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Charles Edward Pollock
1853 - 1928 Person Name: Chas. Edw. Pollock Composer of "[One more witness for Christ tonight]" in Pearls of Gospel Song Charles Edward Pollock USA 1853-1928. Born at Newcastle, PA, he moved to Jefferson City, MO, when age 17. He was a cane maker for C W Allen. He also worked 20 years for the MO Pacific Railroad, as a depot clerk and later as Assistant Roadmaster. He was a musician and prolific songwriter, composing 5000+ songs, mostly used in Sunday school settings and church settings. He took little remuneration for his compositions, preferring they be freely used. He produced three songbooks: “Praises”, “Beauty of praise”, and “Waves of melody”. In 1886 he married Martha (Mattie) Jane Harris, and they had three children: Robert, Edward, and a daughter. He died in Merriam, KS.
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Pollock, Charles Edward. (Jefferson City, Missouri, 1853-1924). Records of Jefferson City indicate the following:
1897 clerk at depot; residence at 106 Broadway (with Mildred Pollock)
1904-1905 cane maker for C. W. Allen
1908-1909 musician; residence at 106 Broadway (with wife Matty)
1912-1913 residence at St. Louis Road, east city limits
--Wilmer Swope, DNAH Archives
Note: not to be confused with Charles Edward Pollock (c.1871-1924).
Charles Edward Pollock
J. M. Hunt
1855 - 1919 Author of "One More Witness for Chirst" in Sweet Harmonies As of 1885, Hunt lived in Lampasas, Texas. His works include:
Harvest Bells, with William Penn
Harvest Bells No. 2, with William Penn (Cincinnati, Ohio: The John Church Company, 1885)
The Gospel Alarm, with Sanford Miller Brown (St. Louis, Missouri: Central Baptist, 1886)
The Missionary Triumph, with Sanford Miller Brown (Cincinnati, Ohio: The John Church Company, 1889)
Songs of Zion, with Sanford Miller Brown (Kansas City, Missouri: Word and Way Publishing Company, 1898)
--www.hymntime.com/tch
J. M. Hunt
