A week or so late, but for list # 2:
19: 1917 - Ervin Thomas Rouse (Craven County NC) [died July 8, 1981]
Composer (in 1938) of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJCMFhXz ... re=related
He also co-wrote this much-covered tear-jerker:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeSQyTfM ... re=related
http://www.lostmag.com/issue23/fiddler.php
http://www.amazon.com/Fiddlers-Curse-Bl ... 1574242148