNOLD BILLY ARNOLD FRANK ARNOLD THE FAMOUS ARNOLD BROS.; A GREAT TREAT FOR BILLY.] Mr. Pettengill is declared to have been the original “Nicodemus Johnson”; if he wasn’t, he certainly was the greatest. All honor to his memory. Charley Pettengill was born in Albany, N. Y., where he died October 10, 1870; age 27 years. M. B. LEAVITT (Michael Bennett Levy) commenced his professional career as a minstrel in 1859; he was one of the end men, and appeared under his own name as M. B. Levy; Mr. Leavitt has been a comedian ever since--but not always on the stage. To name all the minstrel companies he has been with would be a difficult matter, also all the things he did in them. In 1867 he was a clown and comic vocalist; in 1872 he did a stump speech on the occasion of his last appearance as a “black-face” performer. There were any number of “Leavitt’s Minstrels” in the 60’s. About forty years ago he became associated with Mme. Rentz’s Female Minstrels; when the fall season opened, September 18, 1871, Mr. Leavitt was treasurer of the company. This organization subsequently developed into the Rentz-Santley Troupe, the burlesque show of many years’ standing. Most of the Leavitt millions were made with this company. In 1881 Leavitt’s Gigantean Minstrels were organized, and in 1889 Leavitt’s European Minstrels toured. Mr. Leavitt has broken into the ranks of authors, and an interesting volume from his pen may shortly be expected. M. B. Leavitt was born in Boston, Mass., June 24, 1843.