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Person Name: Unknown Author of "Gentle Peace, From Heaven Descended" in The Church Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Ithamar Conkey

1815 - 1867 Composer of "RATHBUN" in The Church Hymnal Ithamar D. Conkey USA 1815-1867. Born of Scottish ancestry in Shutesbury, MA, he became a wool merchant. He married Elizabeth Billings, and they had a daughter and two sons. He was organist at Central Baptist Church,Norwich, CN. After that, he went to NewYork City and served as bass soloist at Calvary Episcopal church and Grace Church. Later, he served as bass soloist and choir director of Madison Avenue Baptist Church. His famous hymn was written in 1849. Two years later, William Howard Doane was baptized in the same church. John Perry

Richard Hainsworth

Composer of "[Gentle Peace, from heav'n descended]" in Devotion and Praise Pseudonymn. See also Lillenas, Haldor, 1885-1959

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