George Minor was an American composer

Composer

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. Minor attended a military academy in Richmond, and served during the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

 as Chief of Ordnance and Hydrography of the Confederate States Navy

Confederate States Navy

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. After the war, he went into the music field, teaching at singing schools and conducting at musical conventions. He helped found the Hume-Minor Company, which made piano

Piano

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s and organ

Organ (music)

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s. A member of the First Baptist

Baptist

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 Church of Richmond, Minor was the Sunday school

Sunday school

Sunday school is the generic name for many different types of religious education pursued on Sundays by various denominations.-England:The first Sunday school may have been opened in 1751 in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. Another early start was made by Hannah Ball, a native of High Wycombe in...

 superintendent

Superintendent (education)

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there. His works include:

• Golden Light No. 1, 1879
• Golden Light No. 2
• Golden Light No. 3, 1884
• Standard Songs, 1896
• The Rosebud

Music:

• Bringing in the Sheave