ANDOVER, Mass. — Digging into the history of the hymn “Away in a Manger,” Kerrie Fraser and her twin sister, Kellie Tropeano, discovered the main composer of the Christmas classic
ANDOVER, Mass. — Digging into the history of the hymn “Away in a Manger,” Kerrie Fraser and her twin sister, Kellie Tropeano, discovered the main composer of the Christmas classic
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TIM JEAN/Staff photoKellie Tropeano, left, and Kerrie Fraser stand in front of the historic former home of the Rev. Henry S. Greene at 8 Marland St., Andover. They have a podcast exploring hymns and stumbled upon an Andover man who composed Away in a Manger in the 1800s.Â
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A photo of James Ramsey Murray from the collection of the Andover Center for History & Culture.
TIM JEAN/Staff photoKellie Tropeano, left, and Kerrie Fraser stand in front of the historic former home of the Rev. Henry S. Greene at 8 Marland St., Andover. They have a podcast exploring hymns and stumbled upon an Andover man who composed Away in a Manger in the 1800s. The composer, James Ramsey Murray, was inspired by Greene. Murray also lived in Andover, but exactly where is unknown.Â