1866 - 1935 Person Name: B. Frank Butts Composer of "[There’s a Voice in sin’s wilderness, ringing so clear]" in New Songs of the Gospel Born: September 7, 1867, Ohio.
Died: May 25, 1935, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Buried: Home of Peace Cemetery, Porterville, California.
Son of Samuel F. Butts & Hannah Colton, Benjamin studied music at a young age. He started in business in Kansas City, but entered the evangelism field in 1888. He married three times: To Eva Grace Lambright (1867-1941), Mary Emma Rawlings (1869-1919), and Onna Barrett Mills (1896-1963). His works include:
Tears and Triumphs No. 4, with Lycurgus Pickett & William Marks (Louisville, Kentucky: Pentecostal Publishing Company, 1910)
Good News Hymns (Chicago, Illinois: The Biglow & Main Company, 1914)
Sources: Findagrave, accessed 19 Nov 2016
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Benjamin Franklin Butts