Fillmore Bennett

His poetry began appearing in the Wau­ke­gan, Il­li­nois, Ga­zette in the early 1850’s. In 1860 he moved to Elk­horn, Wis­con­sin, and became as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of the Elk­horn In­de­pen­dent. In the Am­er­i­can civil war, Ben­nett served in the 40th Wis­con­sin Volunteers. Upon re­turn to Elk­horn, he ran a drug­store and studied med­i­cine. Graduating from Rush Med­i­cal Col­lege in 1874, he worked as a doc­tor for ov­er two de­cades. He wrote the lyrics of more than 85 hymns.