Hymn writer, Inventor. Born in Connecticut, he became a gifted musician and attended the Woodstock Academy. Graduating in 1848, he published over 2,000 hymms. Also a successful businessman, Doane became president of the J.A. Fay Woodworking Machinery Company. While not at work, he was a Sunday School superintendent and a choir director at the Mount Auburn Baptist Church. The son of a cotton manufacturer, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1860 to become a partner at the Fay Company. Doane compiled over forty books and wrote 2,300 songs, ballads, and cantatas.
He received an honorary degree of Doctor of Music at Denison University in 1875.
His philanthropy led to the renaming of the Granville Academy, as the Doane Academy, a boys' and girls' private preparatory school associated with Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he was a major benefactor.
He was awarded the French Legion Medal of Honor for his woodworking machinery inventions. He last lived at Watch Hill, Rhode Island and died at South Orange, New Jersey in 1915 when he was 83 years old. Doane Memorial Music Building in Chicago, Illinois is named for him.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Dec 1915, Saturday
Special Dispatch to The Enquirer.
Orange, N. J., December 24.--Just after he had finished his final musical setting, a composition written for the last hymn written by Fanny Crosby, noted writer of religious verse, who passed away recently. Dr. William Howard Doane, formerly of Cincinnati, died last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George W. Doane, 176 Charlton avenue, Orange, N. J., of lung trouble.
The hymn which represented the final labors of the noted composers is entitled "At Evening Time It Shall Be Light." It is a splendid effort from the viewpoints of religious poetry and harmony.
Dr. Doane's body will rest in Cincinnati, the composer having purchased a burial plot in that city, which he left several years ago to make his residence at Watch Hill, R. I.
Dr. Doane was 83 years old. When the end came. His devoted wife and daughters, Mrs. George W. Doane and Miss Ida F. Doane, were at his bedside. While Dr. Doane had been in ill health for a long time his death was unexpected.
OH HIS WAY TO SOUTHLAND
It was his annual custom to go to Florida for the winter months, and last October, as usual, he visited his daughter at South Orange on his way to the southland. He was not in robust health, however, and decided to remain in South Orange to receive medical treatment. The lung trouble developed and death soon relieved his sufferings.
Dr. Doane was born February 3, 1832, near Norwich, Conn. He was educated at Woodstock Academy, Conn., and early in life went to Cincinnati, where he took an active part in business and religious affairs.
For many years he was president of J. A. Fay & Co., woodworking machine makers, and when that concern was consolidated with The Egan Company Dr. Doane relinquished his connection with the enterprise.
His chief interest was music. He was accorded the degree of Doctor of Music and wrote many compositions of religious music and published more than threescore books of his many works. His keen interest in harmony led him to take an extensive trip to many lands and in his world journey he collected marvelous groups of instruments which numbered in the collection many that were the devices of natives of countries he visited.
The collection aroused considerable interest among music lovers and Dr. Doane presented it to the Cincinnati Art Museum, where it is preserved.
HAD MULTIPLICITY OF INTERESTS
Dr. Doane's interest in religious affairs was not confined to music, however. Dr. Doane was President Emeritus of the American Baptist Publishing Society, of Philadelphia, at the time of his death and had been its president a number of years. He was Trustee of Denison University in Granville, Ohio, and was affiliated with mission societies of the Baptist organization.
The Young Men's Christian Association, too, received much attention from the versatile man, and he took a warm interest in patriotic organizations. He was connected with the Sons of the American Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of the Mayflower and other kindred organizations.
At the Paris Exposition in 1889 Dr. Doane was one of three Americans to receive the award of the honor. His exhibit of woodworking machinery was one of the features of the displays in the French capital. In addition to his activities in that branch of manufacture in Norwich, Conn., Chicago and Cincinnati, Dr. Doane was concerned in other industrial activities. He had an interest in the American Light and Traction Company, Barney & Smith, car builders, of Dayton, Ohio; numerous banks and trust companies in the Middle West and organization committees of railroads and industrial concerns.
Dr. Doane traced his ancestry back to 1627, when his family first located in New England.
WAS SUNDAY SCHOOL HEAD
Dr. W. H. Doane Was Religiously Active in Cincinnati Twenty-Five Years.
Dr. William Howard Doane was Superintendent Emeritus of the Sunday school of the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church. He had composed hundreds of sacred hymns. He was the compiler of the songbooks "Glad Tidings," "Blessed Jewels" and many other hymnals, writing a majority of the songs himself. "Safe in The Arms of Jesus," "More Like Jesus," "Draw Me Nearer," were among the songs he composed which are sung to-day in thousands of churches.
For a quarter century he was Superintendent of the Mt. Auburn Sunday school, until he left eight years ago to reside at his Summer Home at Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Denison University acknowledged the musical gifts of Dr. Doane by giving him the title "Musical Doctor." It was Dr. Doane who discovered Fanny Crosby, who became famous as a writer of sacred songs.
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church. Interment will be in Spring Grove.
He received an honorary degree of Doctor of Music at Denison University in 1875.
His philanthropy led to the renaming of the Granville Academy, as the Doane Academy, a boys' and girls' private preparatory school associated with Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he was a major benefactor.
He was awarded the French Legion Medal of Honor for his woodworking machinery inventions. He last lived at Watch Hill, Rhode Island and died at South Orange, New Jersey in 1915 when he was 83 years old. Doane Memorial Music Building in Chicago, Illinois is named for him.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Dec 1915, Saturday
Special Dispatch to The Enquirer.
Orange, N. J., December 24.--Just after he had finished his final musical setting, a composition written for the last hymn written by Fanny Crosby, noted writer of religious verse, who passed away recently. Dr. William Howard Doane, formerly of Cincinnati, died last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George W. Doane, 176 Charlton avenue, Orange, N. J., of lung trouble.
The hymn which represented the final labors of the noted composers is entitled "At Evening Time It Shall Be Light." It is a splendid effort from the viewpoints of religious poetry and harmony.
Dr. Doane's body will rest in Cincinnati, the composer having purchased a burial plot in that city, which he left several years ago to make his residence at Watch Hill, R. I.
Dr. Doane was 83 years old. When the end came. His devoted wife and daughters, Mrs. George W. Doane and Miss Ida F. Doane, were at his bedside. While Dr. Doane had been in ill health for a long time his death was unexpected.
OH HIS WAY TO SOUTHLAND
It was his annual custom to go to Florida for the winter months, and last October, as usual, he visited his daughter at South Orange on his way to the southland. He was not in robust health, however, and decided to remain in South Orange to receive medical treatment. The lung trouble developed and death soon relieved his sufferings.
Dr. Doane was born February 3, 1832, near Norwich, Conn. He was educated at Woodstock Academy, Conn., and early in life went to Cincinnati, where he took an active part in business and religious affairs.
For many years he was president of J. A. Fay & Co., woodworking machine makers, and when that concern was consolidated with The Egan Company Dr. Doane relinquished his connection with the enterprise.
His chief interest was music. He was accorded the degree of Doctor of Music and wrote many compositions of religious music and published more than threescore books of his many works. His keen interest in harmony led him to take an extensive trip to many lands and in his world journey he collected marvelous groups of instruments which numbered in the collection many that were the devices of natives of countries he visited.
The collection aroused considerable interest among music lovers and Dr. Doane presented it to the Cincinnati Art Museum, where it is preserved.
HAD MULTIPLICITY OF INTERESTS
Dr. Doane's interest in religious affairs was not confined to music, however. Dr. Doane was President Emeritus of the American Baptist Publishing Society, of Philadelphia, at the time of his death and had been its president a number of years. He was Trustee of Denison University in Granville, Ohio, and was affiliated with mission societies of the Baptist organization.
The Young Men's Christian Association, too, received much attention from the versatile man, and he took a warm interest in patriotic organizations. He was connected with the Sons of the American Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of the Mayflower and other kindred organizations.
At the Paris Exposition in 1889 Dr. Doane was one of three Americans to receive the award of the honor. His exhibit of woodworking machinery was one of the features of the displays in the French capital. In addition to his activities in that branch of manufacture in Norwich, Conn., Chicago and Cincinnati, Dr. Doane was concerned in other industrial activities. He had an interest in the American Light and Traction Company, Barney & Smith, car builders, of Dayton, Ohio; numerous banks and trust companies in the Middle West and organization committees of railroads and industrial concerns.
Dr. Doane traced his ancestry back to 1627, when his family first located in New England.
WAS SUNDAY SCHOOL HEAD
Dr. W. H. Doane Was Religiously Active in Cincinnati Twenty-Five Years.
Dr. William Howard Doane was Superintendent Emeritus of the Sunday school of the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church. He had composed hundreds of sacred hymns. He was the compiler of the songbooks "Glad Tidings," "Blessed Jewels" and many other hymnals, writing a majority of the songs himself. "Safe in The Arms of Jesus," "More Like Jesus," "Draw Me Nearer," were among the songs he composed which are sung to-day in thousands of churches.
For a quarter century he was Superintendent of the Mt. Auburn Sunday school, until he left eight years ago to reside at his Summer Home at Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Denison University acknowledged the musical gifts of Dr. Doane by giving him the title "Musical Doctor." It was Dr. Doane who discovered Fanny Crosby, who became famous as a writer of sacred songs.
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church. Interment will be in Spring Grove.
Hymn writer, Inventor. Born in Connecticut, he became a gifted musician and attended the Woodstock Academy. Graduating in 1848, he published over 2,000 hymms. Also a successful businessman, Doane became president of the J.A. Fay Woodworking Machinery Company. While not at work, he was a Sunday School superintendent and a choir director at the Mount Auburn Baptist Church. The son of a cotton manufacturer, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1860 to become a partner at the Fay Company. Doane compiled over forty books and wrote 2,300 songs, ballads, and cantatas.
He received an honorary degree of Doctor of Music at Denison University in 1875.
His philanthropy led to the renaming of the Granville Academy, as the Doane Academy, a boys' and girls' private preparatory school associated with Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he was a major benefactor.
He was awarded the French Legion Medal of Honor for his woodworking machinery inventions. He last lived at Watch Hill, Rhode Island and died at South Orange, New Jersey in 1915 when he was 83 years old. Doane Memorial Music Building in Chicago, Illinois is named for him.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Dec 1915, Saturday
Special Dispatch to The Enquirer.
Orange, N. J., December 24.--Just after he had finished his final musical setting, a composition written for the last hymn written by Fanny Crosby, noted writer of religious verse, who passed away recently. Dr. William Howard Doane, formerly of Cincinnati, died last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George W. Doane, 176 Charlton avenue, Orange, N. J., of lung trouble.
The hymn which represented the final labors of the noted composers is entitled "At Evening Time It Shall Be Light." It is a splendid effort from the viewpoints of religious poetry and harmony.
Dr. Doane's body will rest in Cincinnati, the composer having purchased a burial plot in that city, which he left several years ago to make his residence at Watch Hill, R. I.
Dr. Doane was 83 years old. When the end came. His devoted wife and daughters, Mrs. George W. Doane and Miss Ida F. Doane, were at his bedside. While Dr. Doane had been in ill health for a long time his death was unexpected.
OH HIS WAY TO SOUTHLAND
It was his annual custom to go to Florida for the winter months, and last October, as usual, he visited his daughter at South Orange on his way to the southland. He was not in robust health, however, and decided to remain in South Orange to receive medical treatment. The lung trouble developed and death soon relieved his sufferings.
Dr. Doane was born February 3, 1832, near Norwich, Conn. He was educated at Woodstock Academy, Conn., and early in life went to Cincinnati, where he took an active part in business and religious affairs.
For many years he was president of J. A. Fay & Co., woodworking machine makers, and when that concern was consolidated with The Egan Company Dr. Doane relinquished his connection with the enterprise.
His chief interest was music. He was accorded the degree of Doctor of Music and wrote many compositions of religious music and published more than threescore books of his many works. His keen interest in harmony led him to take an extensive trip to many lands and in his world journey he collected marvelous groups of instruments which numbered in the collection many that were the devices of natives of countries he visited.
The collection aroused considerable interest among music lovers and Dr. Doane presented it to the Cincinnati Art Museum, where it is preserved.
HAD MULTIPLICITY OF INTERESTS
Dr. Doane's interest in religious affairs was not confined to music, however. Dr. Doane was President Emeritus of the American Baptist Publishing Society, of Philadelphia, at the time of his death and had been its president a number of years. He was Trustee of Denison University in Granville, Ohio, and was affiliated with mission societies of the Baptist organization.
The Young Men's Christian Association, too, received much attention from the versatile man, and he took a warm interest in patriotic organizations. He was connected with the Sons of the American Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of the Mayflower and other kindred organizations.
At the Paris Exposition in 1889 Dr. Doane was one of three Americans to receive the award of the honor. His exhibit of woodworking machinery was one of the features of the displays in the French capital. In addition to his activities in that branch of manufacture in Norwich, Conn., Chicago and Cincinnati, Dr. Doane was concerned in other industrial activities. He had an interest in the American Light and Traction Company, Barney & Smith, car builders, of Dayton, Ohio; numerous banks and trust companies in the Middle West and organization committees of railroads and industrial concerns.
Dr. Doane traced his ancestry back to 1627, when his family first located in New England.
WAS SUNDAY SCHOOL HEAD
Dr. W. H. Doane Was Religiously Active in Cincinnati Twenty-Five Years.
Dr. William Howard Doane was Superintendent Emeritus of the Sunday school of the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church. He had composed hundreds of sacred hymns. He was the compiler of the songbooks "Glad Tidings," "Blessed Jewels" and many other hymnals, writing a majority of the songs himself. "Safe in The Arms of Jesus," "More Like Jesus," "Draw Me Nearer," were among the songs he composed which are sung to-day in thousands of churches.
For a quarter century he was Superintendent of the Mt. Auburn Sunday school, until he left eight years ago to reside at his Summer Home at Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Denison University acknowledged the musical gifts of Dr. Doane by giving him the title "Musical Doctor." It was Dr. Doane who discovered Fanny Crosby, who became famous as a writer of sacred songs.
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church. Interment will be in Spring Grove.
He received an honorary degree of Doctor of Music at Denison University in 1875.
His philanthropy led to the renaming of the Granville Academy, as the Doane Academy, a boys' and girls' private preparatory school associated with Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he was a major benefactor.
He was awarded the French Legion Medal of Honor for his woodworking machinery inventions. He last lived at Watch Hill, Rhode Island and died at South Orange, New Jersey in 1915 when he was 83 years old. Doane Memorial Music Building in Chicago, Illinois is named for him.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Dec 1915, Saturday
Special Dispatch to The Enquirer.
Orange, N. J., December 24.--Just after he had finished his final musical setting, a composition written for the last hymn written by Fanny Crosby, noted writer of religious verse, who passed away recently. Dr. William Howard Doane, formerly of Cincinnati, died last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George W. Doane, 176 Charlton avenue, Orange, N. J., of lung trouble.
The hymn which represented the final labors of the noted composers is entitled "At Evening Time It Shall Be Light." It is a splendid effort from the viewpoints of religious poetry and harmony.
Dr. Doane's body will rest in Cincinnati, the composer having purchased a burial plot in that city, which he left several years ago to make his residence at Watch Hill, R. I.
Dr. Doane was 83 years old. When the end came. His devoted wife and daughters, Mrs. George W. Doane and Miss Ida F. Doane, were at his bedside. While Dr. Doane had been in ill health for a long time his death was unexpected.
OH HIS WAY TO SOUTHLAND
It was his annual custom to go to Florida for the winter months, and last October, as usual, he visited his daughter at South Orange on his way to the southland. He was not in robust health, however, and decided to remain in South Orange to receive medical treatment. The lung trouble developed and death soon relieved his sufferings.
Dr. Doane was born February 3, 1832, near Norwich, Conn. He was educated at Woodstock Academy, Conn., and early in life went to Cincinnati, where he took an active part in business and religious affairs.
For many years he was president of J. A. Fay & Co., woodworking machine makers, and when that concern was consolidated with The Egan Company Dr. Doane relinquished his connection with the enterprise.
His chief interest was music. He was accorded the degree of Doctor of Music and wrote many compositions of religious music and published more than threescore books of his many works. His keen interest in harmony led him to take an extensive trip to many lands and in his world journey he collected marvelous groups of instruments which numbered in the collection many that were the devices of natives of countries he visited.
The collection aroused considerable interest among music lovers and Dr. Doane presented it to the Cincinnati Art Museum, where it is preserved.
HAD MULTIPLICITY OF INTERESTS
Dr. Doane's interest in religious affairs was not confined to music, however. Dr. Doane was President Emeritus of the American Baptist Publishing Society, of Philadelphia, at the time of his death and had been its president a number of years. He was Trustee of Denison University in Granville, Ohio, and was affiliated with mission societies of the Baptist organization.
The Young Men's Christian Association, too, received much attention from the versatile man, and he took a warm interest in patriotic organizations. He was connected with the Sons of the American Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of the Mayflower and other kindred organizations.
At the Paris Exposition in 1889 Dr. Doane was one of three Americans to receive the award of the honor. His exhibit of woodworking machinery was one of the features of the displays in the French capital. In addition to his activities in that branch of manufacture in Norwich, Conn., Chicago and Cincinnati, Dr. Doane was concerned in other industrial activities. He had an interest in the American Light and Traction Company, Barney & Smith, car builders, of Dayton, Ohio; numerous banks and trust companies in the Middle West and organization committees of railroads and industrial concerns.
Dr. Doane traced his ancestry back to 1627, when his family first located in New England.
WAS SUNDAY SCHOOL HEAD
Dr. W. H. Doane Was Religiously Active in Cincinnati Twenty-Five Years.
Dr. William Howard Doane was Superintendent Emeritus of the Sunday school of the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church. He had composed hundreds of sacred hymns. He was the compiler of the songbooks "Glad Tidings," "Blessed Jewels" and many other hymnals, writing a majority of the songs himself. "Safe in The Arms of Jesus," "More Like Jesus," "Draw Me Nearer," were among the songs he composed which are sung to-day in thousands of churches.
For a quarter century he was Superintendent of the Mt. Auburn Sunday school, until he left eight years ago to reside at his Summer Home at Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Denison University acknowledged the musical gifts of Dr. Doane by giving him the title "Musical Doctor." It was Dr. Doane who discovered Fanny Crosby, who became famous as a writer of sacred songs.
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church. Interment will be in Spring Grove.
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