Idabelle Smith Firestone (November 10, 1874 - July 7, 1954) was an American composer and songwriter.Born in Jackson, Michigan, she was educated at Alma College, Ontario. Her father, George, held the patent to a flour milling process.On 20 November 1895, she married Harvey Samuel Firestone, who had begun the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company five years earlier. She was the mother of Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., and Leonard Firestone, the grandmother of Brooks Firestone, and the great-grandmother of William Clay Ford, Jr., Andrew Firestone, and Nick Firestone.She joined the ASCAP in 1948. Her compositions include "If I Could Tell You" (the theme of "Voice of Firestone" programs), "In My Garden", "You Are the Song in My Heart", "Do You Recall?", "Melody of Love" and "Bluebirds".
Birth date
1874-11-10
Birth year
1874
Death date
1954-07-07
Death year
1954
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