When softly falls the twilight hour

Author: Franklin E. Belden

Franklin E. Belden (1858-1945) Born: March 21, 1858, Bat­tle Creek, Mi­chi­gan. Died: De­cem­ber 2, 1945, Mar­shall, Mi­chi­gan. Buried: Oak Hill Cem­e­te­ry, Bat­tle Creek, Mi­chi­gan. When he was eight years old, Belden’s fam­i­ly moved to Cal­i­for­nia, where he first com­posed mu­sic. Due to breath­ing problems, Bel­den lat­er moved to Co­lo­ra­do. He event­u­al­ly re­turned to Bat­tle Creek, Mi­chi­gan, around age 30. He joined the Re­view and Her­ald Pub­lish­ing Com­pany, and stayed in Bat­tle Creek un­til about 1910, when he be­gan writ­ing songs for evang­el­ist Bil­ly Sun­day. Belden’s aunt was Ellen Har­mon White, one of the pi­o­neers of the Se­venth Day Ad­ven… Go to person page >