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Paul Barnes (pseudonym of George Franklin Feger; 1870 Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania – 8 May 1922 New York City) was a vaudeville actor and songwriter who, with Will D. Cobb as lyricist, in 1897 composed the Spanish–American War-era hit, "Goodbye, Dolly Gray."[1]

Selected acts

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  • "Paul Barnes & Co.," in which Arthur Brock, Phyllis Ruffell, Andy Nolan, and Paul Barnes make merry over a myriad of absurd situations, brought about by the attempt of a young French bridegroom to pass off an inebriated tramp upon his wife as his wealthy aunt.

Selected works

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Family

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Paul Barnes' father, Pvt. William J. Feger, was a musician and organizer and leader of a band in the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War under the command of Brig. Gen James Nagle.[2]

Barnes was twice married. He first married Willie Adalaide Early August 12, 1895, in Atlantic City. He divorced her around 1901 in Chicago. Adalaide had been an actress with the Thomas Q. Seabrooke Comic Opera Co. (Seabrooke, Thomas Q.; Thomas Quigley; 1860-1913) Barnes then married vaudeville actress Phillis Ruffell (stage name of Ophelia Ruffell) December 8, 1902, in Philadelphia. Phyllis had been married with and divorced from Wendell Howard Ordway (1860–1897), whom she married in 1889 in London and whom she divorced in 1895.

Note: Thomas Q. Seabrooke (1860–1913) was a vaudeville actor and theatrical impresario who legally changed his name from Thomas James Quigley in 1893.[3]


48th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Band
  • Staff-Major, William A. Maize (1839–1874); Leader
  • J. W. Souders, leader
  • William J. Feger, E cornet
  • Daniel Kopp (1815–1894), E cornet
  • John T. Hays, E cornet
  • Charles Hemming, alto
  • Levi Nagle, alto
  • John Cruikshank, alto
  • Charles A. Glenn, alto
  • Charles Slingluff, alto
  • Thomas Severn (1837–1925), piccolo
  • John George, tenor
  • William Hodgson, tenor
  • William H. Gore, tenor
  • Frederick Brown, tenor
  • William Lee, clarinet and cymbals
  • Edward L. Haas, baritone
  • William Birt, E clarinet
  • James Aikman, E bass
  • Nicholas McArthur, E bass
  • Albert Bowen, snare drum
  • James N. Garrett, snare drum
  • John Aikman, bass drum
  • C. T. McDaniel, cook
98th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Band
  • N.J Rehr leader
  • H.K. Downing, drum major
  • Christian Ferg, E cornet
  • Horace G. Walbridge, E cornet
  • Amos E. Walbridge, 1st cornet
  • Christ Bodman, 2nd cornet
  • H.M. Law, 2nd cornet
  • Henry Bodman, clarinet
  • Henry Hoffman, clarinet
  • John W. Morgan, clarinet
  • H. Wheat ???
  • John Cruikshank ???
  • Charles A. Glenn ???
  • John Drouble ???
  • Fidel Fisher, piccolo
  • Adolphus B. Walbridge, alto
  • Henry Walbridge, alto
  • George E. Roehrig, alto
  • John Ward, tenor
  • Charles Oberlies, tenor
  • Andrew Smith, baritone
  • H. Curtis Schoener, 2nd baritone
  • John Bodefeld, 1st bass
  • J.N. Lauer, 1st bass
  • Joseph Kepley, snare drum
  • A. Pfaltzgraf, snare drum
  • Cornelius Trout, cymbals
  • W.S. McDaniel, cook

Notes and references

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Composer of 'Dolly Gray' Dies, Blind and a Pauper," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 1, 1922, p. 3 (accessible via Newspapers.com at www.newspapers.com/image/139591870, subscription required)
  2. ^ "Back Pension," Pottsville Republican, March 30, 1986, p. 4 (col 2) (accessible via Newspapers.com at www.newspapers.com/image/449784576, subscription required)
  3. ^ George Whitefield Chadwick: The Life and Music of the Pride of New England, by Bill F. Faucett, Northeastern University Press (2012), p. 137