1840–1914

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 11, 1840, Stand­ish, Maine.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 6, 1911, Lu­cas Coun­ty, Ohio.

Buried: Joy Ce­me­te­ry, Ot­ta­wa Hills, Ohio.

Biography

Emerson was the son of Charles D. Has­ty and Elec­ta Good­enough Ea­ton.

His fa­mi­ly moved to Lu­cas Coun­ty, Ohio, in 1843. He seems to have spent much of his adult life in bee keep­ing, but found time to trans­late Vir­gil’s 4th Geor­gic, in ad­di­tion to writ­ing Gos­pel songs.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

Music

Help Needed

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