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John Edwards

Hymnal Number: 173 Composer of "[Jesus, mighty King in Zion]" in Deseret Sunday School Songs

John Jaques

1827 - 1900 Hymnal Number: 76 Author of "O Say, What is Truth" in Deseret Sunday School Songs

W. W. Burton

Hymnal Number: 111 Author of "Don't Worry" in Deseret Sunday School Songs

1851 - 1932 Person Name: O. P. H. Hymnal Number: 110 Author of "Guide Me to Thee" in Deseret Sunday School Songs Born: September 9, 1851, Blaenavon, Monmouth, Wales. Died: December 4, 1932, Payson, Utah. Buried: Payson, Utah. At age nine, Huish emigrated with his mother and siblings to join his father in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1861, the family went to the Utah Territory and settled in Payson, where Huish worked in farming and ranching as a youth. He later ran general stores times in Moab, Utah; Eugene, Oregon; and Albuquerque, New Mexico. He also opened Huish Drug. Huish was a composer, but was also trained in commercial photography, making some contributions in this field and operating the firm Huish and Hinshaw. They did most of their work in Utah and Arizona. In 1880, Huish formed the "Huish Band" with his brothers Edward, Joseph, Frank, James, and Frederick, and their sister Florette. They traveled throughout the Utah Territory, often performing for dances. Huish had been trained to perform in a band with another Payson resident, John D. Stark. Huish wrote over 300 songs, most of which are unpublished. He also write the Payson High School song, "The Silver and the Green." --www.hymntime.org/tch

A. N. K.

Hymnal Number: 137 Author of "To Thee Our Heavenly Father" in Deseret Sunday School Songs

F. Christensen

Person Name: F. C. Hymnal Number: 7 Author of "Join the Children of the Lord" in Deseret Sunday School Songs

Miss Fletcher

Hymnal Number: 208 Author of "Think Gently of the Erring One" in Deseret Sunday School Songs See Carney, T. J. Mrs., b. 1823

H. H. Petersen

1835 - 1909 Hymnal Number: 172 Composer of "[When the mists have rolled in splendor]" in Deseret Sunday School Songs An early Danish Mormon (baptized into the LDS church in 1853); emigrated to Utah 1862. Organized a Scandinavian choir in Salt Lake City. Moved to Hyrum, Utah, in 1868 and was active in local government as well as in the church, serving as choir director to the Hyrum stake. --based on the Wikipedia article, much condensed

Charlie D. Tillman

1861 - 1943 Hymnal Number: 256 Composer of "[Unanswered yet? The prayer your lips have pleaded]" in Deseret Sunday School Songs Tillman, Charles "Charlie" Davis. (Tallahassee, Talapoosa County, Alabama, March 20, 1861--1943). Married Anna Killingsworth (Dec. 24, 1889); four daughters, one son (d.1910). --Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives