Saturday, July 11, 2009

Paul Dresser

Original name: Johann Paul Dreiser Jr.

born 24 May 1857 in Terre Haute, Indiana
parents: Sarah and John Paul Dreiser
Younger brother: author Theodore Dreiser

died 30 January 1906 in New York City; buried in Saint Boniface Cemetery, Chicago

Composed Indiana's state song: "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away".

References:
Wikipedia
"On the Banks of the Wabash"

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