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Dandridge Family Of Virginia
Dandridge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bartholomew Dandridge (1737–1785), American lawyer, jurist, and planter * Bartholomew Dandridge (artist), Bartholomew Dandridge (1691–c.1754), English portrait painter * Bob Dandridge (born 1947), American basketball player * Danske Dandridge (1854–1914), American poet, historian and garden writer * Dorothy Jean Dandridge (1922–1965), American film and theatre actress, singer and dancer * Ed Dandridge, corporate executive * John Dandridge (1700–1756), Virginian colonel, planter, and clerk * Joseph Dandridge (1665–1747), English silk-pattern designer * Martha Washington, Martha Dandridge (1731–1802), (later Martha Washington) first First Lady of the United States * Merle Dandridge (born 1975), American actress * Nicola Dandridge, English Lawyer * Putney Dandridge (1902–1946), American bandleader, jazz pianist and vocalist * Ray Dandridge (1913–1994), American baseball player * Raymond Garfield Dandrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartholomew Dandridge
Bartholomew Dandridge (25 December 1737 – 18 April 1785) was an early American planter, lawyer and Patriot (American Revolution), patriot. He represented New Kent County, Virginia, New Kent County in the House of Burgesses, all five Virginia Revolutionary Conventions, and once in the Virginia House of Delegates before fellow legislators selected him as a judge of what later became known as the Virginia Supreme Court. Early life Dandridge was born on Christmas, 1737 at Chestnut Grove (plantation), Chestnut Grove in New Kent County, Virginia, New Kent County in the Colony of Virginia. He was the fourth child of John Dandridge, Col. John Dandridge and his wife Frances Jones Dandridge. His paternal grandfather John Dandridge Sr. was from Oxfordshire but became a member of the London company of painters. His son (this man's uncle) William Dandridge (captain), William Dandridge was an officer in the Royal Navy who emigrated to Virginia and became a merchant and planter by 1715, own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Putney Dandridge
Louis "Putney" Dandridge (January 13, 1902 – February 15, 1946) was an American jazz pianist and singer. Career Born in Richmond, Virginia, United States, Dandridge began performing in 1918 as a pianist in a revue entitled ''The Drake and Walker Show''. In 1930, he worked as accompanist for tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, including appearances in the musical ''Brown Buddies''. In February 1931, Dandridge appeared in the cast of the musical revue ''Heatin' Up Harlem'', starring Adelaide Hall at the Lafayette Theatre, Harlem. In the 1932 American film ''Harlem Is Heaven'', Dandridge, on the piano and reciting lyrics in a "speak set", accompanies Robinson as the dancer sings "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't". After touring in Illinois and the Great Lakes region, Dandridge settled in Cleveland, Ohio, forming a band with guitarist Lonnie Johnson. This period lasted until 1934, when he attempted to perform as a solo act. He took his show to New York City, beginning a series of lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dandridge Sisters
The Dandridge Sisters were an American all-girl singing trio, started in 1934 in Los Angeles, California, and ended in 1940, comprising the sisters Vivian and Dorothy Dandridge together with their friend Etta Jones (not the more well-known jazz vocalist Etta Jones, her namesake). They had a short period of fame traveling around the United States performing for night clubs, theatres, radio shows, and eventually left the U.S. to tour in Europe. Dorothy Dandridge decided to become a solo artist, the band split, and each woman then pursued projects individually. Rise to fame Both Vivian and Dorothy Dandridge originally made up the band The Wonder Children, organized by their mother Ruby Dandridge (also a performer) in Cleveland, Ohio. When they added Etta Jones to the group, they changed their name to The Dandridge Sisters and moved to Los Angeles. They originally began performing as aspiring dancers after studying at the Loretta Butler School of Dance and the Nash Dancing Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Dandridge
The Battle of Dandridge, January 17, 1864, was a minor battle of the American Civil War that occurred in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Background Wanting to push the Confederates out of their winter headquarters and having received reports of good forage south of the French Broad River, Union forces under Maj. Gen. John G. Parke advanced on Dandridge, near the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad, on January 14, with orders to cross the river and occupy the area for the Federals. This movement forced Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, who had been operating around Dandridge, to fall back beyond Kimbrough's Crossroads. Longstreet brought up reinforcements from Morristown on January 15 to meet the Federals and threaten the Union base at New Market. On January 16, Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, commanding the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Ohio, rode forward from Dandridge along the Morristown Road (now Valley Home Rd., State Hwy 66) to occupy Kimbrough's Crossroads. As the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dandridge (comics)
Doctor Spartacus Dandridge is a fictional character appearing in British comic anthology ''2000 AD'', created by Alec Worley and Warren Pleece. First appearing in a ''Past Imperfect'' story in 2009, Dandridge has since become a ghost tracking and destroying evil spirits and poltergeist, aided by his assistant, Shelley. Characters * Doctor Spartacus Dandridge - A ghost hunter * Shelley - Dandridge's assistant Bibliography * Past Imperfect: Antiquus Phantasma (with Warren Pleece, in 2000 AD #1631, 2009) * Dandridge ** Return of the Chap (with Warren Pleece, in 2000 AD #1710-1714, 2010) ** The House That Dripped Devilry! (with Warren Pleece, in 2000 AD #1726-1730, 2011) ** A Christmas Ghost Story (with Warren Pleece, in 2000 AD #2012, 2011) ** The Copper Conspiracy (with Warren Pleece Warren Pleece is a British comics artist. He is best known for his work at the DC Comics imprint Vertigo and the 2012–16 Irish novel series '' Zom-B''. Biography Warren, with his br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivian Dandridge
Vivian Alferetta Dandridge (April 22, 1921 – October 26, 1991) was an American singer, actress and dancer. Dandridge is best known for being the older sister of actress and singer Dorothy Dandridge and the daughter of actress Ruby Dandridge. Dandridge was a member of the Dandridge Sisters musical group, along with Etta Jones and Dorothy Dandridge from 1934 until the group disbanded in 1940. Dandridge went on to appear in minor roles on films and television from 1940 through the early 1960s. She never really achieved the same notable success as her younger sister, and Vivian Dandridge disappeared from the public eye by 1970. Dandridge died after suffering a stroke on October 26, 1991, at age 70. Early life and career Dandridge was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Cyril Dandridge, and the former Ruby Jean Butler, an aspiring entertainer. Dandridge's parents separated shortly before the birth of her sister Dorothy. Initially, Ruby Dandridge put her two girls to work performing acrobati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violet Dandridge
Violet Dandridge was the pseudonym for Serena Katherine Dandridge (1878–1956), an American scientific illustrator, painter, naturalist, and suffragist. She was the Smithsonian Institution’s first female scientific illustrator. Early life Serena Katherine Dandridge was born March 15, 1878, in her family home of " Rose Brake" in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and was raised there. Some sources state she was born at " The Bower" the Dandridge family home on the Opequon River near Bower, West Virginia. Her parents were Adam Stephen Dandridge and poet Caroline Dane "Danske" Bedinger Dandridge; she was the eldest of three siblings which included Stephen Hawks and Dorothea Spotswood. Her father had served as a soldier under Stonewall Jackson. She was a descendant of Martha Washington (née Martha Dandridge). In 1896, at the age of 18, she moved to Washington, D.C., to study fine art. The following year she moved back to Shepherdstown after her younger brother unexpectedly died w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
