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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Author of "Beautiful Robe and Crown" in The Search Light Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being widely popular in his day. His older brother, William, composed hymn tunes. He died at Guttenbert, IA. John Perry
E. R. Latta

Daniel Webster Crist

1857 - 1929 Person Name: D. W. Crist Composer of "[Beautiful Robe and Crown]" in The Search Light Born: November 28, 1857, New Cham­bers­burg, Ohio. Died: March 24, 1929, Al­lia­nce, Ohio. Buried: Moul­trie Chapel Cem­e­te­ry, Moultrie, Ohio. Son of Ro­bert Crist and Mary Ruff Crist, Dan­i­el grad­u­at­ed from Ohio North­ern Un­i­ver­si­ty in 1882, and taught school in Co­lum­bi­a­na and Stark Coun­ty, Ohio, for 14 years. He be­came su­per­in­tend­ent of the Os­na­burg grade school in 1880, and for three years was su­per­in­tend­ent at New Frank­lin. In 1901, he was elect­ed to the Ohio state le­gis­la­ture, and be­came a state sen­a­tor in 1905. Crist was com­pos­ing as ear­ly as 1888, and at least through 1910, when he scored the FLOWER GIRL WALTZ. He worked for 30 years as a suc­cess­ful mu­sic pub­lish­er, start­ing in Moul­trie, Ohio, where he also taught, farmed, and in New Al­ex­an­der, served as a church mu­sic di­rec­tor and Sun­day school su­per­in­ten­dent. In 1915, he moved to Al­li­ance, Ohio (where he be­came pre­si­dent of the Peo­ples Bank of Al­li­ance). His works in­clude: The Ev­er­green Waltz Joy and Praise for Sun­day Schools, with R. A. Glenn (Cin­cin­n­ati, Ohio: H. L. Ben­ham & Com­pa­ny, 1886) Gospel Glean­ings, 1886 Victory of Song (Moul­trie, Ohio: D. W. Crist, 1892) --www.hymntime.com/tch
Daniel Webster Crist

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