1872–1918

Introduction

Born: Ju­ly 12, 1872, Mon­roe, Mi­chi­gan.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 5, 1918, Mon­roe, Mi­chi­gan.

Buried: Wood­land Ce­me­te­ry, Mi­chi­gan.

Biography

Alonzo was the son of Alon­zo B. Brag­don, Sr., and Ag­nes Ross, and hus­band of Ca­ro­lyn Eli­za­beth Bis­son­ette.

He was edu­cat­ed in the pub­lic schools of Mon­roe, Mi­chi­gan, gra­du­at­ing from high school in 1893.

He be­gan to sell news­pap­ers at age 11, and af­ter leav­ing school, worked as a re­por­ter un­til reach­ing le­gal age.

He then worked as ci­ty re­por­ter at the Mon­roe De­mo­crat for five years. In Ap­ril, 1900, he opened an of­fice and hand­led va­ri­ous lo­cal pa­pers, and even­tu­al­ly be­came ed­it­or of the Mon­roe Re­cord.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Bright o’er the Hills the Morn­ing Is Beam­ing
  2. Come to the Sav­ior, He Calls Thee
  3. For You and for Me
  4. How Great His Com­pas­sion Who Died
  5. I Left My Glo­ri­ous Home on High
  6. Jesus Is Wait­ing, Wait­ing for Thee
  7. Let Them Come
  8. O Won­drous Com­pas­sion
  9. O’er the Tran­quil Hea­ven
  10. Shout Aloud, Ho­san­na
  11. Softly Flit­ting o’er the Wall
  12. Underneath the Leaf­less Trees
  13. Underneath the Win­try Skies
  14. Welcome, Sweet Sa­bbath Morn
  15. When the Ev­en­ing Sha­dows
  16. Which Shall It Be?
  17. Will You Come?
  18. Ye Have Done It un­to Me

Music

  1. Just Beyond the Sha­dows
  2. Missionary Hymn
  3. Peace on Earth

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