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Born: Early April 1818, Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland.
Died: October 12, 1895, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Buried: City Cemetery, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Alexander’s husband was William Alexander, bishop of Derry and Raphoe, and later the Anglican primate for Ireland. Cecil and her sister founded a school for the deaf, and she set up the Girls’ Friendly Society in Londonderry. Cecil Alexander wrote about 400 hymns in her lifetime. Her works include:

Verses from the Holy Scriptures, 1846
Hymns for Little Children, 1848
Narrative Hymns for Village Schools, 1853
Poems on Subjects in the Old Testament, 1854 & 1857
Hymns Descriptive and Devotional, 1858
The Legend of the Golden Prayer, 1859


Hymns

All Things Bright and Beautiful
Angels Stand Around Thy Throne, The
Dear Lord, This Thy Servant’s Day
Do No Sinful Action
Christ Has Ascended Up Again
Eternal Gates Lift Up Their Heads, The
The Golden Gates Are Lifted Up
Every Morning the Red Sun
For All Thy Saints, a Noble Throng
Forgive Them, O My Father
Forsaken Once, and Thrice Denied
From Out the Cloud of Amber Light
He Is Coming, He Is Coming
He Is Risen
His Are the Thousand Sparkling Rills
How Good Is the Almighty God
In Nazareth in Olden Times
In the Rich Man’s Garden
It Was Early in the Morning
Jesus Calls Us
O Love Most Patient, Give Me Grace
Once in Royal David’s City
Roseate Hues of Early Dawn, The
Saints of God Are Holy Men, The
Saw You Never, in the Twilight?
So Be It, Lord; the Prayers are Prayed
Souls in Death and Darkness Lying
Spirit of God, That Moved of Old
St. Patrick’s Breastplate
Still Bright and Blue Doth Jordan Flow
There Is a Green Hill Far Away
There Is One Way
Up in Heaven
We Are But Little Children Weak
O Lord, the Holy Innocents
We Are Little Christian Children
We Were Washed in Holy Water
When Christ Came Down on Earth of Old
O Son of God, in Glory Crowned
When of Old the Jewish Mothers
When Wounded Sore the Stricken Heart
Within the Churchyard, Side by Side

Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/a/l/e/alexander_cfh.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.