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Anonymous

Composer of "JUDGMENT" in The Christian Hymnary In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Williams

Composer of "ROCHESTER" in The Songs of Zion

Charles Edward Pollock

1853 - 1928 Person Name: Chas. Edw. Pollock Author of chorus of "That Awful Day" in Gospel songs Charles Edward Pollock USA 1853-1928. Born at Newcastle, PA, he moved to Jefferson City, MO, when age 17. He was a cane maker for C W Allen. He also worked 20 years for the MO Pacific Railroad, as a depot clerk and later as Assistant Roadmaster. He was a musician and prolific songwriter, composing 5000+ songs, mostly used in Sunday school settings and church settings. He took little remuneration for his compositions, preferring they be freely used. He produced three songbooks: “Praises”, “Beauty of praise”, and “Waves of melody”. In 1886 he married Martha (Mattie) Jane Harris, and they had three children: Robert, Edward, and a daughter. He died in Merriam, KS. John Perry ================= Pollock, Charles Edward. (Jefferson City, Missouri, 1853-1924). Records of Jefferson City indicate the following: 1897 clerk at depot; residence at 106 Broadway (with Mildred Pollock) 1904-1905 cane maker for C. W. Allen 1908-1909 musician; residence at 106 Broadway (with wife Matty) 1912-1913 residence at St. Louis Road, east city limits --Wilmer Swope, DNAH Archives Note: not to be confused with Charles Edward Pollock (c.1871-1924).

Charles H. Purday

1799 - 1885 Composer of "NOTTING HILL" in The Primitive Methodist Church Hymnal Charles H. Purday (1799-1885) A publisher, composer, lecturer, and writer, Purday had a special interest in church music. He published Crown Court Psalmody (1854), Church and Home Metrical Psalter and Hymnal (1860), which included SANDON, and, with Frances Havergal, Songs of Peace and Joy (1879). A precentor in the Scottish Church in Crown Court, London, Purday sang at the coronation of Queen Victoria. In the publishing field he is known as a strong proponent of better copyright laws to protect the works of authors and publishers. Bert Polman

E. Heritage

Person Name: E. Heritage, Philadelphia Arranger of "BANGOR" in The Social Harp Elphrey Heritage lived in Philadelphia, was associated with the publisher S. C. Collins of that city, and composed hymn tunes that appeared inter alia in The Hesperian Harp (1848), The Timbrel of Zion (1853), and The Social Harp (1855). He was the brother of Jason Heritage of New Jersey. (Source: Daniel W. Patterson's "Introduction" to the 1973 reprint of The Social Harp, xii-xiii)