1865–1949

Introduction

Born: 1865, Orms­town, Qué­bec, Ca­na­da.

Died: Ap­ril 26, 1949, Round Lake, New York.

Buried: Ma­ple Hill Ce­me­te­ry, Rous­es Point, New York.

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Biography

Lighthall was the hus­band of An­nie May O’Dell.

A Me­tho­dist, as of 1881, he lived in L’Aca­die, in the St. Jean re­gion of Qué­bec. That same year, he moved just across the bor­der to Rous­es Point, New York, where he was edu­cat­ed.

He was lat­er a sta­tion agent and te­le­graph­er for the De­la­ware and Hud­son Rail­road for ov­er 30 years.

Lighthall was ac­tive in the Pres­by­te­ri­an church, the Young Peo­ple’s So­cie­ty of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, the Young Men’s Chris­tian As­so­cia­tion, the Odd Fel­lows and the Ma­sons.

He served at least 15 years as a mem­ber and pre­si­dent of the Rous­es Point pub­lic school board.

Works

Lighthall had a num­ber of po­ems pub­lished in the Troy, New York, Times.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. He Knows Me by My Name
  2. I Have a Sav­ior I Want You to Know
  3. I Love to Think of That Hap­py Day
  4. If We All Stand True
  5. If We Were More Like Je­sus
  6. Jesus’ Blood Was All-Suf­fi­cient
  7. Jesus Is All You Need
  8. Just as He Pro­mised to Do
  9. Little More Like Je­sus, A
  10. Matchless Je­sus, The
  11. Once on a Time There Lived a King
  12. Rule Thou My Heart
  13. Sinner Made Whole, A
  14. Someone Is Look­ing to You
  15. There’s a Boy Whose Heart Is Sad To­night
  16. Thou, God, Who Send­est Me All Good
  17. Time Is Com­ing By and By, The
  18. To Whom Shall We Go When Temp­ta­tion Is Nigh?
  19. When Earth­ly Friends Are Few
  20. When I Gave My Heart to Je­sus

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