Emily Huntington Miller

Emily Huntington Miller

Emily Huntington Miller, (October 22, 1833 – November 2, 1913) Author, Poet, Educator. Born in Brooklyn, Connecticut, graduated from Oberlin College, Ohio in 1857.[1] Daughter of Methodist pastor Thomas Huntington. Married John E. Miller in 1860. Children, George A. Miller. Grandmother to Emily Huntington Miller Witherow. Great Grandmother to Robert Huntington Witherow. She edited (assisted) The Little Corporal a children’s magazine, Associate Editor of The Ladies Home Journal.

Author of “Kirkwood series”, “Little Neighbors”, Captain Fritz”, “Fighting the enemy”, and “Highway and Hedges”.

Author of Hymns:

1. Beyond the Dark River of Death
2. Blessed Are the Children
3. Enter Thy Temple, Glorious King
4. Father, While the Shadows Fall
5. Hark, the Chorus Swelling
6. I Love the Name of Jesus
7. I Love to Hear the Story
8. O, Land of the Blessed!
9. O, Realm of Light
10. Stay, Trembling Soul, and Do Not Fear
11. Tell the blessed Tidings
12. Work and Never Weary
13. Baby's first Christmas

Sources Cyber Hymnal

Popular Music:

    My Good for Nothing

One of the founders of St. Nicholas, a publication for children.

Appointed Dean of Women, Northwestern University, IL, September 1891.

See also

Relatives
Lewis Miller (philanthropist)

References

  1. ↑ "Mrs. Emily Huntington Miller" (PDF). New York Times. November 5, 1913. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
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