Born: May 15, 1856, Paris, Illinois.
Died: November 15, 1925, Terrace Park, Ohio.
Buried: Milford, Ohio.
Frederick Augustus Fillmore, who was born on May 15, 1856, in Paris, IL, one of seven children, five sons and two daughters, born to Augustus Damon and Hannah Lockwood Fillmore. His father was a preacher in the Christian Church, as well as a composer,
songbook compiler, and hymn publisher who developed his own system of musical notation using numbers on the staff in place of note heads. Augustus eventually settled in Cincinnati, OH, and established a music publishing business there. Until 1906, there was no official distinction between "Christian Churches" and "Churches of Christ." The names were used pretty much inte… Go to person page >
Tune Title: [Stay near to me, Thou bless'd thorn-crowned one]First Line: Stay near to me, Thou bless'd thorn-crowned oneComposer: Fred A. FillmoreDate: 1893
Tune Title: [Stay near to me, Thou blessed thorn-crowned one]First Line: Stay near to me, Thou blessed thorn-crowned oneComposer: Fred A. FillmoreDate: 1896
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