Background
Deems, James Harry was born on February 4, 1848 in Baltimore. Son of General James Monroe and Mary Isabelle (Flack) Deems.
James Harry Deems
February 4, 1848 (age 83) Baltimore
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. C.A. 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.
James Harry Deems Edit Profile
James Harry Deems, musician. member Y.M. C.A. Author: New American Musical Reader, 1 and 2, 1892, No.
Education
Educated Baltimore City College, and St. 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. C.A. 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.
Membership
Member Y.M. C.A. Author: New American Musical Reader, 1 and 2, 1892, No.
Connections
Married Mollie White, July 9, 1872. Married second, May Adams, October 26, 1892.
