Dillon Brothers

[2] Leaving home at age 15, Harry made his theater debut on the minstrel circuit, joining Duprez & Benedict's Minstrels for a year in 1882.

He was then joined by his brother John and began to perform sketch comedy and comedic songs.

[1] Their hits included "Do, Do, My Huckleberry Do" (1893), "Put Me Off at Buffalo" (1895), and "Why Did They Sell Killarney?"

Harry retired from vaudeville due to illness some years before 1915, and John had returned to Cortland to go into business by 1914.

[1] John and Harry's brother William Dillon (1877-1966) was also a popular performer best known as the lyricist for the song "I Want A Girl (Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)" (1911)