About
Best known for composing the song Silver Threads Among the Gold from 1873.
Before Fame
He worked as a carpenter in his father's construction business.
Trivia
He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Family Life
He married Hattie R. Colahan in 1858.
Associated With
His song Silver Threads Among the Gold was recorded by Bing Crosby in 1948.
