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 Jennie Bain Wilson

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Jennie Bain Wilson

Birth
Whitley County, Indiana, USA
Death
3 Sep 1913 (aged 56)
South Whitley, Whitley County, Indiana, USA
Burial
South Whitley, Whitley County, Indiana, USA
Plot
U-11-3
Memorial ID
73580141 View Source

In early childhood (about age 3) Jennie became wheelchair bound due to spinal disease. She received no public schooling, but cultivated her mind and gained fame as a writer of Gospel Hymns. The publishers often refered to her as "The Fanny Crosby of the West". She wrote upwards of 3000 hymns.

After the death of her mother in 1902, she lived with her older sister Eliza Ann (Mrs. Jonathan Ulrey) in South Whitley, Indiana.

In early childhood (about age 3) Jennie became wheelchair bound due to spinal disease. She received no public schooling, but cultivated her mind and gained fame as a writer of Gospel Hymns. The publishers often refered to her as "The Fanny Crosby of the West". She wrote upwards of 3000 hymns.

After the death of her mother in 1902, she lived with her older sister Eliza Ann (Mrs. Jonathan Ulrey) in South Whitley, Indiana.


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  • Created by: AuntT
  • Added: 19 Jul 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 73580141
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73580141/jennie-bain-wilson: accessed ), memorial page for Jennie Bain Wilson (13 Nov 1856–3 Sep 1913), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73580141, citing South Whitley Cemetery, South Whitley, Whitley County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by AuntT (contributor 47451346).