George Duffield Jr., Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge Duffield Jr.
American musician
Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1818
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1888
Profession: hymnwriter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About George Duffield Jr.
- George Duffield Jr.
- D.D.
- (September 12, 1818 – July 6, 1888) was an American Presbyterian minister and hymnodist. He was born on September 12, 1818, the fifth such George Duffield.
- His father was also a Presbyterian minister, George Duffield IV (1794-1868).
- His grandfather was George A.
- Duffield III (1767-1827).
- His great-grandfather, George Duffield II was chaplain to the Continental Congress.
- His great-grandfather George D.
- Dunfield, was a native of Belfast.He graduated from Yale College in 1837 and the Union Theological Seminary in New York.
- He was a pastor from 1840 to 1869 at numerous cities including Brooklyn, New York; Bloomfield, New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Adrian, Michigan; Galesburg, Illinois; Saginaw City, Michigan; Ann Arbor, Michigan and Lansing, Michigan.
- He married and had a son, minister Samuel Willoughby Duffield.
- He died on July 6, 1888 and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan.
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