Background
Hemington, Francis was born on August 22, 1866 in London, England. Son of James Alexis and Emily (Allen) Hemington.
Hemington, Francis was born on August 22, 1866 in London, England. Son of James Alexis and Emily (Allen) Hemington.
Associate Royal College Organists, London, 1885. Doctor of Music, New York Conservatory of Music, 1910.
Came to America, 1893. Organist and choirmaster, Grace Episcopal Church, Oak Park, Illinois, 1893-1894. Saint Paul’s Universalist Church, Chicago, 1894-1898.
Church of the Epiphany, Chicago, 1898-1922.
Zion Temple (Jewish), Chicago, 1910-1920. Pilgrim Congressional Church, Oak Park, since 1922.
Founder, 1894, since director Oak Park School of Music. Director Pilgrim Choral Society since 1923.
Mason, President Illinois Council National Association of Organists, 1917-1923.
Married Sarah Jane Horn, March 2, 1892.