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Born: February 26, 1846, East Carlton, New York.
Died: October 6, 1945, Catskill, New York.
Buried: Maple Lawn Cemetery, Kew Gardens, Brooklyn, New York.

Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, and Ira Sankey.

At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. His works include:

Reminiscences and Gospel Hymn Stories
(New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924)


Music

Adelaide
Assiut
Christ Is Risen!
Come, Come Away!
Come to the Fountain
Coming of His Feet, The
Friend
Fully Trusting
Gather Them In
God Holds the Key
Green Hill
He Is Near
Holiness
Impatient Heart, Be Still
In the Secret of His Presence
Janet
Jesus, I Come
Jesus Is Tenderly Calling You Home
Junkin
Just a Little Help from You
Life in the Loom
Look Up! Ye Weary Ones
Lydia
Must I Go, and Empty-Handed?
Prodigal Son, The
Saved by Grace
Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing
Singing All the Time
Some Sweet Morn
Thanks to God (Stebbins)
Throw Out the Life-Line
Truehearted, Wholehearted, Faithful and Loyal
What Will You Do with Jesus?
Wonderful Love
Ye Must Be Born Again

Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/s/t/e/stebbins_gc.html

Born: February 26, 1846, East Carlton, New York.
Died: October 6, 1945, Catskill, New York.
Buried: Maple Lawn Cemetery, Kew Gardens, Brooklyn, New York.

Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, and Ira Sankey.

At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. His works include:

Reminiscences and Gospel Hymn Stories
(New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924)


Music

Adelaide
Assiut
Christ Is Risen!
Come, Come Away!
Come to the Fountain
Coming of His Feet, The
Friend
Fully Trusting
Gather Them In
God Holds the Key
Green Hill
He Is Near
Holiness
Impatient Heart, Be Still
In the Secret of His Presence
Janet
Jesus, I Come
Jesus Is Tenderly Calling You Home
Junkin
Just a Little Help from You
Life in the Loom
Look Up! Ye Weary Ones
Lydia
Must I Go, and Empty-Handed?
Prodigal Son, The
Saved by Grace
Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing
Singing All the Time
Some Sweet Morn
Thanks to God (Stebbins)
Throw Out the Life-Line
Truehearted, Wholehearted, Faithful and Loyal
What Will You Do with Jesus?
Wonderful Love
Ye Must Be Born Again

Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/s/t/e/stebbins_gc.html

Born in the Van Wert Ohio County Hospital on June 27, 1960, Alvin (Bud) Herman Manz, Jr. was the 3rd of 4 sons born to Betty Manz and firstborn to her second husband, Alvin.

His older siblings, John Paul Rose, Jr. (1956) and Joseph Henry Rose (1957), were born to John Paul Rose. In 1958, John Sr. passed away leaving Betty with 2 little boys to care for until she met Alvin Manz and got married to him on October 3, 1959.

Bud's younger sibling, Robert James Manz, Sr., was born on August 23, 1961.

Bud never married, instead he lives with his father just south of Defiance Ohio.