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
"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, 1868."
The lone cemetery official states all of Julia Dean's kindred
passed away years ago, and together they are buried in the old
Clove graveyard at Sussex, N. J.
At the time of their deaths, they were in reduced circumstances,
and while still well-to-do, years before Julia Dean's demise they
acquired this Port Jervis burial lot that she might await the
resurrection in the place where her childhood days were so
pleasantly passed.
At the foot of the eminent actress' grave slumbers the unnamed
girl infant for whom Julia Dean surrendered her illustrious life.
None of her relatives were ever able to erect a monument over her
remains, and it seems a pity that this exquisite actress of
another generation should forever sleep in an unrecorded
sepulchre.
Having heard and read that the noble Actors' Fund of New York has
caused' many a granite tombstone to be erected over the graves of
their worthy comrades, and as Julia Dean was so sweet and
accomplished an artiste, I thought that by calling attention to
this forgotten and out of the way tomb through the columns of the
most powerful of America's dramatic journals, _The Dramatic
Mirror_, it might result in placing a modest memorial stone of
granite at the head of the mound under which so peacefully reposes
Julia Dean, whose splendid genius Dion Boucicault compared to that
of another gifted and beautiful daughter of the drama, the ideal
Juliet, Adelaide Neilson, who awaits the final call in distant
England, beneath an imposing mortuary memorial, thanks to the
influence of the loyal William Winter.
LOVER OF THE STAGE.
CHAPTER VIII.
SEASON OF '66-'67.
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