Show WROTE mLIE G A y1 BEN R HANBYS CRAVE AT WESTKiWILLB 01110 tlll font W < inee the Moet 1010101 III lhnw3rJe Jlotiff fur the Ihl llil n but they letrr Itrnardnl tin Anther NM MIKED by amore a-more pretentious htlooU monument than n U plain wooden headboard head-board warping and dca > lng as the year KO b l > there Is a grave In the I United I brethren cemetery AI West trllle A northern I suburb of Columbus Colum-bus O which vII ere v-II mortal remnln or lien II lion Icy author of Nellie tray one of the mot eloquently pathetic tonga of tin mother tongue Peaceful In storm and sun the man forgotten while hlo touching touch-ing Vera HIM lle Hen llnnby sleeps rave b lute family and n few personal friend unwept an 1 unhonared The story of his tender paselonale little long often hu been toM I although seldom perhaps truthfully IIke many brilliant and fnmoui composition of word and music It wa Ihe creation oran or-an hour and Us sullen and aitonlsh log success nan altogether unexpected by the author The Inspiration came to young Hanby while he wits n passenger on n railroad train between Cincinnati ant Hamllun lie woe listlessly readIng read-Ing a new spaler when he fount an nc count of Ihe manner In which n br null ful quadrotn girl hal Ion torn from the arms rf her lover and taken to n southern slave market to he mid on the auction Hock The quadroon name woe given aa Nellie Cray The story Illicit llnnby with pity tend mug nitlon for he wa naturally gentle and kind and abhorred the Inlqultlc of slave holding Ho Imprcwed was he that with pencil and paper used u lieot he could upon the Jolting nod swaying car seal he Jotted down the words of n Bong hr which the Incident of the story were utlllied This wa dan similar for the relief nf hi own mind and Ida overburdened heart and nt thai time there was not the remotest leelgn of ever bringing the verse to the light of day 1 fly the lime llnnby had reached hi detllnntlon he had practical completed the few verecu of lice song U wa thrown carelessly with hi baggage and noon after hla return to his home In YeeterMII It woo tomd nmnng rome other later In till desk and there forgotten for-gotten for six month or more One cloy he came acre the manuscript and enl II to n wellknown firm of music publlohera In Chicago with a note My tog that If they taw nn > thing In the song they might publish II The song sprang at once Into i > op utulty and Iintiby like lljron nwok one morning to llnd himself him-self famnu Hut this nnnkenlng did not come for many months after the Vnlhitlc melody of his acing had toured rrot < ni nn > 1ii1 er fuUnlliruaU Khroiighout the land Hla publisher I Clever even acknowledged the receipt nf the manuurlpt They made a fortine I from It rate tulT of 1r the tic o ownea I of dollars which poured Into their bank nccount Hnnb never received n cent hen IM wrote to them they sent him MX printed coilea of the rang without the formality of thank for the inanu nirlfit hlle l hla long wna gaining II popularity popu-larity and dolly growing dearer to hundred hun-dred of Ihousanls of tender hearts Hanby wan living undisturbed hla calm and iwacvful rural life He was jet lo learn hi fame Several months after the music of hla song had liecomo fa mtlUr n household word llnnby elIte 1 el-Ite l n young lady In Columbus and requested re-quested her to clog lo him Complying I Comply-ing she paid she would alng n aweet little song which by some ttrange coIncidence co-Incidence had been written by n man of hie name Rice began and greatly to hla surprlie Hanby recognized lie words and muilc of help Nellie One It wiis the first ntlmatlon he had that the song had been published Hanby came of a musical ae well a AI Vfes 7i v v f r J l l w 1f r ff JW 9 VjfJ J R I C rl rf > ilt I W I > lJ rt n If i o = r l IIf I i i J i r dCel 7 f HANIIYB cm AVI highly descended and cultured family III father wa a blsjp In Ihe United Ilrethren church and WAI the compiler of n hymnbook which is I still In use Young llnnby composed n number of songs several of which were published none however receiving the remark able reception which woo given lo Nellie Urn A few year after the war Hanby died AR he had lived In obscurity and poverty and the fact that he was the author of the famous song Will known to rw nave hlr family and Intlmwe friend |