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Henry Ward Beecher

Henry was born in 1813 in Litchfield, CT. Henry's father was Lyman Beecher and his mother was Roxanna Foote. His paternal grandparents were David Beecher and Mary Lewis Elliot. He had two sisters named Catherine and Harriet. He was the youngest of the three children. He died at the age of 74 in 1887 in Brooklyn, NY.

General Notes
- Mr. Beecher was at Amherst college at the same time that Miss Bullard's brother was, and he invited young Beecher to his home. Then Miss Bullard met Master Henry for the first time, when the young lady was seventeen years of age.
  
  The lovers were engaged for seven years, not being married until 1837, when Mr. Beecher was pastor of a church at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, his first charge. For two years after their marriage they lived quietly at Lawrenceburg, when they removed to
  Indianapolis, remaining there for eight years. After that time he was engaged as pastor of Plymouth church, Brooklyn.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Joseph Beecher ^*
  - b.  1647 d.Oct 1728
  
  Joseph Beecher
  - b.13 Feb 1669 d.Oct 1728
  
  Nathaniel Beecher
  - b.Mar 1705
  
  Lydia Roberts
  - b.27 Aug 1672 d.  1728
  
  David Beecher
  - b.25 Apr 1738 d.12 Jun 1805
  
  Hannah Merwin
  
  Lyman  Beecher
  - b.12 Oct 1775 in New Haven, New Haven, CT d.10 Jan 1863
  
  Mary Lewis Elliot
  - b.06 Nov 1744 d.20 Jun 1818
  
  Henry Ward Beecher
  - b.  1813 in Litchfield, CT d.  1887 in Brooklyn, NY
  
  Roxanna Foote
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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