1862–1911

Introduction

Born: 1862, Ken­tuc­ky.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 17, 1911.

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Biography

Flora Kirk­land was born in 1862 in Ken­tucky, be­fore mov­ing to Brook­lyn, New York. Af­ter gra­du­at­ing from school she became a pub­lic school teach­er for the se­venth grade.

She was a mem­ber of Tomp­kins Ave­nue Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church, for which she wrote a num­ber of hymns. She was ve­ry active in the Wal­la­bout Bay Miss­ion in that neigh­bor­hood of Brook­lyn.

Brooklyn Stan­dard Un­ion, Jan­ua­ry 16, 1911
Quoted in the Hymnary

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