SMITH, HENDERSON

SMITH, HENDERSON. Minstrel bandleader (19 April 1858 in Frankfort, Kentucky; 21 September 1923 in Chicago, Illinois). When he was a child, his family moved to Warren, Ohio, where he first studied music privately and later at the Dana Musical Institute. His early professional experience was with the Original Oaks Show in 1875. Thereafter he performed with various groups, including Sprague's Original Georgia Minstrels (1876-80), Haverly's Genuine Colored Minstrels (1880-81), and...