Horatio Spafford

Horatio Gates Spafford (October 20, 1828, Troy, New York – October 16, 1888, Jerusalem) was a prominent American lawyer and Presbyterian church elder.  He is best known for penning the Christian hymn "It Is Well With My Soul". Horatio was a lawyer in Chicago. He lost all of his possessions in the great Chicago fire. After that, he lost his only son to a disease at the age of four. He then planned a family holiday and was held up for business reasons. His family went ahead any way, on the ship all four of his daughters died and his wife survived.

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Photos of Horatio Spafford and a MIDI file of the hymn 
Many details on life of Spafford 
The Spafford family tragedy

Category:1828 births
Category:1888 deaths

Category:American Christian hymnwriters
Category:Writers from Illinois
Category:Lawyers from Chicago