Draft:Lash Gideon

L. E. Gideon (died March 25, 1912, at about age 40) was a minstrel performer and show manager in the United States. He later sold insurance. He was married to Ida Gideon, had a daughter, and a brother Albert of Chicago. He lived in Harrisonville, Missouri. Zarilda was described as an "aunt" to daughter Mrs. Lucy Brown.

In 1899 he managed the Nashville Students Company, a group of performers. He advertised for players with a Unionville, Missouri address. He played the cornet.

Robert and Zarilda Gideon were his parents.

In July 1906, he placed an advertisement seeking information on the whereabouts of his father Robert who he stated had served in the Kansas Colored Infantry.

Mount Allison University has an L. E. Gideon recording from the Sackville Opera House in 1907.

L. E. Gideon's Grand Afro American Mastodon Minstrels?

https://www.loc.gov/resource/var.0229/

Shows

 * Emperor of Dixie
 * Hottest Coon in Dixie (1906-1907)