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March 16, 1867 (33 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
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Celebrities born on July 22
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Composers from Ohio
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Benjamin Hanby
Benjamin Russell Hanby, also known as Benjamin Russel Hanby, is an American composer, educator and pastor who has written around 80 songs. The most famous are "Darling Nelly Gray", the Christmas songs "Up on the House Top", "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" and the song "Who Is He In Yonder Stall?". Hanby was born in Rushville, Ohio. He moved to Westerville, Ohio in 1849, at the age of sixteen, to enroll in Otterbein University. He joined the Underground Railroad with his father, Bishop William Hanby. Hanby wrote "Darling Nelly Gray" in 1856 at what is now a National Historic Site, the Hanby House, on the corner of Grove and Main streets in Westerville, adjacent to the Otterbein University campus. After graduating in 1858, Hanby briefly taught at the school and later became a pastor of United Brethren in Christ Church. In 1860, he became director of the Seven Mile Academy in Seven Mile, Ohio.

About Benjamin Hanby

Composer Benjamin Hanby was born on July 22, 1833 in Ohio, United States (He dies at the age of 33, on March 16, 1867).

This nineteenth-century composer is best known for his Christmas carols"Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" and"Up On the House Top", but he also wrote the hymn"Who Is He In Yonder Stall?" He also wrote the well-known ballad"Darling Nelly Gray", which tells the story of a slave who is separated from his love.

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Benjamin Hanby before becoming famous

Benjamin Hanby was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1833 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Serpent (蛇).

After graduating from Otterbein University, he became a pastor in an Ohio branch of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ.

Achievement of Benjamin Hanby

He died of tuberculosis in his thirties.

Benjamin Hanby's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Bishop William Hanby, his father, assisted slaves in escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad.

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In 1865, Chicago-based music publisher Composer George Frederick Root obtained the publishing rights to"Up On the Housetop".

George Frederick Root (1820 - 1895) (Composer)
George Frederick Root (1820 - 1895)

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Benjamin Hanby Income & Net worth

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