Person:Henry Beecher (1)
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
b.24 Jun 1813 Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
d.8 Mar 1887
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m. 29 Sep 1799
  1. Catharine Esther Beecher1800 - 1878
  2. Rev. William Henry Beecher1802 - 1889
  3. Rev. Edward Beecher1803 - 1895
  4. Mary Foote Beecher1805 - 1900
  5. Rev. George Beecher1809 - 1843
  6. Harriet Elizabeth Beecher1811 - 1896
  7. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher1813 - 1887
  8. Rev. Charles Beecher1815 - 1900
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  • H.  Rev. Henry Ward Beecher1813 - 1887
  • W.  Eunice Bullard (add)
m. 3 Aug 1837
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Name Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 24 Jun 1813 Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 3 Aug 1837 to Eunice Bullard (add)
Death[1] 8 Mar 1887
Reference Number? Q1607404?


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Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887) was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial. His rhetorical focus on Christ's love has influenced mainstream Christianity to this day.

Henry Ward Beecher was the son of Lyman Beecher, a Calvinist minister who became one of the best-known evangelists of his era. Several of his brothers and sisters became well-known educators and activists, most notably Harriet Beecher Stowe, who achieved worldwide fame with her abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Henry Ward Beecher graduated from Amherst College in 1834 and Lane Theological Seminary in 1837 before serving as a minister in Indianapolis and Lawrenceburg, Indiana.

In 1847, Beecher became the first pastor of the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York. He soon acquired fame on the lecture circuit for his novel oratorical style in which he employed humor, dialect, and slang. Over the course of his ministry, he developed a theology emphasizing God's love above all else. He also grew interested in social reform, particularly the abolitionist movement. In the years leading up to the Civil War, he raised money to purchase slaves from captivity and to send rifles—nicknamed "Beecher's Bibles"—to abolitionists fighting in Kansas. He toured Europe during the Civil War, speaking in support of the Union.

After the war, Beecher supported social reform causes such as women's suffrage and temperance. He also championed Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, stating that it was not incompatible with Christian beliefs. He was widely rumored to be an adulterer, and in 1872 the Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly published a story about his affair with Elizabeth Richards Tilton, the wife of his friend and former co-worker Theodore Tilton. In 1874, Tilton filed charges for "criminal conversation" against Beecher. The subsequent trial resulted in a hung jury and was one of the most widely reported trials of the century.

After the death of his father in 1863, Beecher was unquestionably "the most famous preacher in the nation". Beecher's long career in the public spotlight led biographer Debby Applegate to call her biography of him The Most Famous Man in America.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Henry Ward Beecher, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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  2. ↑ McCabe, James D. (James Dabney). Great fortunes. (New York, New York: [s.n.], 1870).
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