1876–1939

Disclaimer: The dates and bio­graph­ic­al da­ta on this page should be used with cau­tion, as they are large­ly based on re­sults from AI-as­sist­ed re­search. We pre­sent them to aid those who want to more ful­ly pur­sue this song­writ­er.

Introduction

Born: May 3, 1876, Sur­ry Coun­ty, North Ca­ro­li­na (about 250 miles north­east of Chat­ta­noo­ga, Ten­nessee, one of the lo­ca­tions where his song ws pub­lished).

Died: June 5, 1939, Mount Airy, North Ca­ro­li­na.

Buried: Fa­mi­ly ce­me­tery on the old Hack­er farm near the Ara­rat Ri­ver, south of Mount Airy. It was said to near the com­mu­ni­ty of Ep­worth. We have failed to find a lo­ca­tion named Ep­worth in west­ern North Ca­ro­li­na. Most like­ly it no long­er ex­ists, or is too small/un­in­cor­po­rat­ed to be in map da­ta­bas­es.

Biography

William was the son of Har­din Hack­er (1831–ca. 1910, ci­vil war vet­er­an, 38th North Ca­ro­li­na In­fan­try) and Ma­ry Ann Gil­li­on (ca. 1835–ca. 1900), and hus­band of Lu­cin­da Jane Cock­er­ham (1875–1961).

The 1910 Fe­der­al Cen­sus lists Hack­er as a 33-year-old farm­er in the Mount Ai­ry town­ship of Sur­ry Coun­ty, North Carolina. This date is two years be­fore pub­li­ca­tion of his song He Is Com­ing Af­ter Me.

Lyrics

  1. He Is Com­ing Aft­er Me

Sources