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Short Name: James W. Gaines
Full Name: Gaines, James Washington, 1880-1937
Birth Year: 1880
Death Year: 1937

Born: January 23, 1881, Hiram, Kaufman County, Texas.
Died: June 3, 1937, Oakville, Tennessee.
Buried: Edmondson Cemetery, Southaven, Mississippi.

In 1900, Gaines was living in Kauffman, Texas. He worked with the Trio and/or Quartet Music Companies in Waco, Texas, and married Laurel Life around 1904. Their daughter Mia was born in Texas around 1906, and their son Charles Life Gaines in Missouri around 1907. The family moved to Tennessee by World War I, when Gaines was drafted for military service. After the war, he ran a music publishing company in Memphis, Tennessee. His works include:

The Gospel Messenger (Memphis, Tennessee: J. W. Gaines Music Company, 1931)
Revival Tidings (Memphis, Tennessee: Gaines Music Company, 1932)

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Tunes by James W. Gaines (19)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[Alas! and did my Savior bleed?] (55311)J. W. Gaines (Arranger)255311 61113 15325
[Blessed Redeemer, Savior of men]J. W. Gaines (Composer)254651 31217 71271
[Deep was my soul beneath the great debt]J. W. Gaines (Composer)3
[Go forth and tell the story]James W. Gaines (Composer)3
[I have embarked with my Savior]J. W. Gaines (Composer)232343 23132 67121
ALL TO CHRIST (Grape)J. W. Gaines (Arranger)113565 31122 12313
[I want to live, dear Lord, for Thee]J. W. Gaines (Composer)534455 12321 71653
[I'm clinging to the Lamb who made me what I am]J. W. Gaines (Composer)254323 45121 16176
[In a city with the angels fair]J. W. Gaines (Composer)611653 51113 32161
[O blessed Rock of Ages, O Lamb of Calvary]J. W. Gaines (Composer)355651 31112 16551
[Soon the toils of life will cease]Jas. W. Gaines (Composer)956111 21123 21713
[There's a home of pure delight]J. W. Gaines (Composer)255111 23123 33215
[There's a mansion fair preparing for the soul]J. W. Gaines (Composer)2
[What have you done in the Master's dear name?]J. W. Gaines (Composer)2
[When in that better land before the bar we stand]J. W. Gaines (Composer)834547 65123 23432
[When Jesus comes again to gather His own]J. W. Gaines (Composer)5
[When your stay on earth is ended, and your life has slipped away]J. W. Gaines (Composer)2
[While Jesus doth plead for some one to lead]J. W. Gaines (Composer)353231 34543 33261
[Wonderful story of Jesus who came]J. W. Gaines (Composer)3
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