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George D. Moore

1800 - 1900 Person Name: Geo. D. Moore Hymnal Number: 158 Composer of "[My soul in sad exile was out on life's sea]" in Radiant Songs He was an itinerant evangelist in NJ & PA in the latter 1800s. He wrote the music to Henry Lake Gilmour’s hymn lyrics of 1885. John Perry

Guillaume Franc

1500 - 1570 Person Name: G. Franc Hymnal Number: 196 Composer of "OLD HUNDRED" in Radiant Songs

R. E. Hudson

1843 - 1901 Hymnal Number: 82 Composer of "[Alas! and did my Saviour bleed]" in Radiant Songs Ralph Hudson (1843-1901) was born in Napoleon, OH. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War. After teaching for five years at Mt. Union College in Alliance he established his own publishing company in that city. He was a strong prohibitionist and published The Temperance Songster in 1886. He compiled several other collections and supplied tunes for gospel songs, among them Clara Tear Williams' "All my life long I had panted" (Satisfied). See 101 More Hymn Stories, K. Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1985). Mary Louise VanDyke

C. R. Dunbar

1830 - 1895 Hymnal Number: 183 Composer of "[My life, my love I give to thee]" in Radiant Songs Rv Charles R Dunbar USA 1830-1895. Born in Pulaski,NY, he became a minister. He died in Columbus, OH. John Perry

Henrietta E. Blair

Hymnal Number: 166 Author of "Meet Me There" in Radiant Songs Pseudonym. See also Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915

Jessie H. Brown

Hymnal Number: 67 Author of "Anywhere With Jesus" in Radiant Songs See Pounds, Jessie Brown, 1861-1921

Frank M. Davis

1839 - 1896 Person Name: F. M. D. Hymnal Number: 165 Author of "Lead Me, Saviour" in Radiant Songs Frank Marion Davis USA 1839-1896. Born at Marcellus, NY, he became a teacher and professor of voice, a choirmaster and a good singer. He traveled extensively, living in Marcellus, NY, Vicksburg, MS, Baltimore, MD, Cincinnati, OH, Burr Oak and Findley, MI. He compiled and published several song books: “New Pearls of Song” (1877), “Notes of Praise” (1890), “Crown of gold” (1892), “Always welcome” (1881), “Songs of love and praise #5” (1898), “Notes of praise”, and “Brightest glory”. He never married. John Perry

Priscilla Jane Owens

1829 - 1907 Person Name: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal Number: 173 Author of "Jesus Saves" in Radiant Songs Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907) ========================= Owens, Priscilla Jane. (July 21, 1829--December 5, 1907). Of Scottish and Welsh ancestry, she spent her entire life in Baltimore. She was a public school teacher there for 49 years. She was a member of the Union Square Methodist Church and took particular interest in its Sunday School. Her literary efforts, both in prose and poetry, appeared in such religious periodicals as the Methodist Protestant and the Christian Standard. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: W. J. K. Hymnal Number: 179 Author of "Saved to the Uttermost" in Radiant Songs William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman

Charles Edward Pollock

1853 - 1928 Person Name: Chas. Edw. Pollock Hymnal Number: 120 Composer of "[We are singing on the way]" in Radiant Songs Charles Edward Pollock USA 1853-1928. Born at Newcastle, PA, he moved to Jefferson City, MO, when age 17. He was a cane maker for C W Allen. He also worked 20 years for the MO Pacific Railroad, as a depot clerk and later as Assistant Roadmaster. He was a musician and prolific songwriter, composing 5000+ songs, mostly used in Sunday school settings and church settings. He took little remuneration for his compositions, preferring they be freely used. He produced three songbooks: “Praises”, “Beauty of praise”, and “Waves of melody”. In 1886 he married Martha (Mattie) Jane Harris, and they had three children: Robert, Edward, and a daughter. He died in Merriam, KS. John Perry ================= Pollock, Charles Edward. (Jefferson City, Missouri, 1853-1924). Records of Jefferson City indicate the following: 1897 clerk at depot; residence at 106 Broadway (with Mildred Pollock) 1904-1905 cane maker for C. W. Allen 1908-1909 musician; residence at 106 Broadway (with wife Matty) 1912-1913 residence at St. Louis Road, east city limits --Wilmer Swope, DNAH Archives Note: not to be confused with Charles Edward Pollock (c.1871-1924).