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A. B. Sebren

1879 - 1963 Arranger of "[My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine]" in New Melodies Arthur B. Sebren, was born August 15, 1879 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. He was the third of twelve children born to Richard Henry and Sarah Jane Roe Sebren. Arthur was a vocalist, teacher, and composer and was the brother of George Washington Sebren who himself was a well-known singer, composer and publisher. Beginning in 1925, Arthur was the baritone in the Vaughan Happy Two along with tenor Cullie G. Wilson. The popular duo traveled throughout the United States and recorded under both the Vaughan and Victor labels. Arthur wrote many songs but is best remembered for "I'll Be No Stranger There", written with J.H. Alcon and recorded by the Chuck Wagon Gang in 1941, and "Rockin' On The Waves", recorded by the Vaughan Quartet , the Speer Family, the Brown's Ferry Four, and still popular with quartet groups today. Arthur died on May 9, 1963 in Houston, Texas. He is buried in the Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery in Houston with his wife, Effie Hurley Sebren. Debbie Sebren Rice (great niece of A. B. Sebren)

Henry Fillmore

Person Name: H. F. Arranger of "[My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men

John E. Gould

1821 - 1875 Person Name: J.E. Gould Composer of "[When bright all around me life's jewels are sparkling]" in Songs of Gladness for the Sabbath School John Edgar Gould USA 1821-1875. Born in Bangor, ME, he became a musician. He managed music stores in New York City and Philadelphia, PA., the latter with composer partner, William Fischer. He married Josephine Louisa Barrows, and they had seven children: Blanche, Marie, Ida, John, Josephine, Josephine, and Augusta. He compiled eight religious songbooks from 1846 thru 1869. He died while traveling in Algiers, Africa, and was buried in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

R. J. Jones

(Efel.) of "Fy Iesu, fe 'th garaf (My Jesus, I love Thee)" in Cân a Mawl R. J. Jones, Chicago (Old and New Welsh and English Hymns, 1939)

John T. Layton

Person Name: J. T. Layton Arranger of "AMO TE" in African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book

Gipsy Smith

1860 - 1947 Composer of "[My Jesus I love thee, I know thou art mine]" in Wonderful Jesus and Other Songs Also known as Rodney Smith

Edwin H. Lemare

1865 - 1934 Composer of "ANDANTINO" in Glorious Theme Born: September 9, 1865, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Died: September 24, 1934, Hollywood, California. Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California. Lemare received the Goss scholarship at the British Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in 1878, and went on to became a fellow of the RAM and the Royal College of Organists. He played the organ at St. John the Evangelist’s, Brownswood Park; St. Andrew’s Church, and Public Hall, Cardiff, Wales; the Parish Church, Sheffield (1886); Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street; and St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster. He made a recital tour of Canada and America in 1900, and also toured Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, where he helped design organs for the Auckland Town Hall. He played the organ at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1902-15), gave recitals at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, California, in 1915, and was municipal organist in San Francisco (1917-21) and Portland, Maine (1921). Sources: Colles, Volume II, p. 135 --www.hymntime.com/tch

Bertram Luard-Selby

1853 - 1918 Person Name: B. Luard Selby Composer of "[My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine]" in The Calvary Hymnal

Clarence B. Strouse

1869 - 1918 Composer of "[My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine]" in Gospel Hosannas Strouse, a minister, at one time edited The Religious Review of Reviews. Copyright records indicate he was living in Salem, Virginia, in 1901. As of February 1905, he was president of the Florida Winter Bible Conference in Gainesville, Florida. (hymntime.com/tch)

W. Willliams

Person Name: W. Williams Composer of "[My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine]" in The New Jubilee Harp

M. L. Rossvalley

Composer of "[My Jesus, I love thee! I know thou art mine]" in Spiritual Songs for Gospel Meetings and the Sunday School

Micah John Walter

Composer of "HALEY" in The Greenwood Harmony (2nd ed.)

J. A. Erwin

Composer of "[My Jesus I love Thee]" in Joy Bells

J. H. Knowles

1835 - 1929 Person Name: Mrs. J. H. Knowles Author of "Joy! Joy is mine, My Saviour Divine" in Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church Ellin J. Toy Knowles [Mrs. Joseph H. Knowles] The 1903 History of the Newark Female Charitable Society said Knowles’ was from New York City when she addressed the Society in 1886; it also says she was president of the Society in 1893. The 1906 Minutes of the Newark Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church listed Knowles as a minister’s widow. Her works include: Spirit and Life; Selections from Bible Readings, 1899 Heart Talks on Bible Themes (Fleming H. Revell, 1911) The Woman’s National Foreign Missionary Jubilee The Christian Point of View --www.hymntime.com/tch

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