found: Smith, Eva Munson. Woman in sacred song, c1885:t.p. (compiled and edited by Eva Munson Smith (Mrs. G.C.S.))
found: Smith, Eva Munson. "The field is the world", 1878:title page (by Mrs. George Clinton Smith)
found: Cohen, A. Int'l enc. of women composers, 2nd ed.(Smith, Mrs. Gerrit (Eva Munson); b. 7-12-1843, Monkton, VT; lecturer, singer, composer)
found: Find a Grave website, October 15, 2020(Eva Munson Smith; birth: 12 Jul 1843, Vermont; death: 5 Nov. 1915, Springfield, Illinois; spouse: George Clinton Smith, 1842-1927; photograph of grave monument, with inscription: George Clinton Smith, patriot, 1842-1927; Eva Munson Smith, his wife, philanthropist, 1843-1914; note: "Died in Jacksonville, IL. Her obituary stated her full name to be Evaline Frances. She was prominent in church, temperance and benevolent work and a leader in the woman's suffrage movement ... She attended Mary Sharp College in Tennessee. Graduated from the seminary in Rockford, IL, in the class of 1864. After her father died, she went to Nebraska City, Neb., and had charge of the music department of Otoe University. Married George C. Smith in 1869 and went to Topeka, Kan. They moved to Springfield in 1875")
found: Addams, Jane. The selected papers of Jane Addams, v. 1, c2003, via Google Books Preview, October 15, 2020:page 276, note 11 ("Poet, composer, and music teacher Eva Munson (Smith) (1843-1915) was born in Monkton, Vt. ... Munson attended Mary Sharp College in Winchester, Tenn., until her family moved to Rockford, and she graduated from R[ockford] F[emale] S[eminary] in the class of 1864. She taught vocal and instrumental music, and after her father's death became head of the Music Dept at Otoe Univ. in Nebraska City, Nebr. She married druggist George Clinton Smith in Nebraska City in 1869 and continued to teach music and elocution ... She compiled a collection entitled Woman in sacred song ... (1885; 2d expanded ed., 1887) ... In 1874 Smith moved with her husband to Springfield, Ill., where for many years her home was the center of a network of Illinois temperance and religious workers. She was a superintendent for oratorical contests for the WCTU and an officer in the organization. She was also the vice president of the Illinois Equal Suffrage Club for nineteen years and historian for the DAR")
found: The Cyber Hymnal website, October 15, 2020(Eva F. Munson Smith; born: July 12, 1843, Monkton, Vermont; died: November 5, 1915, Jacksonville, Illinois; graduated from the Rockford Female Seminary; "did a great deal of writing for various newspapers"; also referenced as Miss Eva F. Munson and as Eva Munson) - http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/s/m/i/t/h/e/smith_efm.htm found: Chicago tribune, November 6, 1915, via Newspapers.com, October 15, 2020(under Obituary: Mrs. Eva Munson Smith, songwriter, prominent D.A.R. worker, and at one time candidate for state superintendent of public instruction, died at Jacksonville, Ill., yesterday)
found: The Tennessean, November 6, 1915, via Newspapers.com, October 15, 2020(dateline Springfield, Ill., Nov. 5: "Mrs. Eva Munson Smith, wife of George C. Smith of this city, died today ... at Jacksonville ... Mrs. Smith was one of the leading women in the state in the movement for woman's suffrage and for prohibition")
found: Woman's who's who of America, 1914-1915, c1914, via Google Books, October 15, 2020:page 757 ("Smith, Eva Munson (Mrs. George Clinton Smith), 910 W. Edwards St.. Springfield, Ill. Writer, composer; b. Monkton, Vt., July 13, 1843; ed. LaGrange Coll., Mo.; Mary Sharp Coll., Winchester, Tenn.; Rockford (Ill.) Coll. ... Taught vocal music, elocution, piano, organ and guitar for 25 years ... Composer of 35 published pieces ... Charter mem. Woman's Relief Corps (former chaplain and pres.) ... Former vice-pres. Authors' Club of Springfield ... Prohibitionist. Favors woman suffrage; pioneer woman suffragist in Springfield, Ill.; began to write and speak for the cause about 1877")
notfound: New Grove dict. of Amer. music;Baker, 8th ed.
