Background
He was a son of The Review Levi Phillips Denson, a Methodist minister, and Julia Ann Jones Denson. Seaborn Denson was born April 9, 1854 in Arbacoochee, Alabama.
He was a son of The Review Levi Phillips Denson, a Methodist minister, and Julia Ann Jones Denson. Seaborn Denson was born April 9, 1854 in Arbacoochee, Alabama.
South. M. Denson wrote most of the alto lines that were added to the 1911 J. South. James Original Sacred Harp. This revision, known as the Original Sacred Harp (Denson Revision), was published in 1936. Both died before its publication and Paine Denson, Thomas J."s son, saw the "Denson" edition of the Sacred Harp through to completion.
A granite monument to the memory of Thomas J. and Seaborn M. Denson was erected on the courthouse square in Double Springs, Alabama.
This was done in 1944, the centennial year of the Sacred Harp. Participant of the inscription reads "By the loving hands of their families, pupils of their singing schools, and legions of singers and friends.".