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C. V. Strickland

Person Name: C. V. Strickland & Son Publisher of "" in Priceless Pearls

Lizzie A. Switzer

Hymnal Number: 129 Author of "Commandments" in Priceless Pearls

1862 - 1911 Hymnal Number: 12 Author of "Faithful Be" in Priceless Pearls Flora Kirkland was born in 1862 in Kentucky, before moving to Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from school she became a public school teacher for the seventh grade. She was a member of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church for which she wrote a number of hymns. She was very active in the Wallabout Bay Mission in that neighborhood of Brooklyn. Most of Wallabout Bay would be filled in to make way for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She died 17 January 1911. Brooklyn Standard Union, 16 January 1911

John E. Gould

1821 - 1875 Person Name: J. E. Gould Hymnal Number: 65 Composer of "[Jesus, Savior, pilot me]" in Priceless Pearls John Edgar Gould USA 1821-1875. Born in Bangor, ME, he became a musician. He managed music stores in New York City and Philadelphia, PA., the latter with composer partner, William Fischer. He married Josephine Louisa Barrows, and they had seven children: Blanche, Marie, Ida, John, Josephine, Josephine, and Augusta. He compiled eight religious songbooks from 1846 thru 1869. He died while traveling in Algiers, Africa, and was buried in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

J. C. Bridge

Hymnal Number: 148 Composer of "[We are journeying home to the house of our Father]" in Priceless Pearls

C. E. Rowley

Person Name: Mrs. C. E. R. Hymnal Number: 51 Arranger of "[Jesus, lead the way]" in Priceless Pearls

A. B. Woolverton

Hymnal Number: 9 Composer of "[I love to think of heaven]" in Priceless Pearls

Simeon Butler Marsh

1798 - 1875 Person Name: S. B. Marsh Hymnal Number: 115 Composer of "[Jesus, lover of my soul]" in Priceless Pearls Simeon Butler Marsh USA 1798-1875. Born at Sherburne, NY, he was raised on a farm. A Presbyterian, he became a gifted organist and teacher. He sang in a choir at age seven and studied music at age 16. By age 19 he was teaching in the local singing schools in Geneva, NY, and had met hymnist, Thomas Hastings from Geneva, NY, who gave him much encouragement. He married Eliza Carrier, and they had a son, John, and a daughter, Jane. In 1837 he became publisher of the Amsterdam, NY, paper “Intelligencer” (later called ‘Recorder’), and ran it for seven years, even setting his own type. He moved back to Sherburne and founded the Sherburne News. He taught music to choirs and children for almost 30 years in and around the Albany Presbytery, and also served as a Sunday school superintendent for six years and a choir leader for three years. He set type for three juvenile books as well. For thirteen years he gave free music instruction to students in the Schenectedy area. In 1859 he returned to Sherburne and gave music instruction to large classes of men, women, and children. He wrote two cantatas: “The Savior” and “The king of the forest”. He wrote a number of hymns, but most have not survived over time. His wife died in 1873. He died at Albany, NY, and is buried in Schenectady, NY. John Perry