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Eliza M. Sherman

Hymnal Number: 102 Author of "Is Your Light Shining?" in Grace and Glory

Frank Pollock

Person Name: Rev. Frank Pollock Hymnal Number: 27 Author of "The Tree of Life" in Grace and Glory

W. P. W.

Hymnal Number: 121 Author of "Beautiful Home of the Soul" in Grace and Glory

Rosette Annie Rose

Hymnal Number: 123 Author of "Stand On Guard" in Grace and Glory

b. 1833 Hymnal Number: 75 Author of "The Rifted Rock" in Grace and Glory 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. Dianne Shapiro, from Jean Brickey (great-granddaughter)

E. Norman Gunnison

1837 - 1880 Person Name: E. N. Gunnison Hymnal Number: 134 Author of "Ring the Joy-Bells" in Grace and Glory Born: May 15, 1837, Charlestown, Massachusetts. Gunnison’s poems appeared in Scribner’s Magazine, The Christian at Work, & the Daily Southern Cross. His works include: Our Stars for the Army of the Potomac (Ringwalt & Brown, 1863) One Summer’s Dream: An Idyll of the Vineyard and Other Poems (York, Pennsylvania: Hiram Young, 1875) Toni and Moidl: A Tale of the Border Tyrol Between Austria and Bavaria (San Francisco, California: A. J. Leary, 1884) Windsheim Bells and Other Poems (San Francisco, California: 1884) The Miracle of St. Kümmerniss (San Francisco, California: Commercial Publishing Company, 1887) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

E. D. Keck

Hymnal Number: 69 Composer of "[O, sailor! on life's troubled sea!]" in Grace and Glory Late 19th Century Lyrics-- There Is a River Dark When the Love of Jesus Music: ATLANTIC AVENUE --www.hymntime.com/tch

E. Hanks

Hymnal Number: 36 Composer of "[Tenderly, lovingly guarded]" in Grace and Glory

Leroy H. Dowling

Person Name: L. H. Dowling Hymnal Number: 77 Author of "Jesus Is Mine" in Grace and Glory Late 19th Century Dowling’s works include: The Palm of Victory(St. Louis, Missouri: 1874) Songs of Delight, with Z. M. Parvin (St. Louis, Missouri, & Griggsville, Illinois, 1875) --www.hymntime.com/tch/