[Long ago when little children] (Hanby)

[Long ago when little children] (Hanby)

Composer: B. R. Hanby
Published in 5 hymnals


Composer: B. R. Hanby

Benjamin Russell Hanby was born July 22, 1833, the oldest of eight children, to Bishop William Hanby in Rushville, OH. The family moved to Westerville,OH where Bishop Hanby was a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. In his short life Benjamin graduated from Otterbein, taught school, became a United Brethren minister, started a singing school, was editor for John Church publishers in Cincinnati and composed many songs and hymns before he died of tuberculosis March 15, 1867. His home in Westerville was Ohio's first memorial to a composer. It was a stop on the Underground Railroad for slaves escaping to Canada and is a national historic site, a Methodist church Landmark and a Network to Freedom site for the National Park Service. There is… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Long ago when little children] (Hanby)
Composer: B. R. Hanby
Incipit: 35156 11765 31332
Copyright: Public Domain

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Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools #79

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Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools #79

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Little Sacred Songs #64

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The Hosanna #143

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The Little Seraph #163a

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