BIO: BARNES, DWIGHT BENNETT. (1846-1935) Attorney. Settled in Delavan, WI, 1855. Played a major role in obtaining finances for various circuses quartered there, and was occasionally the receiver in cases when shows failed. When the Centennial Circus folded, 1876, became the possessor of several small tents, one of which was sold to Al Ringling, 1879.
SOURCE: "Olympians of the Sawdust Circle - A biographical dictionary of the ninteenth century American circus.", Compiled and Edited by: William L. Slout.
Source [link]: http://www.circushistory.org/Olympians/OlypiansA.htm
SOURCE: "Olympians of the Sawdust Circle - A biographical dictionary of the ninteenth century American circus.", Compiled and Edited by: William L. Slout.
Source [link]: http://www.circushistory.org/Olympians/OlypiansA.htm
BIO: BARNES, DWIGHT BENNETT. (1846-1935) Attorney. Settled in Delavan, WI, 1855. Played a major role in obtaining finances for various circuses quartered there, and was occasionally the receiver in cases when shows failed. When the Centennial Circus folded, 1876, became the possessor of several small tents, one of which was sold to Al Ringling, 1879.
SOURCE: "Olympians of the Sawdust Circle - A biographical dictionary of the ninteenth century American circus.", Compiled and Edited by: William L. Slout.
Source [link]: http://www.circushistory.org/Olympians/OlypiansA.htm
SOURCE: "Olympians of the Sawdust Circle - A biographical dictionary of the ninteenth century American circus.", Compiled and Edited by: William L. Slout.
Source [link]: http://www.circushistory.org/Olympians/OlypiansA.htm
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