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Geo. B. Holsinger

1857 - 1908 Hymnal Number: 93 Composer of "[In the Christian's home in glory]" in Eureka Carols Used pseudonym H. B. Groengils *************** Born: May 10, 1857, St. Clair Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Died: November 22, 1908, Astoria, Illinois. Holsinger was music director of Bridgewater College, Virginia (1882-98), and music editor for the Church of the Brethren (1898-1908). His works include: Song Praises (Elgin, Illinois: Brethren Publishing House, 1906) Psalms and Hymns (associate editor) Lyrics-- I Lift My Heart Today in Praise Little Ones Like Me Not Far from the Kingdom of Heaven Our Country’s Needs Are Pleading Music-- BEAUTIFUL HOMELAND I’LL COUNT MY BLESSINGS © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)

Will M. Ramsey

1872 - 1939 Person Name: William M. Ramsey Hymnal Number: 5 Composer of "[When we see a household broken]" in Eureka Carols William Morgan Ramsey Born: August 24, 1872, Belton, Texas. Died: March 12, 1939, Little Rock, Arkansas. Buried: Roselawn Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas. Will was the son of Charles Crump Ramsey and Martha Ann Frances Burns. He married twice, to Virgie Celemma Statton and Willie Mannasas Lawing. Ramsey moved with his family to northwest Arkansas as a child. He studied music in Normal schools under Ephraim Hildebrand, Stephen Oslin, and Benjamin Unseld. He began teaching shape notes and singing while still a teenager, and became well known in singing schools throughout the American South. He went on to become president and owner of the Central Music Company in Little Rock. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

I. Baltzell

1832 - 1893 Hymnal Number: 48 Author of "Waiting at the Cross" in Eureka Carols Baltzell, Isaiah. (near Frederick, Maryland, November 26, 1832--January 16, 1893, Frederick). He was educated in the common schools, and at New Windsor Academy, Carroll County, Maryland. In 1859 he married Cecilia Caroline James at Mountain Jackson, Virginia. Originally a Lutheran, he joined the United Brethren Church in 1847, was licensed to preach by the Virginia Conference in 1854, and ordained in 1856. In 1862 he joined the Pennsylvania Conference. He was presiding elder from 1875 to 1880, and from 1883 to 1889. He was a delegate to three General Conferences, and was a trustee of Otterbein University. In 1873 he was appointed by the General Conference a member of the committee to superintend the publication of Hymns for the Sanctuary. His first compilation was Revival Songster (Baltimore, 1859). He was joint editor, with G.W.M. Rigor, or Choral Gems (1871); joint editor, with E.S. Lorenz, of Heavenly Carols, Songs of Grace, Gates of Praise, Songs of Cheer, Songs of the Kingdom, Holy Voices, Songs of Refreshing, Notes of Triumph, Garnered Sheaves, Songs of the Morning, and The Master's Praise. He was also author of music and services for special occasions, and the editor and publisher of Carols of Praise. See: Shuey, W.A. (1892). Manual of the United Brethren Publishing House; Historical and Descriptive: 243-244. Some of his hymns bear the pseudonym Amicus. --Harry Eskew, DNAH Archives

James Henry Stanley

1869 - 1954 Person Name: J. H. Stanley Hymnal Number: 12 Composer of "[O I often think of the day to come]" in Eureka Carols James Henry Stanley, Feb. 2,1869 - June 1, 1954, was a singing school teacher, band director and hymn composer. He died in Saltillo, Miss., where he had been a resident for 60 years.He is buried at Springhill Presbyterian Church in Lee County. His best known composition was "Prepare to Meet Thy God," for which wrote music and lyrics. Carolyn Hurt Nichols (grandchild), from email 7-19-2018

Bessie Busby

1881 - 1947 Hymnal Number: 90 Composer of "[The beautiful way unto heaven]" in Eureka Carols Bessie L. Busby was born 25 March, 1881, in Rusk County, Texas. When she was just nineteen she and Candis Smith traveled to Enterprise, Indian Territory (later Oklahoma) to study at Stephen Oslin's Eureka Normal School. She was accomplished enough on the organ that Oslin retained her as an instructor for the remainder of the summer sessions. Returning home that fall she began teaching music classes in Rusk County. She married Oscar Still in 1907, who died in 1908; in 1914 she married J. Clayton Todd. Bessie Busby Todd died in Henderson, Texas on 8 June, 1947. Sources: Oslin, S. J. "Southwestern notes," Musical Million (Dayton, Va.) v. 31, no. 5 (May 1900), page 86. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=MSM19000601.1.6 Oslin, S. J. "The Eureka Normal," Musical Million (Dayton, Va.) v. 31, no. 6 (June 1900), page 87. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=MSM19000601.1.7 Oslin, S. J. "Southwestern notes," Musical Million (Dayton, Va.) v. 31, no. 7 (July 1900), page 101. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=MSM19000701.1.5 "Craig news," The Henderson Times (Henderson, Tex.), v. 41, no. 36 (13 Sept. 1900), page 3. href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235363/m1/3 FamilySearch, "The Family Tree," database, Bessie L. Busby (L23F-G2P), Details. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L23F-G2P --David Russell Hamrick

G. W. Lyon

1838 - 1903 Hymnal Number: 54 Composer of "[She had heard about the heathen]" in Eureka Carols George Washington Lyon, born August 12, 1838 in DeKalb County, Georgia, was a musician, composer and music publisher and teacher; He died April 8, 1903 in Atlanta, Georgia. Dianne Shapiro, from Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14155468/george-washington-lyon) and obituary, Atlantic Constitution, April 9, 1903 (https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/34121111/) (accessed 7/5/2018)

Daniel Webster Crist

1857 - 1929 Person Name: D. W. Crist Hymnal Number: 22 Composer of "[Pleasures that earth can give never are unalloyed]" in Eureka Carols 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) --www.hymntime.com/tch

John R. Bryant

Person Name: Jno. R. Bryant Hymnal Number: 95 Composer of "[Do you glory in the Savior? Then say so]" in Eureka Carols

James D. McAllister

Hymnal Number: 10 Composer of "[All hail the power of Jesus' name]" in Eureka Carols One of the teachers of the Eureka Normal School - S. J. Oslin, "Southwestern notes," Musical Million v. 31/no. 5 (May 1900), page 86. "Prof. J. D. McAllister is teaching in Hopkins county, Texas, and is having a fine time. He is one among the best class teachers of Texas, and, of course, will succeed." - S. J. Oslin, "Southwestern notes," Musical Million v. 31/no. 8 (August 1900), page 117.