Born in 1891, Eward Margetson was born in St. Kitts, British West Indies. At Columbia University, he studied with Daniel Gregor Mason and Seth Bingham. He organized the Schubert Society of New York, as well as organist and choir master of the Church of the Crucifixion in New York City. He composed works for voice, piano, cello, violin, organ, string quartets, and was particularly successful in his choral writing.