Background

Deems, James Harry was born on February 4, 1848 in Baltimore. Son of General James Monroe and Mary Isabelle (Flack) Deems.

Education

Educated Baltimore City College, and Saint Timothy’s Hall, Maryland. Studied music under his father, also in Stuttgart, Wurttemberg.

Career

Organist First Baptist Church, Baltimore, 1861-1874, and from 1902, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, 1874-1879, Franklin Square Baptist Church, 1879-1895, Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church, 1895-1902. Professor music, Baltimore City College, 1868-1869, Western Female High School, 1868-1878, Eastern Female High School, 1884-1901. Superintendent music, Baltimore public schools, 1868-1901.

Active member Y.M. Central America Author: New American Musical Reader, 1 and 2, 1892, Northern 3, 1896.

The Divinity of the Secular and The Secularity of the Divine. Home: Baltimore, Maryland.

Achievements

• James Harry Deems has been listed as a notable musician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Y.M. Central America Author: New American Musical Reader, 1 and 2, 1892, Number.

Connections

Married Mollie White, July 9, 1872. Married second, May Adams, October 26, 1892.

Father:

General James Monroe Deems

Mother:

Mary Isabelle (Flack) Deems

Spouse:

Mollie White

Spouse:

May Adams