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F. Reginald Statham

b. 1844 Person Name: F. R. Statham Composer of "UNITY" in Church Hymnal Poet, musician, novelist, journalist, essayist LOC Name Authority Files

John Farrell

Author of "Blest Be the Tie That Binds" in Lift Up Your Hearts

S. B. Ellenberger

1831 - 1899 Composer of "[Blest be the tie that binds]" in Bright Gems

b. 1842 Person Name: J. W. R. Composer of "ST. JOSEPH" in The Everlasting Joy James Weldon Randolph was born October 15, 1842, at Philadelphia, Pa. He attended Northern Liberty and James Bird's Schools. He has given special study to the subjects of music, French, German and Spanish, and received the D.D. degree from Paul Quinncollege. He was converted in 1863 and joined the A. M.E. Chruch the same year. He was licensed to preach and was ordained deacon in 1870 and elder in 1871 at Columbus, Ga. He has held appointments in George, Arkansas, Texas, California, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. From Centennial Encyclpaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church by Richard R. Wright, Jr. and John R. Hawkins (Philadelphia: 1916)

Paine Denson

Composer of "FELLOWSHIP" in The Sacred Harp

E. Heritage

Person Name: E. Heritage, Philadelphia Composer of "NEBRASKA" in The Social Harp Elphrey Heritage lived in Philadelphia, was associated with the publisher S. C. Collins of that city, and composed hymn tunes that appeared inter alia in The Hesperian Harp (1848), The Timbrel of Zion (1853), and The Social Harp (1855). He was the brother of Jason Heritage of New Jersey. (Source: Daniel W. Patterson's "Introduction" to the 1973 reprint of The Social Harp, xii-xiii)

John H. Gower

1855 - 1922 Person Name: John H. Gower, Mus. Doc. Composer of "[Blest be the tie that binds]" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892