Benjamin Russell (or Russel ) Hanby (July 22, 1833 – March 16, 1867) was an American composer , educator , pastor , and abolitionist . He is known for composing approximately 80 songs and hymns , most notably " Darling Nelly Gray " and the Christmas songs " Up on the Housetop ", and " Jolly Old Saint Nicholas ".
5-579: Hanby may refer to: Benjamin Hanby , American composer Florence Wood Hanby , American politician Hanbi , a mythological god of evil Hanby, Lincolnshire , a hamlet on the line of the Roman Road called King Street Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hanby . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-821: A runaway slave from Kentucky who had died in the Hanbys' Rushville home. Hanby went on to write several other notable anti-slavery songs, including "Ole Shady", "The Song of the Contraband", and "Little Tillie's Grave". After graduating in 1858, Hanby briefly taught school before becoming a minister in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ . In 1860, he became the principal of Seven Mile Academy in Seven Mile , Ohio. By Christmas of 1864, after some time as
15-511: A minister in a church in New Paris , Ohio, Hanby was operating a singing school in the town. Here, he composed "Up On The Housetop" as a Christmas sing-along , originally titled "Santa Claus". In 1865, Chicago -based publisher George Frederick Root published the song and brought Hanby to Chicago to pursue other ventures. On March 16, 1867, Hanby died in Chicago from tuberculosis at
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25-647: Was born in Rushville , Ohio , on July 22, 1833. In 1849, he moved to Westerville to enroll at Otterbein University , and was later involved in the Underground Railroad with his father Bishop William Hanby. In 1856, at what is now the national historic site the Hanby House, Hanby composed the popular anti-slavery ballad "Darling Nelly Gray", based on his encounter with Joseph Selby,
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