Person Results

Switch back to the old search page.Advanced Search
Text Identifier:"^the_deepening_shadows_gather$"✖
In:people✖

Planning worship? Check out our sister site, ZeteoSearch.org, for 20+ additional resources related to your search.
Showing 1 - 2 of 2Results Per Page: 102050

J. F. Disney

1852 - 1885 Composer of "[The deep'ning shadows gather fast]" in Y.M.C.A. Gospel Songs Born: Sep­tem­ber 27, 1852, Knox Coun­ty, Ohio. Died: March 13, 1885, Ab­er­deen, Mis­sis­sip­pi. Buried: Dis­ney Cem­e­te­ry, Five Cor­ners, Ohio. Son of Fred­er­ick and Har­ri­et Bar­ry Dis­ney, and bro­ther to Hen­ry Dis­ney, Ja­cob was ed­u­cat­ed in the lo­cal dis­trict school. He later at­tend­ed the nor­mal school un­der Pro­fes­sor John Og­den, in Worth­ing, Ohio, for al­most a year. In the sum­mer of 1879 he went to the Mu­sic­al Nor­mal school in Youngs­town, Ohio, un­der Pro­fes­sor N. Coe Stew­art, of Cleve­land, Ohio. He stu­died mu­sic for some years, and com­posed Wil­lie’s Fare­well, pub­lished in 1877, mak­ing him the first re­si­dent of Knox Coun­ty, Ohio, to write lyr­ics and mu­sic for a pub­lished song. --www.hymntime.com/tch/
J. F. Disney

S. S. B.

Author of "Where Hast Thou Gleaned?" in Gathered Jewels No. 2
S. S. B.

Export as CSV
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.