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A. L. Skilton

Hymnal Number: 203 Author of "No Room in the Inn" in Joy to the World

1856 - 1927 Person Name: Chas. Edw. Prior Hymnal Number: 325 Composer of "[Death bells tolling, tolling, tolling]" in Joy to the World Charles Edward Prior, 1856-1927 Prior played the piano at the Italian Baptist Mission in Hartford, Connecticut, in the late 19th Century. Music-- Go Stand and Speak Work for Us All --hymntime.com/tch

M. Victor Staley

b. 1866 Person Name: Dr. Victor M. Staley Hymnal Number: 136 Author of "Some Day" in Joy to the World Staley, M. Victor. (near Omro, Wisconsin, 1866--?). Studied at Lawrence University, 1887-1892; University of Wisconsin (Madison), B.A., 1893; Yale University, Ph.D., ca.1895; admitted to bar, 1900. Practiced, Portland, Oregon. Teacher of Latin and Greek, Palo Alto, California; University of Washington, Seattle; Orchard Lake Military Academy and Louisiana State Normal School. See: Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company. --Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives

George H. Carr

Person Name: G. H .C. Hymnal Number: 216 Author of "The Old Book and the Old Faith" in Joy to the World 20th Century

Hampton H. Sewell

1874 - 1937 Person Name: Hamp Sewell Hymnal Number: 112 Composer of "[You will live a life of gladness if your heart keeps right]" in Joy to the World

Helen L. Dungan

b. 1855 Hymnal Number: 26 Author of "Bring Peace to My Soul" in Joy to the World [Helen L. Dungan] Born: Circa 1855, Ohio. The 1880 census shows Dungan living in Franklin, Indiana, with her husband James. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Victor H. Benke

1872 - 1904 Hymnal Number: 30 Composer of "[Teach me, O Thou Holy Spirit]" in Joy to the World Victor H. Benke was born on July 1872, Ratibor, Germany (now Racibórz, Poland). He emigrated to America at the of age 21. He served as the regular organist at the Bowery Mission in New York City for a number of years. He settled in Brooklyn where he gave piano and organ lessons and composed music. He worked with Fanny Crosby, who wrote words to a number of his pieces, and Ira Sankey. He also played the organ for Dwight Moody in his evangelistic work. Benke died on July 15, 1904 in New York. [Sources: Crosby, pp. 535, 562] NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/e/n/benke_vh.htm