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Anzentia Igene Perry Chapman
1849 - 1889 Person Name: Mrs. E. W. Chapman Author of "Draw me closer to thee" in Light and Life Anzentia Igene (Angie) Perry Chapman, 1849-1889. Born near Lansing, MI, Angie was the wife of Free Methodist minister, Edwin W. Chapman. They had three children. She helped on his evangelism tours and rural preaching circuits. They worked in Sparta, MI, and helped found the first Free Methodist church in Grand Rapids, MI. She also wrote hymn lyrics. In 1888 they followed an evangelistic tour of Kansas, and them moved to Isabella County, MI. She died in Mt. Pleasant, MI.
John Perry
Anzentia Igene Perry Chapman
Mrs. E. W. Chapman
Author of "Draw Me Closer to Thee" in Pentecostal Hymns No. 2 See Anzentia Chapman.
Mrs. E. W. Chapman
S. W. Straub
1842 - 1899 Composer of "[Draw me, Jesus, close to thee]" in Bright Light Solomon.W Straub Solomon was the brother of Maria Straub. His father Joseph was a farmer. His parents, who were of German descent.
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S. W. Straub
R. G. Staples
b. 1833 Author of "Draw Me Closer to Thee" in Fount of Blessing Robert Griffin Staples. He was born Robert Griffin on January 24, 1833 in Washington DC. Both of his parents died in a carriage accident when he was an infant; he was then adopted by his mother's sister, Mary Ann King, and her husband, Samuel Johnson Staples and he was given the name Robert Griffin Staples. He was a captain in the Union Army during the Civil War and after the war was promoted to Major. He then worked as chief clerk in the Portsmouth United States Navy Yard. Religion was an important part of his life, as well as music. He died June 20, 1891 in Portsmouth, VA.
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R. G. Staples
Ida L. Reed
1865 - 1951 Author of "Draw Me Near to Thee" in Praise in Song Ida Lilliard Reed (Smith), 1865-1951
Born: November 30, 1865, near Arden, Barbour County, West Virginia.
Died: July 8, 1951, Arden, West Virginia.
Buried: Ebenezer Methodist Church, Arden, West Virginia.
Reed is said to have written 2,000 hymns in her lifetime. In 1939, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers recognized her "substantial contribution to American music" by awarding her a small "weekly bonus."
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Ida L. Reed
David C. Cook
1850 - 1927 Person Name: D. C. C. Author of "Draw Me Close to Thee" in Welcome Songs
David C. Cook
John R. Bryant
Person Name: J. R. B. Author of "Draw Me Closer" in Triumphant Songs No.3
John R. Bryant
Adaline Hohf Beery
1859 - 1929 Person Name: Mrs. Adaline Beery Author of "Draw Me, Jesus!" in Bright Light Adaline H. Beery was born on December 20, 1859 in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Adaline’s family moved to Iowa when she was 10 years old. She attended Mount Morris College Academy, Mount Morris, Illinois and for while taught in Iowa public schools. Adaline wrote hundreds of poems, many of which appeared in Brethren periodicals and in the 1897 Poems of a Decade. She died on February 24, 1929, Kane, Illinois.
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Adaline Hohf Beery
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