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Richard S. Willis

Full Name: Richard Storrs Willis

Composer/Church Musician

Centurion, 1858–1877

Proposed by
Charles P. Daly
born February 10, 1819
Boston, Massachusetts
died May 7, 1900
Detroit, Michigan
elected March 6, 1858
Age thirty-nine
buried Woodlawn Cemetery,
Detroit, Michigan
proposer of
Member portrait of Richard S. Willis
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 2, Leaf 43
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Archivist’s Notes

Uncle of Freeman Josiah Bumstead. Composer of “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.”

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