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Sanford Fillmore Bennett

Sanford Fillmore Bennett
Short Name: Sanford Fillmore Bennett
Full Name: Bennett, Sanford Fillmore, 1836-1898
Birth Year: 1836
Death Year: 1898

Sanford Fillmore Bennett was born in Eden, New York, 21 June 1836. He and his parents moved to Plainfield, Illinois when he was two years old. He worked on the farm and attended district school during the winter. He was a voracious reader. At sixteen he entered Waukegon Academy. Two years later he began teaching at Wauconda. In 1858 he entered the University of Michigan, Afterward he had charge of the schools in Richmond, Illinois. Two years later he resigned and became Associate Editor of the Independent at Elkhorn, Wisconsin. In 1864 he enlisted in the Wisconsin Volunteers and served as Second Lieutenant. After the war he returned to Elkhorn and opened a drug store and began the study of medicine. He graduated from Rush Medical College in 1874.

Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)


Texts by Sanford Fillmore Bennett (48)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Above the stars is restSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)2
Adda ingget raniag a dagaS. Fillmore Bennet (Author)Tagalog2
Ao ny lanitra tsara tokoaS. F. Bennett (Author)Malagasy2
Be Thou my Guide, I cannot clearly seeS. Filmore Bennett (Author)English2
Care for us little onesSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)3
Draw near, O ComforterDr. S. Fillmore Bennett (Author)English5
Drücken dich Kummer und SorgenDr. S. Fillmore Bennett (Author)German3
Es blüht uns ein herrliches LandSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)German1
Es erglänzt uns von ferne ein LandS. F. Bennett (Author)German13
Eu avisto um Lar Mui FelizSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)Portuguese2
Hail, gracious morn whose lightSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)English5
Hay un mundo feliz más alláSanford F. Bennett (Author)Spanish7
He loves me too, O blessedSanford F. Bennett (Author)3
Hearts that are burdened with sorrowDr. S. Fillmore Bennett (Author)English2
Herz, o mein Herz, lass' das SorgenSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)German2
How oft this heart of mineSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)English3
Hvilket Land, ret som Lyset saa klartSanford F. Bennett (Author)2
I am coming to Jesus for rest, Rest such as the purified knowS. F. Bennett (Author)English3
I love my precious Savior, For He has died for meSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)English2
I stand on memory's golden shoreSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)English2
I was hungry and lameSanford Fillmore Benett (Author)2
In Bethlehem was Jesus bornSanford F. Bennett (Author)English2
In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore (Chorus)Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)English1
Издали нам сияет страна (Izdali nam siyayet strana)Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)Russian2
Listen to the ripple, rippleS. Fillmore Bennett (Author)English2
لي مقام بهيج سناSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)Arabic1
Nchi nzuri yametametaSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)Swahili2
Never falter, never falter, Till the glorious crown is wonS. Fillmore Bennett (Author)English2
Nyimbo na tuziimbe tena Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)Swahili1
O how happy we shall be (Bennett)Sanford F. Bennett (Author)4
O, mamiratra fatratra eryS. F. Bennett (Author)Malagasy2
O who will bear the bannersS. Fillmore Bennett (Author)English2
Pecador, ven al dulce Jesús, Y feliz para siempre serásSanford F. Bennett, 1836-1898 (Author)Spanish2
Sing we a song of the SaviorSanford F. Bennett (Author)English9
Sit down by my side as of oldSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)English2
Sweet is the rest that waits On yonder shining shoreSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)English3
The bells ring out, this Christmas mornSanford F. Bennett (Author)2
There shall dawn a glorious morningSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)English6
There's a land that is fairer than day, And by faith we can see it afarSanford F. Bennett (Author)English613
Till det härliga land ovan skynSanford F. Bennett (Author)Swedish7
Tsemo'onatamano'ė ho'eSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)Cheyenne2
Unser wartet ein Land reinster Freud'Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)German1
V’e’ una patria piu’ bella del soleSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)Italian2
We shall meet in heavenSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)2
We sing the song of JesusS. Fillmore Bennett (Author)English4
When the red flame of war was alight in the landSanford Fillmore Bennett (Author)English2
When will the sweet tomorrowSanford F. Bennett (Author)3
有一地比正午更光明 (Yǒuyī dì bǐ zhèngwǔ gèng guāngmíng)Sanford F. Bennett (Author)Chinese2

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