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Ezra Kendall
Ezra Kendall (February 15, 1861 – January 23, 1910) was an American actor-comedian, humorist, playwright and author who was known for his depiction of typical New England Yankees.〔(The summary - Volume 33, 1905, p. 2 ) accessed November 21, 2012〕 During his time in vaudeville Kendall was said to have been among the highest paid monologist in America.〔(The Green book Magazine - Volume 3, p. 541 ) accessed November 20, 2012〕
==Early life==
Ezra Freemont Kendall was born on a farm near Centerville, New York, to Ezra W. and Eliza R. (née Pratt) Kendall. The September following his birth, Kendall's father enlisted as a sergeant with Company D, 64th Infantry Regiment, New York and soon rose to lieutenant before losing his life during the Battle of Seven Pines.〔(Leonard, John William - Marquis, Albert Nelson - Who's Who in America, Volume 4, 1906-1907 p. 986 ) accessed November 20, 2012〕〔Ezra Kendall Dead. New York Times , January 24, 1910, p. 9〕〔(Storms, A. D.- The Player Blue Book,1901, pp. 210-211 ) accessed November 20, 2012〕
Kendall left school at fourteen to work as a printer’s assistant. At seventeen he traveled to New York City where he became a cub reporter on several newspapers and the youngest member of the New York Press Club. By nineteen or twenty he was touring with a theatre company playing walk-on rôles for free board and laundry service. Later Kendall replaced the troupe’s property man at $4 a-week before making his professional stage debut as an English butler in Elliott Barnes’ melodrama, ''Only a Farmer's Daughter.'' 〔〔〔
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