1829–1911

Introduction

Born: Ju­ly 26, 1829, Per­ry, Ohio.

Died: Ap­ril 9, 1911, Ro­ches­ter, New York.

Buried: Ma­ple Grove Ce­me­te­ry, Gran­ville, Ohio.

Biography

Isaac was the son of Will­iam J. Car­man and El­len Cham­pi­on, and hus­band of Ju­lia A. Spen­cer (mar­ried 1855).

He gra­du­at­ed from Be­tha­ny Co­llege, Be­tha­ny, West Vir­gin­ia, in 1855.

He then en­tered the min­is­try, hold­ing pas­tor­ates at Ash­land, Ma­ri­et­ta, and Nor­walk, Ohio; Cham­paign, Il­li­nois; and (as of 1906) Ro­ches­ter, New York.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Come and Be Hap­py in Life’s Ear­ly Spring
  2. Come, Let Us Sing of Da­vid
  3. Here We Are but Stray­ing Pilg­rims
  4. Merciful Sav­ior, So Lov­ing and Meek, The
  5. Pilgrim of the Staff and San­dal
  6. Who Should Give Thanks

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Car­man (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),