Miss Cecelia Crisp of the Stuart Troupe (Mrs. Edwin Stuart) died at Strawberry Point last week Wednesday of lung fever brought on by the cold ride the troupe took in transit from Sumner to Fayette. Vol. III. Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa, Thursday, February 15, 1883. No. 7. Page One.
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“Passed Away. Cecelia Stewart (sic), formerly Cecelia Crisp, daughter of the late W. H. Crisp, the first manager of the present theater, which he opened in 1858, died at Strawberry Point, Iowa, on the 7th inst. of pneumonia, leaving a husband and one child. Her brother, Harry Crisp, died on the same day, at the same hour and of the same malady. The Crisp family were well known throughout the South, but especially at New Orleans, Mobile, Richmond, Atlanta and here. Cecelia and her younger sister, Jessie, when quite young and during the civil war, were exceedingly popular at Mobile, where her father managed a theater. William H. Crisp, the elder, was an Englishman, and came to this country with the accomplished Anna Cora Mowatt, after she had played for a period in England – nearly forty years ago. He traveled as Mrs. Mowatt’s leading support a year or more, and was succeeded by E. L. Davenport. Mr. Crisp remained in America, became manager of a theater at New Orleans and afterward here; served for a period as captain in the Southern army, and died several years ago. Miss Jessie Crisp now resides with her afflicted mother at Strawberry Point, Iowa. Her only brother, William H. Crisp, jr., is in the country somewhere.” Public Ledger. (Memphis, Tenn.), 2/17/1883, image 5.
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“Passed Away. Cecelia Stewart (sic), formerly Cecelia Crisp, daughter of the late W. H. Crisp, the first manager of the present theater, which he opened in 1858, died at Strawberry Point, Iowa, on the 7th inst. of pneumonia, leaving a husband and one child. Her brother, Harry Crisp, died on the same day, at the same hour and of the same malady. The Crisp family were well known throughout the South, but especially at New Orleans, Mobile, Richmond, Atlanta and here. Cecelia and her younger sister, Jessie, when quite young and during the civil war, were exceedingly popular at Mobile, where her father managed a theater. William H. Crisp, the elder, was an Englishman, and came to this country with the accomplished Anna Cora Mowatt, after she had played for a period in England – nearly forty years ago. He traveled as Mrs. Mowatt’s leading support a year or more, and was succeeded by E. L. Davenport. Mr. Crisp remained in America, became manager of a theater at New Orleans and afterward here; served for a period as captain in the Southern army, and died several years ago. Miss Jessie Crisp now resides with her afflicted mother at Strawberry Point, Iowa. Her only brother, William H. Crisp, jr., is in the country somewhere.” Public Ledger. (Memphis, Tenn.), 2/17/1883, image 5.
Miss Cecelia Crisp of the Stuart Troupe (Mrs. Edwin Stuart) died at Strawberry Point last week Wednesday of lung fever brought on by the cold ride the troupe took in transit from Sumner to Fayette. Vol. III. Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa, Thursday, February 15, 1883. No. 7. Page One.
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“Passed Away. Cecelia Stewart (sic), formerly Cecelia Crisp, daughter of the late W. H. Crisp, the first manager of the present theater, which he opened in 1858, died at Strawberry Point, Iowa, on the 7th inst. of pneumonia, leaving a husband and one child. Her brother, Harry Crisp, died on the same day, at the same hour and of the same malady. The Crisp family were well known throughout the South, but especially at New Orleans, Mobile, Richmond, Atlanta and here. Cecelia and her younger sister, Jessie, when quite young and during the civil war, were exceedingly popular at Mobile, where her father managed a theater. William H. Crisp, the elder, was an Englishman, and came to this country with the accomplished Anna Cora Mowatt, after she had played for a period in England – nearly forty years ago. He traveled as Mrs. Mowatt’s leading support a year or more, and was succeeded by E. L. Davenport. Mr. Crisp remained in America, became manager of a theater at New Orleans and afterward here; served for a period as captain in the Southern army, and died several years ago. Miss Jessie Crisp now resides with her afflicted mother at Strawberry Point, Iowa. Her only brother, William H. Crisp, jr., is in the country somewhere.” Public Ledger. (Memphis, Tenn.), 2/17/1883, image 5.
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“Passed Away. Cecelia Stewart (sic), formerly Cecelia Crisp, daughter of the late W. H. Crisp, the first manager of the present theater, which he opened in 1858, died at Strawberry Point, Iowa, on the 7th inst. of pneumonia, leaving a husband and one child. Her brother, Harry Crisp, died on the same day, at the same hour and of the same malady. The Crisp family were well known throughout the South, but especially at New Orleans, Mobile, Richmond, Atlanta and here. Cecelia and her younger sister, Jessie, when quite young and during the civil war, were exceedingly popular at Mobile, where her father managed a theater. William H. Crisp, the elder, was an Englishman, and came to this country with the accomplished Anna Cora Mowatt, after she had played for a period in England – nearly forty years ago. He traveled as Mrs. Mowatt’s leading support a year or more, and was succeeded by E. L. Davenport. Mr. Crisp remained in America, became manager of a theater at New Orleans and afterward here; served for a period as captain in the Southern army, and died several years ago. Miss Jessie Crisp now resides with her afflicted mother at Strawberry Point, Iowa. Her only brother, William H. Crisp, jr., is in the country somewhere.” Public Ledger. (Memphis, Tenn.), 2/17/1883, image 5.
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