Benjamin r hanby biography of albert

          Access our collection of historical records and explore the family history of Albert Hanby.

        1. Access our collection of historical records and explore the family history of Albert Hanby.
        2. In memory of Benjamin R. Hanby (Otterbein College Class of ) whose Christmas song “Up on the House Top” was first given to the world December,
        3. Song writer and minister of the United Brethren Church, Hanby was an Otterbein College graduate, class of , known throughout the world for the inspiring.
        4. Hoover, Earl R. Papers concerning Benjamin R. Hanby, composer of “Darling Nelly Gray,” Civil War songs and music.
        5. A gripping story about the power of friendship and a surreal voyage through the bloody battlefields, dark prisons and cold mountains of the Civil War.

          6. Song writer and minister of the United Brethren Church, Hanby was an Otterbein College graduate, class of , known throughout the world for the inspiring....

          Benjamin Hanby

          American composer (1833–1867)

          Benjamin Hanby

          Benjamin Russell (or Russel)[1]Hanby (July 22, 1833 – March 16, 1867) was an American composer, educator, pastor, and abolitionist.

          He is known for composing approximately 80 songs and hymns, most notably "Darling Nelly Gray" and the Christmas songs "Up on the Housetop", and "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas".[citation needed]

          Life and legacy

          Hanby was born in Rushville, Ohio, on July 22, 1833.[2] In 1849, he moved to Westerville to enroll at Otterbein University,[3] and was later involved in the Underground Railroad with his father Bishop William Hanby.[citation needed]

          In 1856, at what is now the national historic site the Hanby House,[4] Hanby composed the popular anti-slavery ballad "Darling Nelly Gray",[5] based on his encounter with Joseph Selby, a runaway slave from Kentucky who had died in the Hanbys' Rushville home.&#