Annie Hawks
| Annie Hawks | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
May 28, 1836 Hoosick, New York |
| Died |
January 3, 1918 Bennington, Vermont |
| Nationality | United States of America |
Annie Sherwood Hawks (May 28, 1836 - January 3, 1918) was an American poet and hymnist who wrote a number of hymns with her pastor, Robert Lowry. She contributed to a number of popular Sunday School hymnbooks, and wrote the lyrics to a number of well-known hymns including: "I Need Thee Every Hour"; "Thine, Most Gracious Lord"; "Why Weepest Thou? Who Seekest Thou?"; "Full and Free Salvation" and "My Soul Is Anchored".[1]
Biography
She was born on May 28, 1836, in Hoosick, New York. By age 14, she was submitting poems to a local newspaper.[2] She married Charles H. Hawks in 1857, and the couple lived in Brooklyn. They attended the Hanson Place Baptist Church where Lowry was pastor. Lowry, himself a hymn-writer, encouraged Hawks to compose her own hymns.[2]
After the death of her husband in 1888, she moved to Bennington, Vermont to live with her daughter and son-in-law. She died there on January 3, 1918, and is interred at the Hoosick Rural Cemetery.[3]
References
- ↑ Annie S Hawks on Hymnary.org, accessed 5 November 2015
- 1 2 Smith, Jane Stuart and Betty Carlson. Great Christian Hymn Writers. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 1997: 85. ISBN 0-89107-944-0
- ↑ Annie Sherwood Hawks on cyberhymnal.org, accessed 5 November 2015