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Flow Gently, Sweet Afton IL371 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
"FLOW GENTLY,
SWEET AFTON
The music for the song was composed by Jonathan Edwards Spillman in 1836. He entered the ministry in 1858 and became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in 1881. This church had been organized by his brother Benjamin F. Spillman on November 25, 1827, and was the first church in Carmi.
Erected by the White County Historical Society and the Illinois State Historical Society, 1965.
312 S. 1st St., Carmi, White County Illinois
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