Gwilym Gwent

They settled at Plymouth, in Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley, where (like many other Welsh immigrants) Williams found work in the anthracite coal mines.

While working as a blacksmith at the Nottingham Colliery, he wrote musical scores in chalk on whatever surface he could find, including sides of coal cars.

His best-known compositions include "Yr Haf (The Summer)", "Y Gwanwyn (The Spring)", and "Y Clychau (The Bells)", all songs written for glee choirs.

Four years later, his admirers raised sufficient funds to build a monument in his honor,[5] which was unveiled at Hollenback Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre, with music for the ceremony provided by Clara Novello Davies and the Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir, then touring America.

[7] Judge Arthur H. James spoke on the occasion: "Gwilym Gwent spread joy and music among the hearts of his people.