1887 - 1958 Person Name: B. B. B. Hymnal Title: Great Gospel Songs Author of "Abiding in Jesus" in Great Gospel Songs Bosworth, Burton B. (University Place, Nebraska, May 24, 1887--February 17, 1958, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida). He did not attend college, but took special courses in harmony. He was married in Zion City, Illinois, on August 4, 1907, to Margaret Robinson. He worked for some years in the U.S. Postal Service, leaving it in 1915 to enter evangelistic work with his brother, Fred F. Bosworth. In later years, he was affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance as an evangelist, song-leader, and trombonist.
--Information from his daughter, Lenore Dunlop, DNAH Archives
B. B. Bosworth