Hosmer, Jean
actress, was born Jan. 29, 1842, near Boston, Mass. She first appeared on the stage in a ballet at Buffalo, N. Y., and rose to be a star actress, performing the part of Juliet at the Chestnut street theater, Philadelphia, in 1858. HOSMER, MRS. MARGARET [KERR], author, was born in 1830 in Philadelphia, Pa. She is a Philadelphia writer of Sunday-school tales, among which are, A Chinaman in California; The Chinese Boy; The Little Captives; Lonny the Orphan. She wrote, also, three novels, Blanche Gilroy; The Morrisons; and Ten Years of a Lifetime.