Henry Ward Beecher |Henry Ward Beecher| Henry Ward Beecher June
24, 1813| Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S. |Died||March 8, 1887
Brooklyn, New York |Occupation||Protestant Clergyman,
Abolitionist| |Spouse(s)||Eunice White Beecher| |Parents||Lyman
and Roxana Beecher| Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 – March 8,
1887) was a Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and
speaker, known for his fiery support of the abolition of
slavery, his emphasis of God's love, and his 1875 adultery
trial. Henry Ward Beecher was the son of Lyman Beecher, a
Calvinist minister who became one of the best-known evangelists
of his age. 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 Lawrenceburg, Indiana and Indianapolis,
Indiana. In 1847, Beecher became the first pas