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J. M. Hagan

1858 - 1933 Hymnal Number: 27 Composer of "[Jesus and I have been friends thro' the years]" in Song Praise DEACON JAMES MONROE HAGAN: Professor J. M. Hagan, as he was affectionately known, was born in Monroe County, Kentucky, on February 25, 1858, and was the son of James Fendel and Sarah Strode Hagan. He was reared under the most difficult circumstances but was able to work his way through the meager common schools, college and university. He followed the profession of teaching all of his life. His principal teaching was in High Schools in Warren, Munroe [sic], Metcalf [sic], Hart, and Daviess Counties, in Kentucky. He was head or joint head in Munroe [sic] Normal for many years located at Flippin, Kentucky; with Professor T. C. Gillianwaters. Altogether he taught for forty years. Mr. Hagan married Miss Ella B. Evans of Tompkinsville, Kentucky, in 1892. One daughter, who died early in life, and one son, blessed this union. After the death of his first wife he married Miss Rubye Vance of Paducah, Kentucky, in 1907. Three sons, all of whom are now in the armed forces, blessed this second union. He was an outstanding musician, receiving his musical training in Tompkinsville, Bowling Green Normal, Moody Bible Institute, and the Cincinnati College of Music. His first musical composition was written at the age of sixteen and over 800 of his hymns were published. He also edited two public school song books and was very active in putting music into the public schools. He taught countless numbers to sing and was associated with such authors as Bliss, Stebbins, Rodeheaver, Coleman, Showalter, Vaughn Brothers and others. For about five years he traveled with an outstanding male quartet. He was converted at the age of fourteen and united with a Baptist Church. After holding membership in the Bowling Green and Owensboro First Churches for years he spent his last days in the Seven Hills Church where he served as Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, and Choir Director. He died in Owensboro, Kentucky, on January 25. 1933, and is buried here. This good man was Munroe [sic] County's greatest gift to the world. from "A HISTORY OF THE DAVIESS-McLEAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION IN KENTUCKY, 1844-1943" by Wendell H. Rone.

Richard M. Morgan

1871 - 1938 Person Name: R. M. Morgan Hymnal Number: 108 Composer of "[Thro' the white and waving fields]" in Song Praise

W. Gossett

Hymnal Number: 114 Author of "The Evening Shades Are Falling" in Song Praise Late 19th Century We have little data on Gossett, except that he was a minister. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

J. C. Thompson

Hymnal Number: 31 Composer of "[There's a home just over Jordan, in that land so bright and fair]" in Song Praise

J. William Moore

Hymnal Number: 99 Composer of "[What wonderful love had my Saviour for me]" in Song Praise

Jennie Mast

Hymnal Number: 66 Author of "Reapers, Awake!" in Song Praise

Thomas S. Cobb

1876 - 1942 Person Name: Thos. S. Cobb Hymnal Number: 84 Composer of "[It is Thy way,—Thy sure command]" in Song Praise Thomas S. Cobb (1876-1942), a native Texan, was educated in much the same circles as [Austin] Taylor, and received his music diploma from the Western Normal and College of Music in Dallas. He taught singing schools across Texas and the bordering states, and was particularly noted for the "Cobb Quartet" made up of his four daughters. He was recruited to Firm Foundation by Showalter in 1935.(Finley, 122ff.) Cobb edited only four hymnals for Firm Foundation before his death in 1942, but among these was the significant New Wonderful Songs (1933); at 296 hymns it was part of the trend toward more substantial publications. Prior to his work with Firm Foundation, Cobb edited hymnals for the Quartet Music Company of Fort Worth, Texas. A search of WorldCat.org shows that he was involved with at least 7 books for this publisher, going back as far as the 1890s when it was called the "Quartette Company." One of these earlier works From the Cross to the Crown (1921?) was subtitled, "Scriptural Songs," and was co-edited with Elder T. B. Clark and T. B. Mosley, one of the most well-known singing school teachers among the Churches of Christ in the southeastern U.S. Mosley was also known as a staunch doctrinal conservative. This gives some idea of the bona fides Cobb brought with him during the era of the "hymnal controversy" surrounding E. L. Jorgenson's Great Songs of the Church. Jorgenson was firmly in the premillennial camp, and was an editor of Word and Work, the primary voice of this viewpoint within the Churches of Christ. Opponents of premillennialism objected to several hymns in Great Songs that supported this doctrine, or were at least questionable. (Most of these were removed or altered in the better-known "No. 2" edition). Thomas S. Cobb passed from this life in 1942, shortly after the last of the pre-war Firm Foundation hymnals appeared. --drhamrick.blogspot.com/2012/01/hymnals-published-by-firm-foundation.html

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J. W. Jaggars

b. 1879 Person Name: J. W. J. Hymnal Number: 56 Author of "Heavenly Glory" in Song Praise Born: Circa 1879, probably in Cullman County, Alabama. Jaggars was living in Cullman County, Alabama, in 1900 & 1910. In 1920 & 1930, he was in Grady County, Oklahoma. --www.hymntime.com/tch

H. W. Elliott

1865 - 1930 Hymnal Number: 150 Composer of "['Tis my Lord who knows all my griefs and woes]" in Song Praise Hugh Wilson Elliott, associate founder of The Trio Company, Waco, Texas