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Nathaniel Norton

1839 - 1925 Hymnal Number: d388 Author of "Speed away, speed away, On thine errand of light" in Cross and Crown Hymnal, 3rd ed. Nathaniel Norton USA 1839-1925. Born at Brooklyn,NY, he attended Yale University. He worked for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He married Emma Sylvia Reed in 1865, and they had four children: Nathaniel, Caroline, Stella, and William. He died at Englewood, NJ, but was buried in Brooklyn, NY. No other information was found on this person. John Perry

J. C. Addie

Hymnal Number: d513 Author of "He's just the same today" in Cross and Crown Hymnal, 3rd ed. Lt-Col Jack Addie (b.1864) was a Salvation Army Officer. Converted in England, he travelled to Canada and in 1882 with Joe Ludgate commenced Salvation Army Work in Canada at London, Ontario. The Song "When Moses and his soldiers" was published in The Musical Salvationist in May 1907. It was later published in The Salvation Soloist, No. 1 (New Zealand) in 1911. email sent to Hymnary 10/3/2018

Harriet M. Kimball

1834 - 1917 Hymnal Number: d342 Author of "Pour Thy blessings, Lord, like showers" in Cross and Crown Hymnal, 3rd ed. Kimball, Harriet McEwan, a native and resident of Portsmouth, Newhaven, is the author of Hymns, Boston, 1866; Swallow Flights of Song, 1874, &c. Her hymns include:— 1. At times on Tabor's height. Faith and Joy 2. Dear Lord, to Thee alone. Lent. 3. It is an easy thing to say. Humble Service. 4. We have no tears Thou wilt not dry. Affliction. Appeared in the Poets of Portsmouth, 1864, and the Unitarian Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, and others. In Miss Kimball's Hymns, 1866, this hymn begins with stanza iii. of "Jesus the Ladder of my faith." Several of Miss Kimball's poems were included in Baynes's Illustrated Book of Sacred Poems, 1867. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =================== Kimball, Harriet M., p. 624, ii., b. Nov. 2, 1834, and a Roman Catholic. From her hymn, "Jesus, the Ladder of my faith," p. 624, iii. 3, another cento, beginning "Sweeter to Jesus when on earth/* is taken. It is in The Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Robert W. Todd

Hymnal Number: d320 Author of "Mighty to save" in Cross and Crown Hymnal, 3rd ed.

Thomas H. Nelson

b. 1863 Person Name: Thomas Nelson Hymnal Number: d522 Author of "The prophet's call" in Cross and Crown Hymnal, 3rd ed.

H. A. Merrill

Hymnal Number: d152 Author of "Then ask me not to linger [mingle] [tarry] on amid" in Cross and Crown Hymnal, 3rd ed. Rv Henry A Merrill USA 1816-1883. Born in Utica, NY, the son of an influential printer, he was an evangelical industrialist who contributed to the development of AR & GA. He began working at the Oneida textile factory in Whitesboro, NY, at age 14. He participated in the religious movement of ‘The Second Great Awakening’, and he attended the abolitionist Oneida Institute in Whitesboro. In 1839 he left NY to work in Roswell, GA, managing the Roswell Mfg. Co., owned by the city founder, Roswell King. In 1841 he married Elizabeth Pye Magill, daughter of a wealthy GA planter family, whose brother, Charles A Magill, later became his business partner in AR. They had no children. While in Roswell, GA, Merrell became close to the Smith family, whose son, William,would later work for Merrell in Pike County, AR. The Smith’s were Merrell’s friends and heirs, and Merrell’s writings were later found in their historic Roswell home. Merrell wrote that he had a calling to fulfill.. promote manufacturing in the South to help reconcile southern and northern interests to neutralize political differences of both sides. In 1845 he left Roswell Mfg. Co. and became the builder and operator of the Curtright Mfg. Co., Long Shoals Factory, on the Oconee River in GA. He also began a steam-powered plant in Greensboro, GA, but its financial difficulties convinced him to move once more. Using an 1847 map of the U.S., and drawing data from the 1850 Census, Merrell decided he would move to AR. He relocated to AR in 1856 and chose a site on the Little Missouri River north of Murfreesboro. He bought a site and named it Royston, after meeting General Grandison D Royston while traveling. To power his new textile mill, Merrell began building a dam on the Little Missouri River, completed it later that year. Built with local labor and materials, it held back 10-12 feet of water, and his company was chartered in 1857. In 1863 he sold the Royston mill and was soon commissioned a Major in the Confederate army. He was sent to build a blockade on the Arkansas River to protect Little Rock from attack by Federal ships. After finishing this task later that year he moved to Camden, AR. The Confederacy again sought his help to begin a manufacturing establishment in Mound {Prairie, TX, and eventually sent Merrell to England, where he traveled around before returning to the U.S. During the remainder of his life in Camden, he was a powerful elder in the Presbyterian Church. He was also a trustee of Presbyterian-affiliated Arkansas College (Lyon College today).. He entered the mercantile business in Camden with his brother-in-law, Charles Magill, in 1867. By 1872 he had contracted tuberculosis, after which he died there the following year. He was buried in a Confederate cemetery. He was considered an industrial missionary to the South. He wrote an autobiography in AR. He had authored several works. He wrote about a geological survey done in WI, IA, and MN and pioneering life in WI. He also wrote (in another volume) about textile industry endeavors in the South (primarily AR and GA) and about the American Civil War in AR. He is credited with the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. He authored the books: “Alexander Gifford” or “Vi’let’s Boy”. And “To climb a shadow”. John Perry

C. L. St. John

Person Name: C. L. Saint John Hymnal Number: d533 Author of "The wayside cross" in Cross and Crown Hymnal, 3rd ed.

Albert M. Bean

Person Name: A. M. Bean Hymnal Number: d433 Author of "When I get to the end of the way" in Cross and Crown Hymnal, 3rd ed.

Elizabeth B. Miller

1875 - 1917 Hymnal Number: d497 Author of "Cling to the promises" in Cross and Crown Hymnal, 3rd ed. Elizabeth B. Miller was the first wife of Oscar A. Miller, and she frequently collaborated with him in musical works. They were married in Nebraska in September 1896, during their time as students at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Mrs. Miller died on Feb. 10, 1917. Myrna Layton (Oscar A. Miller researcher)

J. K. Alwood

1828 - 1909 Person Name: Josiah K. Alwood Hymnal Number: d312 Author of "The unclouded day" in Cross and Crown Hymnal, 3rd ed. Alwood, Josiah Kelley. (Harrison County, Ohio, July 15, 1828--January 13, 1909, Morenci, Michigan). Ordained by the United Brethren in Christ, he spent many years as a circuit rider, traveling on horseback to his many appointments. He would be gone from his family for weeks at a time while he held revival meetings and lectured on Christian doctrine. Later, he became a presiding elder in the North Ohio Conference and was a delegate to several general conferences of his church. Always a staunch supporter of the original constitution of his denomination, he was a delegate to the general conference at the time of the separation of the church into two groups at York, Pennsylvania, in 1889. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives