Comments on: The news about Gospel music http://pmmbh.org/blog/2007/02/15/the-news-about-gospel-music/ This is where you can comment Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:49:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: President http://pmmbh.org/blog/2007/02/15/the-news-about-gospel-music/#comment-12 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:07:25 +0000 http://pmmbh.org/blog/2007/02/15/the-news-about-gospel-music/#comment-12 Please help us gather more information on the following Gospel Songwriters in Pennsylvania: William James Kirkpatrick Dunncannon,Perry Co. PA Elisha A Hoffman Orwigsburg,Schuylkill Co. PA Robert Lowery Philadelphia, PA Danial Brink Towner Rome, Bradford Co. PA James McGranahan Adamsville, PA Ira David Sankey Edinburgh, Lawrence Co. PA Please help us gather more information on the following Gospel Songwriters in Pennsylvania:

William James Kirkpatrick Dunncannon,Perry Co. PA
Elisha A Hoffman Orwigsburg,Schuylkill Co. PA
Robert Lowery Philadelphia, PA
Danial Brink Towner Rome, Bradford Co. PA
James McGranahan Adamsville, PA
Ira David Sankey Edinburgh, Lawrence Co. PA

]]> by: Administrator http://pmmbh.org/blog/2007/02/15/the-news-about-gospel-music/#comment-11 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:00:46 +0000 http://pmmbh.org/blog/2007/02/15/the-news-about-gospel-music/#comment-11 Phillip Paul Bliss Born: Ju­ly 9, 1838, Clear­field Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia. Died: De­cem­ber 29, 1876, Ash­ta­bu­la, Ohio. Bliss and his wife died in a tra­gic train wreck caused by a bridge col­lapse. He sur­vived the in­i­tial im­pact, but went back in­to the flames in an un­suc­ces­sful at­tempt to res­cue his wife. Burial: The re­mains re­trieved from the Ash­ta­bu­la dis­as­ter were placed in a com­mon grave marked by a cen­o­taph in the Ash­ta­bu­la Cem­e­te­ry. A cen­o­taph in mem­o­ry of the Bliss­es was al­so erect­ed in the cem­e­tery at Rome, Penn­syl­vania, Ju­ly 17, 1877. Gospel Song Writers Museum-Bradford County...Main Street Rome PA 570-247-7683 Other sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Bliss http://www.biblebelievers.com/bliss/memindex.html http://www.wholesomewords.org/biography/biorpbliss.html Phillip Paul Bliss
Born: Ju­ly 9, 1838, Clear­field Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: De­cem­ber 29, 1876, Ash­ta­bu­la, Ohio. Bliss and his wife died in a tra­gic train wreck caused by a bridge col­lapse. He sur­vived the in­i­tial im­pact, but went back in­to the flames in an un­suc­ces­sful at­tempt to res­cue his wife.

Burial: The re­mains re­trieved from the Ash­ta­bu­la dis­as­ter were placed in a com­mon grave marked by a cen­o­taph in the Ash­ta­bu­la Cem­e­te­ry. A cen­o­taph in mem­o­ry of the Bliss­es was al­so erect­ed in the cem­e­tery at Rome, Penn­syl­vania, Ju­ly 17, 1877.

Gospel Song Writers Museum-Bradford County…Main Street Rome PA 570-247-7683
Other sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Bliss
http://www.biblebelievers.com/bliss/memindex.html
http://www.wholesomewords.org/biography/biorpbliss.html

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