Bentley DeForest Ackley was an American musician and gospel composer.
His brother Alfred Henry "A. H." Ackley composed with him, and is credited with the popular hymn He Lives. As a young man, B. D. had already learned several instruments,... Wikipedia
Born: September 27, 1872, Spring Hill, PA
Died: September 3, 1958 (age 85 years), Winona Lake, IN