Hartsoughは1852年にカゼノヴィア・セミナリーを卒業し、1853年にメソジストの牧師として按手を受け、ニューヨーク州のオネイダカンファレンスに加わった。1868年前後に健康上の理由で西部に移り、ユタ・ミッションの監督、次いでワイオミング教区の長老の議長となる。同じ頃、Joseph Hillmanの"Rivivalist"誌の音楽編集長を務めた。1871年、Hartsoughはアイオワ州エプワースのメソジスト教会の牧師となる。1874年に北西アイオワカンファレンスに移管となり、1895年に引退する。彼の著書には以下のようなものがある。 Beulah Songs, with William McDonald (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: National Publishing Association for Promotion of Holiness, 1879)
作品を含む出版物: Findagrave, accessed 29 Jan 2018 Gabriel, pp. 11-13 Hughes, p. 419 Julian, pp. 1569, 1645 Reynolds, pp. 308-09 Wikipedia, accessed 2 Jan 2017
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