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Alice E. Sumner

Short Name: Alice E. Sumner
Full Name: Sumner, Alice E. Silvara, 1858-1949
Birth Year: 1858
Death Year: 1949

Sumner, Alice E. Silvara (Sylvara). (Merryal, Pennsylvania, August 20, 1858--March 11, 1949, New Albany, Penn.). Married husband Corrington October 20, 1886, in Wyalusing, Penn. Piano and organ instructor and joined the first class of the Chautauqua Literary Society Circle of Chautauqua, New York, of which she was one of the first graduates in 1882.

--Information from Vickie Sylvara, email to Mary Louise VanDyke, 3 May 2007. >, DNAH Archives


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Alice E. Sumner (5)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[He died for me, the Savior died]Alice E. Sumner (Composer)113543 16557 65432
[I walked up Calvary's rugged hill]Alice E. Sumner (Composer)153542 72117 65171
[Let the little children sing]Alice E. Sumner (Composer)135465 13543 21653
[Look to Jesus on the tree]Alice E. Sumner (Composer)456453 12165 57657
[With Jesus would you walk below]Alice E. Sumner (Composer)255321 76555 54444
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