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S. M. Bixby

1833 - 1912 Composer of "[Rock of Ages, cleft for me]" in The Church and Home Hymnal Samuel M. Bixby was born on May 27, 1833 in Haverhill, New Hampshire. His company, S. M. Bixby & Company, manufactured shoe blackings and shoe dressings, but music was his passion. He was also a Sunday school superintendent and choir leader. He died on March 11, 1912 in Fordham, New York. His works include: Church and Home Hymnal, circa 1893 Evangel Songs, circa 1894 Gloria Deo: A Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Public Worship in All Departments of the Church (New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1901) NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/i/x/bixby_sm.htm

J. Henry Showalter

1864 - 1947 Arranger of "[Rock of Ages, cleft for me, cleft for me]" in Jubilee Spirituals

Irving Emerson

1843 - 1903 Person Name: I. E. Arranger of "HODGES" in School and College Hymnal

Jane Cotterill

1790 - 1825 Person Name: J. Cotterill Author of "Rock of Ages, cleft for me!" in The Church Hymnal Cotterill, Jane, née Boak, daughter of Rev. John Boak, and mother of the Right Rev. Henry Cotterill, Bishop of Edinburgh; born in 1790, married 1811 to the Rev. Joseph Cotterill; died 1825. Mrs. Cotterill contributed to the Appendix to the 6th ed. of Cotterill’s Selection, 1815, the following hymns:— 1. "O! from the world's vile slavery," (For Holiness). 2. "O Thou! Who hast at Thy command," (For Resignation). These hymns were repeated in Montgomery's Christian Psalmist, 1825, and Mrs. Cotterill's name was appended thereto for the first time. Their use is not extensive. The first, "O! from the world's," &c, is found in Kennedy, 1863, No. 521, as, "From this enslaving world's control," the alterations being by Dr. Kennedy. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

D. A. Niel

Arranger of "[Rock of Ages, cleft for me]" in Towner's Male Choir Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 Combined

Louis D. Eichhorn

1874 - 1927 Person Name: L. D. Eichhorn Composer of "[Rock of Ages, cleft for me]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Born: 1874, Indiana. Buried: Hillside Memorial Park, Redlands, California. Eichhorn was living in Creek, Indiana, by 1880. He and his wife Edna were in Denver, Colorado, by 1910, and in Redlands, California, by 1920. Eichhorn’s works include: The New Deal, with William Giffe (Logansport, Indiana: Home Music Company, 1898) Conquest Hymns, New and Old (Chicago, Illinois: New Era Publishing Company, 1902) Songs for Sunday Schools and How to Use Them (New York: A. S. Barnes, 1910) The Moonseed’s Ministry and Other Sonnets and Songs (Redlands, California: Louis D. Eichhorn, 1924) --www.hymntime.com/tch/