Daniel Webster Crist

Born: November 28, 1857, New Cham­bers­burg, Ohio.
Died: March 24, 1929, Al­lia­nce, Ohio.
Buried: Moul­trie Chapel Cem­e­te­ry, Moultrie, Ohio.

Son of Ro­bert Crist and Mary Ruff Crist, Dan­i­el grad­u­at­ed from Ohio North­ern Un­i­ver­si­ty in 1882, and taught school in Co­lum­bi­a­na and Stark Coun­ty, Ohio, for 14 years. He be­came su­per­in­tend­ent of the Os­na­burg grade school in 1880, and for three years was su­per­in­tend­ent at New Frank­lin. In 1901, he was elect­ed to the Ohio state le­gis­la­ture, and be­came a state sen­a­tor in 1905.

Crist was com­pos­ing as ear­ly as 1888, and at least through 1910, when he scored the FLOWER GIRL WALTZ. He worked for 30 years as a suc­cess­ful mu­sic pub­lish­er, start­ing in Moul­trie, Ohio, where he also taught, farmed, and in New Al­ex­an­der, served as a church mu­sic di­rec­tor and Sun­day school su­per­in­ten­dent. In 1915, he moved to Al­li­ance, Ohio (where he be­came pre­si­dent of the Peo­ples Bank of Al­li­ance). His works in­clude:

The Ev­er­green Waltz
Joy and Praise for Sun­day Schools, with R. A. Glenn (Cin­cin­n­ati, Ohio: H. L. Ben­ham & Com­pa­ny, 1886)
Gospel Glean­ings, 1886
Victory of Song (Moul­trie, Ohio: D. W. Crist, 1892)

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