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Ada Blenkhorn

1858 - 1927 Hymnal Number: d7 Author of "Little hearts at Easter time" in The Easter Treasury No.21 Ada Jane Blenkhorn Canada 1858-1927 Born in Cobourg, Ontario, the 10th of 11 children, she emigrated with her family to the U.S. In 1884 and settled in Cleveland, OH.. She was raised a Methodist, and began writing hymn lyrics at age 34. A prolific writer of hymn lyrics, she was about to give it up when a friend encouraged her to continue, telling her some soul might be saved by a hymn she would write. She worked for many years as secretary to her brother, Henry's, real estate company. After his death in 1923, she became president of the company. She never married. John Perry

Alice Jean Cleator

1871 - 1926 Hymnal Number: d1 Author of "Bright Easter is coming" in The Easter Treasury No.21 Alice Jean Cleator, 1871-1926 Born: Circa 1871, Andreas, Isle of Man, England. Died: Circa April 27, 1926, Cleveland, Ohio. Cleator’s family evidently emigrated to America in the 1870’s. She was living in Claridon, Ohio, in 1880, & Geauga County, Ohio, in 1900, 1910, & 1920. She taught school in New York City, retiring some time before 1915. --hymntime.com/tch/

Margaret Elizabeth Munson Sangster

1838 - 1912 Person Name: Margaret E. M. Sangster Hymnal Number: d11 Author of "She walked amid the lilies" in The Easter Treasury No.21

Mabel J. Rosemon

b. 1880 Hymnal Number: d2 Author of "I love the blessed Jesus" in The Easter Treasury No.21 Mabel J. Rosemon, 1880-? Born: December 3, 1880, Manhattan, New York. Rosemon seems to have been living in Mercer County, New Jersey, in 1900. Her works include: Christmas Suggestion Book No. 2 (editor), 1928 --www.nethymnal.com

Ida L. Reed

1865 - 1951 Person Name: Ida L. Reed Smith Hymnal Number: d4 Author of "Jesus Christ with death hath striven" in The Easter Treasury No.21 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." © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Minnie A. Greiner-Edington

1859 - 1942 Hymnal Number: d5 Author of "Jesus died and lives again" in The Easter Treasury No.21

Karl Kumler Lorenz

1879 - 1965 Person Name: K. K. Lorenz Editor of "" in The Easter Treasury No.21 Born: September 19, 1879, Westerville, Ohio. Died: January 6, 1965. Son of Edmund Lorenz, Karl worked as business manager and later as senior partner at the Lorenz Publishing Company in Dayton, Ohio. Music: NEEDY ONES OF EARTH, THE http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/o/r/lorenz_kk.htm

L. W. Callin

1861 - 1948 Hymnal Number: d17 Author of "When Mary sought the tomb" in The Easter Treasury No.21 Born: December 12, 1861, Crestline, Ohio. Died: September 15, 1948, Marblehead, Ohio. Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ohio. Daughter of Samuel and Mary McMahon Case, Lura married Lemuel (Lee) Warner in 1884. After his death from typhoid fever in 1888, she married George Callin of Bowling Green, Ohio. Lura’s works include: Daughters of Liberty, a pageant for children (Lorenz Publishing Company, 1923) --www.hymntime.com/tch