Uzziah Christopher Burnap

Composer and editor of hymns, he ran a dry goods bu­si­ness in Brook­lyn, though he gra­du­at­ed from the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Pa­ris with a mu­sic de­gree. For 37 years, he played the or­gan at the Re­formed Church in Brook­lyn Heights. Was born June 17, 1834, in Brook­lyn, New York, died De­cem­ber 8, 1900, in Brook­lyn, New York, of su­i­cide.