DOANE, William H(oward) 1832-1915

PERSONAL:

Born February 3, 1832, in Preston, CT; died December 24, 1915, in South Orange, NJ; son of Joseph H. and Frances (Treat) Doane.

CAREER:

Doane & Treat Co. (manufacturers of woodworking tools), bookkeeper, beginning 1848; J. A. Fay Co., Cincinnati, OH, president and general manager, 1861-1910. Holder of more than seventy patents for machinery, including work exhibited at Paris Exposition, 1889. Writer of hymns; philanthropist.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Legion of Honor.

WRITINGS:

(Editor) The Silver Spray: A New and Choice Collection of Popular Sabbath-school Music, J. Church (Cincinnati, OH), 1868.

(Editor) Songs of Devotion: A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, Biglow & Main (New York, NY), 1870, published as Songs of Devotion for Christian Associations, 1870.

(Editor, with Robert Lowry) Pure Gold for the Sunday School: A New Collection of Songs, Biglow & Main (New York, NY), 1871.

(Editor, with Robert Lowry) Temple Anthems: For the Service of the Sanctuary, Biglow & Main (New York, NY), 1873.

(Editor, with Robert Lowry) The Tidal Wave: A Choice Collection of Temperance Songs, Quartets, Choruses, Biglow & Main (New York, NY), 1874.

Brightest and Best, music by Robert Lowry, Biglow & Main (New York, NY), 1875.

Fountain of Song, music by Robert Lowry, Biglow & Main (New York, NY), 1877.

(Editor, with Robert Lowry) Good as Gold: A New Collection of Sunday School Songs, Biglow & Main (New York, NY), 1881.

(Editor, with Robert Lowry) Good as Gold Hymn Book: A New Collection of Sunday School Songs, Biglow & Main (New York, NY), 1881.

(Editor, with Robert Lowry) Joyful Lays: A New Collection of Songs, Prepared and Adapted for the Sunday School, Biglow & Main (New York, NY), 1884.

(Editor, with Robert Lowry) The Glad Refrain for the Sunday School: A New Collection of Songs for Worship, Biglow & Main (New York, NY), 1886.

(Editor) Baptist Hymnal for Use in Church and Home, American Baptist Publication Society (Philadelphia, PA), 1888.

Songs of the Kingdom, American Baptist Publication Society (Philadelphia, PA), 1896.

(With others) Devotional Songs, Biglow & Main (Chicago, IL), 1903.

Also author of the songbook Sabbath School Game, 1862, and of a cantata with poet Fanny J. Crosby.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Religious Leaders of America, 2nd edition, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1999.*