Christmas Bells

Christmas bells are softly chiming

Author: Mary E. Kail
Tune: [Christmas bells are softly chiming]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Mary E. Kail

Mary Elizabeth Harper Kail, Circa 1828-1890 Born: 1827 or 1828, Washington, DC. Died: January 28, 1890, Washington, DC, or Ohio. Daughter of Andrew Harper and Mary McDermott-Roe (daughter of Cornelius McDermott-Roe, a laborer who worked for George Washington). Mary’s father died young, possibly of malaria, while Mary and her sister Virginia were children. Mary and Virginia moved together to Carroll County, Ohio, and in 1843 Mary married Gabriel Kail (1814-88). By 1878, Mary was editor of the Connotton Valley Times in Carroll County. In the late 1880s, Mary was a clerk for the United States Treasury Department; she lost that job in September 1885 due to a change in administration. Her works include: Crown Our Heroes, and Othe… Go to person page >

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First Line: Christmas bells are softly chiming
Title: Christmas Bells
Author: Mary E. Kail
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Chiming, chiming
Copyright: Public Domain

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