Introduction

Biography

Chauncey was the son of Tho­mas Wy­man and Hul­da Gil­bert, and hus­band of Loui­sa Jane Al­ex­an­der (mar­ried Sep­tem­ber 12, 1861, Fitch­burg, Mas­sa­chu­setts).

The 1850 and 1860 cen­sus­es show him liv­ing in Ath­ens, Ver­mont.

After at­tend­ing George Root’s mu­sic con­ven­tions in Ver­mont and New Hamp­shire, he be­came as­sist­ant di­rect­or, and al­so at­tend­ed one of Root’s nor­mals in North Read­ing, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

In Keene, he or­gan­ized the choir at First Church, where his wife was the first or­gan­ist when a pipe or­gan was in­stalled in 1860.

Wyman ev­ent­ual­ly joined Root and led mu­sic con­ven­tions through­out the Am­eri­can north. He al­so con­duct­ed the chor­us and ora­tor­io choir for Root’s ses­sions.

Influenced by Root, he moved to Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, where he pub­lished The Palm short­ly be­fore his death in 1870, worked with Phil­ip Bliss, at­tended Dwight Moody’s meet­ings with Bliss, and lived brief­ly with Moody.

In ad­di­tion, he taught mu­sic at the State Nor­mal School in near­by South Bend, In­di­ana.

Works

• The Palm (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Root & Ca­dy, 1870)