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The hymn writer Horatio Spafford lost his baby son to pneumonia, his business in the great Chicago fire, and then his four other children in....

Horatio Spafford

American poet and lawyer (1828–1888)

Horatio Spafford
Portrait of Spafford
Born	Horatio Gates Spafford (1828-10-20)October 20, 1828 Troy, New York, U.S.
Died	September 25, 1888(1888-09-25) (aged 59) Jerusalem
Occupations
Notable work	"It Is Well with My Soul"
Spouse
Children	8

Horatio Gates Spafford (October 20, 1828, Troy, New York – September 25, 1888, Jerusalem)^[1] was an American lawyer and Presbyterian church elder.

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Title of Hymn #2 It Is Well With My Soul Lyrics by:Horatio Spafford (1828–1888), Spafford and his family were prosperous and revered members of.

The hymn writer Horatio Spafford lost his baby son to pneumonia, his business in the great Chicago fire, and then his four other children in.

"The hymn writer Horatio Spafford lost his baby son to pneumonia, his business in the great Chicago fire, and then his four other children.

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He is best known for penning the Christian hymn "It Is Well With My Soul" following the Great Chicago Fire^[2] and the deaths of his four daughters on a transatlantic voyage aboard the S.S. Ville du Havre.

Biography

Spafford was the son of Gazetteer author Horatio Gates Spafford and Elizabeth Clark Hewitt Spafford. On September 5, 1861, Spafford married Anna Larsen of Stavanger, Norway, in Chicago.

Spafford was a lawyer and a senior partner in a large law firm.^[3