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Alice Jean Cleator

1871 - 1926 Hymnal Number: 47 Author of "Lead Us, Saviour" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Alice Jean Cleator, 1871-1926 Born: Circa 1871, Andreas, Isle of Man, England. Died: Circa April 27, 1926, Cleveland, Ohio. Cleator’s family evidently emigrated to America in the 1870’s. She was living in Claridon, Ohio, in 1880, & Geauga County, Ohio, in 1900, 1910, & 1920. She taught school in New York City, retiring some time before 1915. --hymntime.com/tch/

John J. Hood

b. 1847 Person Name: J. J. H. Hymnal Number: 349 Arranger of "[Lost, lost on the mountains of sin and despair]" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Born: 1847, Scotland. Died: After 1929 (he was in the 1930 census). Hood ran a Gospel music publishing business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from as early as 1875 to at least 1913. --www.hymntime.com/tch

John Lane

1853 - 1945 Person Name: J. L. Hymnal Number: 252 Author of "Keep Close to Jesus" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Lane, Rev. John. (New York City, 1853--1945, Nashville, Tennessee). Singing evangelist and hymn-writer. Son of Patrick and Alice O'Connor Lane (formerly "Lean"), Irish immigrants. He was an advertising solicitor for New York newspapers, when he was converted to Christianity and under the tutelage of Dr. T. De Witt Talmadge, he became a mission worker, and later conducted revival meetings in the East before going West in 1893 to Kansas City, Missouri. --Information from multiple letters from Laura B. Lane, daughter, to Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives. A photo of John Lane is also in the DNAH Archives. =================================== Lane’s works include: Salvation Melodies (Kansas City, Missouri: John Lane, 1897) Lyrics-- As I Go Along My Pilgrim Way As You Travel Life’s Rough Pathway Christians, Rise and Join the Army How Happy the Home, with a Baby About I Am Going to Heaven with My Savior I Came to Jesus Weary Worn I Love My Savior, He’s Good to Me If You Have Lost in the Battle In the Home Where Jesus Is an Honored Guest In the Storms of Life Jesus Loves Little Children Jesus, We Look to Thee Keep Close to Jesus My Sins Are All Forgiven Out in the World I Wandered Remember Your Mother There Is Great Joy in Heaven There Is Hope for All There’s a Story Ever New ’Tis a Pleasure Sweet We Are Happy Children When a Brother Goes Wrong When from Friends on Earth We’re Parted --www.hymntime.com/tch

James L. Black

Hymnal Number: 38 Author of "On the Victory Side" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Pseudonym. See also Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915

Ida L. Reed

1865 - 1951 Person Name: Ida L. Reed Smith Hymnal Number: 26 Author of "It Was So Little" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Ida Lilliard Reed (Smith), 1865-1951 Born: November 30, 1865, near Arden, Barbour County, West Virginia. Died: July 8, 1951, Arden, West Virginia. Buried: Ebenezer Methodist Church, Arden, West Virginia. Reed is said to have written 2,000 hymns in her lifetime. In 1939, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers recognized her "substantial contribution to American music" by awarding her a small "weekly bonus." © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

E. A. Barnes

1842 - 1942 Hymnal Number: 56 Author of "The Words of Jesus" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Edward Albert Barnes, born January 24 1842. He was a life long resident of Chicago and a prolifich hymn writer, and active in the American Temperance Movement. Dianne Shapiro, from http://mms.newberry.org/html/BarnesE.html

William Henry Gardner

Person Name: Wm. H. Gardner Hymnal Number: 147 Author of "Perfect Rest" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Late 19th Century

Benjamin Franklin Butts

1866 - 1935 Person Name: B. Frank Butts Hymnal Number: 101 Composer of "[There's One above all earthly friends]" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Born: September 7, 1867, Ohio. Died: May 25, 1935, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Buried: Home of Peace Cemetery, Porterville, California. Son of Samuel F. Butts & Hannah Colton, Benjamin studied music at a young age. He started in business in Kansas City, but entered the evangelism field in 1888. He married three times: To Eva Grace Lambright (1867-1941), Mary Emma Rawlings (1869-1919), and Onna Barrett Mills (1896-1963). His works include: Tears and Triumphs No. 4, with Lycurgus Pickett & William Marks (Louisville, Kentucky: Pentecostal Publishing Company, 1910) Good News Hymns (Chicago, Illinois: The Biglow & Main Company, 1914) Sources: Findagrave, accessed 19 Nov 2016 © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)

Powell G. Fithian

b. 1861 Hymnal Number: 39 Composer of "[Go forth! Go forth for Jesus now]" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Born: April 30, 1861, Greenwich Township (now Gibbstown), New Jersey. Fithian was music director for the public schools in Camden, New Jersey. He and his wife Julia were both listed in the 1910 and 1920 census, but his wife appears alone in the 1930 census. Powell’s works include: Songs of the Mercy Seat, with George Hugg (Methodist Episcopal Book Room, 1899) Songs for Work and Worship, with Howard Entwisle & Adam Geibel (Dayton, Ohio: Lorenz & Company, 1900) Exalted Praise, with Howard Entwisle (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: MacCalla & Company, 1901) Heavenly Sunlight, with Howard Entwisle & Adam Geibel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: MacCalla & Company, 1902) The Fithian Music Primer (New York: American Book Company, 1915) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

James M. Dungan

1851 - 1925 Person Name: J. M. Dungan Hymnal Number: 20 Composer of "[The light of the soul is Jesus!]" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Born: Circa 1852, Indiana. The 1880 census shows Dungan in Franklin, Indiana, with his wife Helen. --www.hymntime.com/tch