Harry Webb Farrington

Harry Webb Farrington
Harry Webb Farrington, March 1, 1912
Born	(1879-07-14)July 14, 1879 Nassau, Bahamas, U.S.
Died	October 27, 1930(1930-10-27) (aged 51) Asbury Park, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	poet, author, hymn writer
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Harry Webb Farrington (1879–1930) was an American author, poet, hymn writer, preacher, soldier, and educator. He was an orphan who lived in Baltimore, Maryland, Bel Air, Maryland, and Darlington, Maryland. He is famous still as being a member of the Darlington United Methodist Church and witnessing the great revivals of the late 1890s. The story of his life comes from one of his books, Kilts to Togs: Orphan Adventures (1930). He is also the author of Cher Ami (1926), Rough and Brown, Walls of America (1925), and Roosevelt the Righteous (1925). He also wrote Poems from France in 1920.

Harry Webb Farrington was born on July 14, 1879 in Nassau, Bahamas. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland shortly thereafter. According to one of his best sellers, Kilts to Togs, he moved to Bel Air, Maryland but only lived there for a short time. When he was ten years old, he moved again to a small, quaint little hamlet northeast of Bel Air, to Darlington, Maryland and lived with the Windolphs. He was raised in the Darlington United Methodist Church and was converted during the revivals of 1895 to 1897 under the direction of Elmer Lodia Dutton.

He worked at a paper mill in Berkley, Maryland. When the paper mill closed, he decided to move to Singerly, Maryland, which is located near Elkton, Maryland. He attended Dickinson Seminary, which is now Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. He also graduated from Syracuse University in 1907, and continued his education at Boston University and Harvard University. Farrington served as the athletic director for the French troops during World War I.