Info On Hymn Writers Units 4-5

Question 1

When was Franny Crosby born?

Answer 1

1820

Question 2

What is Franny’s full name?

Answer 2

Frances Jane Crosby

Question 3

What belief were Fanny’s parents?

Answer 3

They were puritans

Question 4

What are the names of Franny’s parents?

Answer 4

Mercy and John

Question 5

When did Franny become blind?

Answer 5

6 weeks old

Question 6

How did Franny become blind?

Answer 6

A doctor put hot poultices on her eyes

Question 7

How old was Fanny’s mother (Mercy) when she became a widow after her father died later in the year of Franny’s birth?

Answer 7

21

Question 8

What job did Franny’s mother work?

Answer 8

She was a housemaid

Question 9

Who cared for Franny while her mom was working?

Answer 9

Her Grandma, Eunice

Question 10

What did her lessons with Eunice teach Franny?

Answer 10

Techniques to develop keen sense using textures, scents, and memory

Question 11

What school did Franny attend in New York City?

Answer 11

The Institution for the Blind

Question 12

What was Franny nicknamed?

Answer 12

The Blind Poetess

Question 13

Where did Franny meet her husband?

Answer 13

At another school for the blind he was a teacher

Question 14

How many hymns on average did Franny write a week?

Answer 14

6

Question 15

Along with traveling and speaking, what well-known speakers and musicians did Franny wrote hymns for?

Answer 15

Dwight L. Moody and Ira Sankey

Question 16

What did Franny’s repertoire include?

Answer 16

Over 1,000 poems, 4 poetry books, and 5 cantatas

Question 17

What is Franny best known for?

Answer 17

Her more than 6,000 hymns

Question 18

What other name was Franny also called?

Answer 18

Queen of Gospel Song Writers

Question 19

What did Franny dedicate her life to in her later years?

Answer 19

Helping the poor

Question 20

How did Franny die?

Answer 20

A stroke

Question 21

What year did Franny die?

Answer 21

1915

Question 22

How old was Franny when she died?

Answer 22

94

Question 23

What does B. F. Stand for in White’s name

Answer 23

Benjamin Franklin

Question 24

B. F. White was the youngest of how many children?

Answer 24

12

Question 25

What year was B. F. White born?

Answer 25

1800

Question 26

Who were White’s parents?

Answer 26

Robert and Mildred

Question 27

Where did B. F. White live?

Answer 27

Cross Keys, South Carolina

Question 28

When Ben’s mother died in the severe winter of 1807, who did White go to live with?

Answer 28

His brother and sister-in-law, Robert Jr. and Polly

Question 29

What church was White very active in?

Answer 29

The local Baptist church

Question 30

Why did White have a very limited education?

Answer 30

Because he worked in the fields

Question 31

Who did White marry?

Answer 31

Thurza Golightly

Question 32

When did White get married?

Answer 32

1825

Question 33

How many children did White have?

Answer 33

9

Question 34

How long was Ben and Thurza married?

Answer 34

53 years

Question 35

In what year did White move to Georgia, where White studied music, established singing schools, and wrote and collected tunes?

Answer 35

1842

Question 36

In 1844, the manuscript for ________________, a sharp-note songbook was published?

Answer 36

The Sacred Harp

Question 37

What permanent thing did White fond in Georgia?

Answer 37

Singing Convention

Question 38

What did White teach and become an editor for?

Answer 38

Sharp-note of the “fasola” syllables and wad editor for the Harris County newspaper “The Organ”

Question 39

How many editions of the Sacred Harp are there?

Answer 39

4

Question 40

What year did B. F. White die?

Answer 40

1879

Question 41

Who summed up their life with these final words: “the end has come, and I am ready”?

Answer 41

B. F. White