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Frances Jane van Alstyne (née Crosby; March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny J. Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. She was a prolific hymnist, writing more than 8,000 hymns and gospel songs , [ a ] with more than 100 million copies printed. [ 1 ]
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The Blind Girl.Wiley & Putnam, 1844. [3]Monterey and Other Poems.R. Craighead, 1851. [4]A Wreath of Columbia’s Flowers.H. Dayton, 1858. [5]Bells at Evening and Other Verses; with Biographical Sketch by Robert Lowry.
COSHOCTON − A living history presentation and music honoring Fanny Crosby will be March 10 at Prairie Chapel Methodist Church, 45494 County Road 23. Crosby was a noted hymn writer.
Crosby was born in New York City in 1856. He was the son of the Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby (1826-1891), a Presbyterian minister, [2] and Margaret Evertson Givan, a descendant of the prominent Dutch Evertson family. Crosby was a relative of prolific hymn-writer and rescue mission worker Fanny Crosby. [3]
Margaret Eleanor Crosby was the first daughter of Frances (Fanny) Kendall Schieffelin and Ernest Howard Crosby.She was born in Manhattan. She was Maunsell Schieffelin Crosby's only sibling, and she was the maternal grandchild of Henry Maunsell Schieffelin and Sarah Minerva (nee Kendall) Schieffelin.
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He is best known as a longtime collaborator of Fanny Crosby, having written music for an estimated 1,500 of Crosby's poems. [9] As well as hymns, Doane composed secular instrumental, vocal, and choral works, including two cantatas on the legend of Santa Claus .