Lyman Beecher
Minister
Lyman Beecher was a Presbyterian minister, and the father of 13 children, many of whom became writers or ministers, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward Beecher, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Catharine Beecher,... Wikipedia
Born: October 12, 1775, New Haven, CT
Died: January 10, 1863 (age 87 years), Brooklyn, New York, NY
Education: Yale University (1793–1797) and Yale Divinity School
Children: Catharine Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and more
Parents: David Beecher and Esther Hawley Lyman
Organizations founded: American Temperance Society and Lane Theological Seminary
Grandchildren: Charles Edward Stowe, Georgiana May, Samuel Charles, and more