Born in­to a Qua­ker fam­i­ly, Hus­sey be­gan writ­ing po­e­try while young, and lived in rur­al New Hamp­shire most of her life. At the time of her death, she was liv­ing in the Home for the Aged in Con­cord, New Hamp­shire.
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Author of the hymn, "King of my life, I Crown thee now"
• Contributor: Randy (49409315)

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From a bio of Jennie about a song she composed in 1921, "Lead Me to Calvary," in a book by Robert Morgan,pub. 2011, W. Pub. Co, with100 of the world's best-loved songs and hymns, "Then Sings My Soul"---
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"...Much of Jennie's time was devoted to her helpless, invalid sister, but Jennie wasn't known to complain or grumble. She displayed a cheerful personality. Out of her Bible reading and devotions, she composed the words to "Lead Me to Calvary." Wm. J. Kirkpatrick, put the music to it. Jennie eventually became disabled with deformative arthritis and lived her last years in Home for the Aged in Concord, NH, but her remains were taken back to Henniker, where she was buried in the Quaker Cemetery."
There is a P.S. to her story. Civil War buffs know Jennie Hussey as the author of a famous poem called "The War Dog." Its the true story of a stray mutt named Sallie who became attached to one of the soldiers from Pennsylvania and followed him into battle. When her master fell in battle, the dog refused to leave his body. Sallie was "adopted" as the mascot of the 11th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, and she stayed with her soldiers until she was shot and killed at the Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia, in 1864. A cast bronze replica of Sallie stands today in Gettysburg National Park.
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The War Dog
" Sallie was a lady; she was a soldier true--
She marched beside the colors,
Our own red, white and blue.
It was in the days of our Civil War
That she lived her life so true."
• Contributor: wvy (46555353)

Born in­to a Qua­ker fam­i­ly, Hus­sey be­gan writ­ing po­e­try while young, and lived in rur­al New Hamp­shire most of her life. At the time of her death, she was liv­ing in the Home for the Aged in Con­cord, New Hamp­shire.
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Author of the hymn, "King of my life, I Crown thee now"
• Contributor: Randy (49409315)

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From a bio of Jennie about a song she composed in 1921, "Lead Me to Calvary," in a book by Robert Morgan,pub. 2011, W. Pub. Co, with100 of the world's best-loved songs and hymns, "Then Sings My Soul"---
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"...Much of Jennie's time was devoted to her helpless, invalid sister, but Jennie wasn't known to complain or grumble. She displayed a cheerful personality. Out of her Bible reading and devotions, she composed the words to "Lead Me to Calvary." Wm. J. Kirkpatrick, put the music to it. Jennie eventually became disabled with deformative arthritis and lived her last years in Home for the Aged in Concord, NH, but her remains were taken back to Henniker, where she was buried in the Quaker Cemetery."
There is a P.S. to her story. Civil War buffs know Jennie Hussey as the author of a famous poem called "The War Dog." Its the true story of a stray mutt named Sallie who became attached to one of the soldiers from Pennsylvania and followed him into battle. When her master fell in battle, the dog refused to leave his body. Sallie was "adopted" as the mascot of the 11th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, and she stayed with her soldiers until she was shot and killed at the Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia, in 1864. A cast bronze replica of Sallie stands today in Gettysburg National Park.
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The War Dog
" Sallie was a lady; she was a soldier true--
She marched beside the colors,
Our own red, white and blue.
It was in the days of our Civil War
That she lived her life so true."
• Contributor: wvy (46555353)

Bio by: GettysBern