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Chas. H. Gabriel
1856 - 1932 Composer of "[We're drawing near to Jesus]" in Special Songs Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree
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For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades.
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Chas. H. Gabriel
Silas Farmer
1839 - 1902 Author of "Our watchword" in Special Songs Born: June 6, 1839. Detroit, Michigan.
Died: December 28, 1902, Detroit, Michigan.
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan.
Son of John Farmer & Roxanna Hamilton, Silas became City Historiographer of Detroit, Michigan, in 1882. His works include:
Association Hymn Book: Compiled for Young Men’s Christian Associations and Union Religious Meetings (Detroit, Michigan: J. M. Arnold & Company, 1869)
Illustrated Guide and Souvenir of Detroit, circa 1878
History of Detroit and Michigan/, 1884
History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan, 1890
All About Cleveland
All About Detroit, circa 1899
Souvenir of the Pointe: Grosse Pointe on Lake Saint Claire
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Silas Farmer
