Son of a Di­sci­ples of Christ min­is­ter, Fill­more be­gan sup­port­ing his fam­i­ly at age 16 by run­ning his fa­ther’s sing­ing school, af­ter his fa­ther’s death. In 1874, he and his bro­thers found­ed the Fill­more Bro­thers Mu­sic House in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio. He com­posed a num­ber of hymn tunes, an­thems, and can­ta­tas. Fred­er­ick Fill­more was his bro­ther. James col­lab­o­rat­ed with Jes­sie Pounds for some 30 years. His works in­clude:

• Songs of Glo­ry, 1874
• Joy and Gladness (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Fill­more Bro­thers, 1880)
• Gems and Jew­els, with James Rose­crans (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Fill­more Bro­thers, 1890)
• Joy and Praise, with Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Fill­more Mu­sic House, cir­ca 1908)

• Hall, pp. 271-6
• Hustad, p. 240

1. All the World for Je­sus
2. Are You Wit­ness­ing for Him?
3. As We Go March­ing Home
4. Beautiful Gar­den of Pray­er, The
5. Damaris
6. Gathering
7. Glory in the High­est
8. He Lives
9. I Am Re­solved
10. I Know That My Re­deem­er Liv­eth
11. Kingdom over Yon­der, The
12. Lord’s Good Time Is Com­ing, The
13. Only Wait­ing
14. Place in the Ranks for Me, A
15. Praise God for His Word
16. Proclaim the Tid­ings
17. Purer in Heart, O God
18. Resurrection Day, The
19. Victory May De­pend on You, The
20. We Are Go­ing Down the Val­ley