<P> Benjamin Russell Hanby (July 22, 1833--March 16, 1867), also given as Benjamin Russel Hanby, was an American composer, educator, and pastor who wrote approximately 80 songs . The most famous of his compositions are "Darling Nelly Gray", the Christmas songs "Up on the House Top", "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas", and the hymn "Who Is He In Yonder Stall?". </P> <P> Hanby was born in Rushville, Ohio . He moved to Westerville, Ohio in 1849, at the age of sixteen, to enroll at Otterbein University . He was involved in the Underground Railroad with his father, Bishop William Hanby . </P>

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