Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1894 — JOSEPH JEFFERSON. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JOSEPH JEFFERSON.

The Famous Actor Celebrates His 65th Birthday. Joseph Jefferson, whose famn as an actor is world-wide, recently celebrated the sixty-fifth anniversary of his birth. Singularly enough his favorite play, “Rip Van Winkle," is also 65 years old. “Jo" Jefferson’s grandfather, Joseph Jefferson, was an English actor of some celebrity who came to the United States in

1795. “Jo” went on the stage when very young and rose rapidly in the profession, having a wide range as a comedian. When not upon the stage Mr. Jefferson spends his winters in Louisiana. He has a beautiful summer home at Buzzard’s Bay, Mass., known as the Orow's Nest. It is said that a great many very tine paintings have come from the brush of Mr. Jefferson, who can thus be called not only a great actor but a talented artist. In June, 1892, he received the honorary degree of Bachelor of Arts from Yale University.

JOSEPH JEFFERSON.