KING, WILLIAM (BILLY
). Minstrel/Vaudeville entertainer ( in Whistler, Alabama; ). He toured during the 1890s with his own company, the
King and Bush Wide-Mouth Minstrels
. After the company was disbanded, he joined the
Richard and Pringle Georgia Minstrels
company, which featured thereafter the big four comedians
: King,
William (Billy
) Kersands
,
Clarence Powell
, and
James Crosby
. When King left the company, he settled in Chicago, Illinois,...