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William Hanby

Short Name: William Hanby
Full Name: Hanby, William, 1808-1840
Birth Year: 1808
Death Year: 1840

Hanby, William. (Washington County, Pennsylvania, April 8, 1808--May 17, 1840, Westerville, Ohio). United Brethren in Christ. Indentured as a youth; later pastor, Scioto Conference, Ohio. Publishing agent of the denomination, 1837; editor of magazine Religious Telescope. Bishop, 1845-1849. Active in Temperance and Abolition movements; established Underground Railroad in Circleville, Ohio. Trustee of Otterbein College. Author of a history of the United Brethren church, compiler of The Church Harp, 1841, Circleville, Ohio.

--Ellen Jane Lorenz, DNAH Archives


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Hymnals by William Hanby (2)sort descendingAsPublication Year
The Church HarpWilliam Hanby (Editor)1852
The Church Harp. Rev. ed.W. Hanby (Editor)1856
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