1854–1932

Introduction

Born: June 19, 1854, Shel­by Coun­ty, In­di­ana.

Died: May 10, 1932, In­di­an­apo­lis, In­di­ana.

Buried: An­der­son Ce­me­te­ry, War­ren Park, In­di­ana.

Biography

Americus was the son of James and Amer­ica Con­ner, and hus­band of Mary J. Cad­wal­la­der (mar­ried 1875).

A Dis­ci­ples of Christ min­is­ter like his father, he was or­dained in 1875. He held pas­tor­ates in Penn­syl­van­ia, In­di­ana, Il­li­nois, and Ca­na­da.

In 1909, he found­ed the Boys Friends, and pub­lished the move­ment’s ma­ga­zine for five years. He was al­so a Chau­tau­qua lec­tur­er.

Copyright re­cords show Con­ner liv­ing in Dan­ville, In­di­ana, in 1897. He re­tired around 1924 and moved to In­di­an­apo­lis.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Arouse Thee!
  2. Come, All Ye Peo­ple
  3. Flag of a Thou­sand Bat­tles
  4. Life’s Sto­ry in Song
  5. Lord Is Thy Re­ward­er, The
  6. O Sin­ner, Hear the Sav­ior’s Call
  7. Out in the Fogs of Trans­gress­ion and Sin
  8. Royalty of Man, The
  9. Save the Boys!
  10. Saved by Mo­ther’s Pray­er
  11. Sinner’s Fear, and Chris­tian’s Hope, The
  12. Sister, Thou Hast Found Re­lease
  13. Sweet Gos­pel Bells
  14. Then Shine, Bright Soul
  15. What Will You Do When the Sav­ior Comes?
  16. Wondrous Man of Ga­li­lee

Help Needed

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