

Joseph sang comic songs, played bit parts, and performed the role of the Duke of York. There they performed in the young city's first resident company, the Chicago Theater, at the rough-hewn Sauganash Hotel. After the end of the 1837-38 season, his parents moved with Joseph, his brother Charles Burke, and his sister, Cornelia, to Chicago.

In 1837, at age eight, Joseph performed at the Franklin theatre in New York City with his parents as a pirate. He put Jefferson alongside him in black face and dress with Rice performing his well-known character "Jim Crow" and little Joseph as Little Joe. In 1833, at the age of four years, Jefferson was carried on stage at the Washington theatre in a bag by an actor named Thomas D. She was the niece of British-American actor William Warren. After Jefferson returned to the United States after the end of the Civil War, he married again in 1867 to Sarah Warren. Jefferson was married twice: at the age of 21 in 1850, to actress Margaret Clements Lockyer (1832–1861), who died young after bearing their four children. His first recorded appearance was at the Washington Theatre in Washington, D.C., where he appeared in a benefit performance for the minstrel Thomas D. He appeared onstage early in life, often being used when a play called for "a babe in arms". His father, Joseph Jefferson, Jr., was a scenic designer and actor and his mother an actress. Jefferson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After 1865, he created no other major role and toured with this play for decades. Jefferson was particularly well known for his adaptation and portrayal of Rip Van Winkle on the stage, reprising the role in several silent film adaptations. Beginning as a young child, he continued as a performer for most of his 76 years. He was the third actor of this name in a family of actors and managers, and one of the most famous 19th century American comedians. The LDL is built with Islandora, an open source digital library system based on Fedora, Drupal, and Solr.Joseph Jefferson III, commonly known as Joe Jefferson (Febru– April 23, 1905), was an American actor.

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