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This is a record of the Workmans from 1534 in England.
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Lydia Ann Beebe (1844-1922) was born in Evans, New York to William Albert Beebe (1813-1884) and Louisa Newton (1817-1886). She was a direct descendant of Eilizabeth Tilley (1607-1687) and John Howland (1592-1673) who were members of the Mayflower Company. Lydia's family joined the LDS Church and eventaully settled in Utah where Lydia was married in 1860 to William Jasper Howell (1842-1880) who was born in Yorkville, Tennessee. Shortly after their wedding they moved to Franklin, Idaho to help settle that region. They were the parents of twelve children. Their many descendants live in Idaho, Utah, California and other parts of the United States.
Many churchgoers will recognize the name William Bradbury, a nineteenth-century American composer of popular hymns still sung at Sunday services. Bradbury’s name may also bring to mind Esther, the Beautiful Queen, his choral setting of a text based on the biblical Book of Esther. The uncomplicated score became enormously popular almost immediately after its initial publication in 1856. In From Biblical Book to Musical Megahit: William B. Bradbury’s “Esther, the Beautiful Queen,” Juanita Karpf traces the work’s rich performance and reception history. Bradbury emphatically stated that he intended Esther to be sung as an unadorned religious and educational piece. Yet many music direct...
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