Lyman Beecher
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Lyman Beecher was an American Presbyterian minister and abolitionist. He fathered 13 children, over half of whom became writers or ministers, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charl
Painting c. 1842
Lyman Beecher
Photograph by Mathew Brady
Beecher with his children Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher, taken sometime after 1858.
Catharine Beecher
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Catharine Esther Beecher was an American educator and writer known for her forthright opinions on female education as well as her vehement support of the many benefits of the incorporation of kinderga
Alexander Metcalf Fisher (1794–1822), fiancé of Catharine Beecher
Catharine Beecher, c. 1858-1862