The Mormons and the Theatre; or, The History of Theatricals in UtahLindsay, John S. (John Shanks)
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The Mormons and the Theatre; or, The History of Theatricals in Utah
Lindsay, John S. (John Shanks)
Latter Day Saints; Theater -- Utah -- History
Whether the great disappointment had any effect in hastening Mrs.
Cooper's death or not can not be known, but "it is pitiful, 'twas
wondrous pitiful," that she did not live longer to enjoy her new-found
happiness, and add a crowning glory to her brilliant career, for she
was without doubt the greatest favorite of her day in America, and
Americans everywhere would have hailed her with delight in any new
achievement. She only lived about a year after her marriage to Mr.
Cooper. She died in New York, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
The news of her demise was received with profound sorrow by her
numerous Salt Lake admirers, and many a silent tear paid tribute to
her memory.
"There is a destiny that shapes our ends,
Rough hew them as we will."
Through the courtesy of Mr. C. E. Johnson, our popular photographer, I
am enabled to append the following information in relation to Julia
Dean's death and burial:
THE UNMARKED GRAVE OF JULIA DEAN.
NEW YORK, August 26, 1897.
_To the Editor of the Dramatic Mirror_:
SIR:--While recently walking through the beautiful Laurel Grove
Cemetery at Port Jervis, New York, the aged caretaker called my
attention to a good-sized circular burial plot overlooking a lake
in the centre of which, surrounded by mountain laurel shrubs and
lilac bushes, is a sunken mound under which the venerable keeper
declared rested "as great and fine a looking actress as the
country ever had," and further stated that "much of a time was
made over her years ago in New York." Also that "when her body was
brought on here a big crowd of theatre folks came on to see her
buried and they cried over her open grave."
Becoming thoroughly interested, I carefully noted the location of
the actress' lot, and immediately visited the little cemetery
office on the grounds, and in looking over the admirably kept
records, I was astonished to find that it represented the grave of
a fair member of the dramatic profession whose tomb had been
entirely lost sight of, and dramatic historians and editors have
been unable for years to enlighten those of their readers who
sought to discover her grave rest. Beneath this mound rests all
that is mortal of the once lovely Juliet of the American
stage--Julia Dean.
The complete record of the Laurel Grove Cemetery reads:
"Name--Julia Dean-Hayne-Cooper.
"Place and time of nativity--Pleasant Valley, Near Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., July 21, 1830.
"Names of parents--Edwin and Julia Dean.
"Age--Thirty-five years.
"Place and date of death--New York City, May 19, 1866.
"Cause of death--Childbirth.
"Second husband's name--James G. Cooper.
"Buried in Lot No. 3, Section B, owned by her father-in-law,
Mathew H. Cooper.
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