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William H. Flaville

1829 - 1897 Person Name: W. H. Flaville Hymnal Number: 48 Author of "Jesus Loves Me So" in Junior Songs Born: March 27, 1829, Long Branch, New Jersey (birth name: Flavill). Died: November 26, 1897, Chester, Pennsylvania. Buried: Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pennsylvania. William’s parents were Edward Edwards Flavill and Jane Eliza Yelland Flavill; he married Mary Louisa Forrest Seary in 1852. He held many jobs, including Justice of the Peace, surveyor, "conveyancer," carpenter, real estate agent, and civil engineer. --www.hymntime.com/tch/ ================ The 1880 US Census lists William Flaville as living in Chester, Pennsylvania, married with two sons, and an occupation as Surveyor. William Flaville is listed in the Chester City Directory of 1891-92 as a civil engineer and as a member of the school board. He is also listed in the history of Delaware County as a Chester City surveyor. Based on a 1951 biographical sketch of William Flaville’s grandson, Chester F. Baker, who followed his footsteps as Chester city surveyor, William was a schoolteacher as well as a surveyor. An account is told that William was in love with a young lady, but her father refused to let them marry, because he did not think a teacher’s salary was sufficient support. The night of the refusal her father saw William kneeling in the snow praying in the moonlight, and relented. These accounts lend evidence that William was a man of faith and an educated man who could have produced the text of “Weary Not” as an expression of the heart although not a prolific or professional writer. The work is known to have been published in 1878 or 1879, when he was about 50 years of age. Nine known hymn texts are attributed to William H. Flaville, although “Weary Not” is believed to be the best known. William’s motivating hymn text, written over 130 years ago, still resonates with readers and singers today. --www.hymns.com/store/pg/144-Hymn-of-the-Month-August-2013.aspx

Ida L. Reed

1865 - 1951 Person Name: Ida L. Reed Hymnal Number: 54 Author of "The Fountain of Truth" in Junior Songs 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)

Emma Pitt

b. 1846 Hymnal Number: 37 Author of "Sing the New Song" in Junior Songs Born: 1846, Maryland. Pitt was living in Baltimore, Maryland, by 1880, and through at least 1910. She may have died before 1920, as the daughter with whom she was living in 1910 was on her own and still single in 1920. --www.hymntime.com

Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth

Hymnal Number: 191 Author of "Children of Zion" in Junior Songs Late 19th Century

Arthur Willis Spooner

1854 - 1930 Person Name: A. W. S. Hymnal Number: 3 Author of "Let Us Stand for Christ" in Junior Songs

John J. Hood

b. 1847 Person Name: J. J. H. Hymnal Number: 133 Composer of "[Glory be to the Father]" in Junior Songs 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

William Lesley Mason

b. 1861 Person Name: W. L. M. Hymnal Number: 78 Author of "Jesus the Children's Friend" in Junior Songs

Mrs. R. N. Turner

1857 - 1957 Hymnal Number: 177 Author of "Onward March" in Junior Songs Fronie Bell Turner, married to Rev. R. N. Turner, pastor in the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Florence W. Williams

Hymnal Number: 46 Composer of "[Yonder beams the land immortal]" in Junior Songs Early 20th Century Falconer was a student, assistant and secretary to composer Adam Geibel. She married George G. Falconer, Jr., around 1906. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Emma M. Johnston

1835 - 1904 Person Name: Miss Emma M. Johnston Hymnal Number: 44 Author of "Ring Out the Hallelujahs" in Junior Songs Born: October 18, 1835, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: February 15, 1904, Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Daughter of Robert Elliott Johnston and Grace Acheson Johnston, Emma was baptized at the Salem Methodist Episcopal Church. She attended different churches in Philadelphia, including Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, where composer William Kirkpatrick also worshipped. She worked as a school teacher, and McElroy’s 1873 Directory of Philadelphia listed her as an authoress. After her elder sister, Esther Elliott Johnston Boyd, was widowed, the two sisters moved to Asbury Park, New Jersey, and later to Ocean Grove, New Jersey, where they shared a house. © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)