Lincoln Stedman Lincoln Stedman Lincoln Stedman (May 18, 1907 – March 22, 1948) was an American silent film actor. Stedman was born in Denver, Colorado, and was the son of Marshall Stedman and silent film beauty Myrtle Stedman. A large fat man, Stedman had a career in films dating back to his boyhood in silent films with his parents. He appeared in 81 films between 1917 and 1934. Overweight as a teenager, Stedman resembled Roscoe Arbuckle which allowed him to convincingly play adult roles far beyond his years in real life. He was married to Carol Rohe Stedman. One month before his
Roscoe Conkling Bruce Bruce became editor-in-chief of the Harriet Tubman Publishing Company. He also authored a school textbook called, "Just Women," which gave a history of notable African-American women. On June 3, 1903, Bruce married Clara Washington Burrill of Washington, D.C. at the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church. Clara was a Radcliffe and Boston University Law School graduate who was also the first woman anywhere to edit a law review. However, given her race and gender, she struggled to find work as an attorney. They had three children, Clara Josephine, Roscoe Conkling Jr. ("Bokie") and Burrill Kelso Bruce. Son, Roscoe Jr., embezzled money from