Grant Colfax Tullar was born August 5, 1869, in Bolton, Connecticut. He was named after the American President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Schuyler Colfax. After the American Civil War, his father was disabled and unable to work, having been wounded in the Battle of Antietam. Tullar's mother died when he was just two years old so Grant had no settled home life until he became an adult. Yet from a life of sorrow and hardship he went on to bring joy to millions of Americans with his songs and poetry.
As a child, he received virtually no education or religious training. He worked in a woolen mill and as a shoe clerk. The last Methodist camp meeting in Bolton was in 1847. Tullar became a Methodist at age 19 at a camp meeting near Wat… Go to person page >
Tune Title: [Hubo Uno que quiso por mi padecer]First Line: Hubo Uno que quiso por mi padecerComposer: Grant C. Tullar (1869-1950)Key: E♭ MajorDate: 2010
Tune Title: [Hubo quien por mis culpas muriera en la cruz]First Line: Hubo quien por mis culpas muriera en la cruzComposer: Grant TullarKey: F MajorDate: 1995
Tune Title: [There was One who was willing to die in my stead]First Line: There was One who was willing to die in my steadComposer: Grant Colfax TullarKey: E♭ MajorDate: 1980
Tune Title: [There was One who was willing to die in my stead]First Line: There was One who was willing to die in my steadComposer: Grant Colfax TullarKey: F MajorDate: 1997
Tune Title: [There was One who was willing to die in my stead]First Line: There was One who was willing to die in my steadComposer: Grant Colfax TullarDate: 1990
Tune Title: [There was One who was willing to die in my stead]First Line: There was One who was willing to die in my steadComposer: Grant Colfax TullarKey: F MajorDate: 2001
Tune Title: [There was One Who was willing to die in my stead]First Line: There was One Who was willing to die in my steadComposer: Grant C. TullarMeter: 12.9.12.9 RKey: F MajorSource: Anonymous/Unknown, The Blue Book (148); Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Nailed_to_the_Cross)