George Nelson Allen was born in Mansfield, Mass. , September 7, 1812, and lived at Oberlin, OH. It was there he composed the tune named “Maitland, ” and compiled the Social and Sabbath Hymn-book— besides songs for the Western Bell, published by Oliver Ditson and Co. He died in Cincinnati, December 9, 1877.
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George Nelson Allen was born in Mansfield, Mass. , September 7, 1812, and lived at Oberlin, OH. It was there he composed the tune named “Maitland, ” and compiled the Social and Sabbath Hymn-book— besides songs for the Western Bell, published by Oliver Ditson and Co. He died in Cincinnati, December 9, 1877.