"Jonathan Edwards Spilman"@en . . "1896-05-23Z"^^ . . . "1896Z"^^ . "Kentucky lawyer, minister, and composer" . . "1812-04-15Z"^^ . "Spilman, Jonathan Edwards"@en . "1812Z"^^ . . "Jonathan Edwards Spilman (15 April 1812 \u2013 23 May 1896) was a Kentucky lawyer, minister, and composer.Jonathan Spilman was born in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky to Benjamin Spilman, and graduated from Illinois College in 1835. While at Transylvania Law School, 1837, he wrote the music for Robert Burns' \"Flow gently, sweet Afton\", best remembered of his seven melodies. An adaptation of this music was used in one of the tunes to \"Away in a Manger\".He was married to Mary V.J."@en .