1847–?

Introduction

portrait

Born: Oc­to­ber 6, 1847, Keese­ville, New York.

Buried: Mount Hope Ce­me­te­ry, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

Biography

Julia was the daugh­ter of Gil­bert Thay­er and Ade­line Ma­ria Foote. She ne­ver mar­ried.

When Ju­lia was 10 years old, her fa­mi­ly moved to Il­li­nois.

She at­tend­ed and lat­er be­came a teach­er, then pre­si­dent (un­til 1898) at her fa­ther’s school, the Chi­ca­go Fe­male Col­lege in Mor­gan Park, Il­li­nois.

She al­so ran a Stu­dio of Ge­ne­ral Cul­ture and Li­ter­ary Train­ing in the Au­di­to­ri­um Build­ing in Chi­ca­go.

Introduction

Easter

God grant that all who watch today
Beside their sepulcher of loss
May find the great stone rolled way—
May see, at last with vision clear,
The shining angel standing near,
And through the dimly-lighted soul
Again may joy’s evangel roll—
The glory of the cross!

Julia H. Thayer (1847–?)

Sources

Lyrics

  1. His Greet­ing
  2. I Am Trust­ing in the Dark­ness
  3. I’ve Found Him
  4. Missing
  5. There Is a Star That Gilds the Gloom
  6. Thou Art Mine

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