Article on Francis S. Chanfrau

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8 January 2026

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05 Dec 1863

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Participants:  Francis Chanfrau

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Article: New York Clipper, 05 December 1863, 268.

Biographical piece on Chanfrau.  “Francis S. Chanfrau was born at the corner of the Bowery and Pell street, New York, in a wooden tenement house, known as the ‘Old Tree House,’ on the 22nd of February, 1824. . . .

Our hero’s next step was as ‘super,’ at the Bowery Theatre, where he became a great favorite, particularly in his imitations of Mr. Forrest, which were most excellent. . . . On the 23rd of July, 1858, he was married in Cincinnati to Miss Henrietta Baker, of Philadelphia, now playing at the Winter Garden in this city.”