Carroll Johnson

Carroll Johnson (c. 1851–1917) was a minstrel performer in the United States.

[1][2][3][4][5][6] In 1892, he was touted as the merry Irish minstrel for his performance of The Gossoon by E. E. Kidder at Naylor's Opera House in Terre Haute.

[7] Between 1892 and 1894, he was the principal actor (as Osmonde O'Sullivan) in the play "The Irish Statesman", written by (John) Fitzgerald Murphy.

[8][9][10] He appears in blackface on the cover of the sheet music for "Ma Angeline".

[11] His performances popularized the song "Parson Johnson's Chicken Brigade".