No one who reads this book is unfamiliar with "The Sweet Bye
and Bye." But how many of us, as we sang that song, realized
that both its words and music were written by a Wisconsin
man,--Joseph P. Webster?
He was born in New Hampshire in 1819, but he lived most of
his life at Elkhorn, where he died in 1875. He was a member
of many musical societies, and was the composer of many other
songs, the best known of the latter being "Lorena."