Born: De­cem­ber 20, 1819, Cam­bridge, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Dadmun was pas­tor at the Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal Church, South Had­ley Falls, Ho­ly­oke, Mass­a­chusetts, 1845-46. He al­so served as pri­son chap­lain at Deer Isle, off the coast of Maine. His works in­clude:

• The Melo­de­on: A Col­lect­ion of Hymns and Tunes, Orig­in­al and Se­lect­ed Mu­sic, Adapt­ed to All Oc­ca­sions of So­cial Wor­ship (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: J. P. Ma­gee, 1862)
• Army and Na­vy Mel­o­dies: A Col­lect­ion of Hymns and Tunes, Re­li­gious and Pa­tri­o­tic (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: J. P. Ma­gee, 1862)
• The Ma­son­ic Choir (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Dit­son & Co., 1864)

Music

1. Is Not This the Land of Beulah?
2. Rest for the Weary