Born: March 16, 1820, Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Died: November 25, 1905, Chel­sea, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Buried: Wood­lawn Cem­e­te­ry, Re­vere, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Kidder was blind­ed as a teen­ag­er, but for­tu­nate­ly for hymn lovers, had her sight re­stored af­ter a few years. She be­longed to the Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal Church, and lived 46 years in New York Ci­ty.

Sources

Hymns

1. Above the Waves of Earthly Strife
2. Did You Think to Pray?
3. Ere You Left YOur Room This Morning
4. Is My Name Written There?
5. We Shall Sleep, but Not Forever