James Chaplin Beecher
James Chaplin Beecher | |
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Protestant clergyman, missionaryUnion Civil War officer | |
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Children | Katharine Esther Beecher Mary Frances Beecher Margaret Beecher Ward |
Parent(s) | Lyman and Harriet Porter Beecher |
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James Chaplin Beecher (January 8, 1828 – August 25, 1886), was an American
Parents and siblings
James Chaplin Beecher was born in
Early life
James was educated at
American Civil War
James remained in China until the outbreak of the
Return to ministry
In 1864, James married Francis “Frankie” Johnson, of Guilford, Connecticut and after the Civil War, James re-entered the ministry. The two adopted three daughters and opened a school in Jacksonville, Florida for newly emancipated people. After serving as pastor for nine months at Thomas Beecher’s church in Elmira, New York, James would have charge of two churches: one at Owego, New York in 1867 and one in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1870. Three years later, James would resign his position as Pastor of the Poughkeepsie Congregational church, where he was “extremely popular and in receipt of a large salary.”[5] James would build a home near what would be called “Beecher Lake,” and remove himself from the pastoral life of the church.[6] In 1881 Henry Ward Beecher asked James to take over
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c "Beecher Family". Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ Van Deusen, A. (2013). Partners in reform: Isabella beecher hooker and john hooker. p. 74. Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global accessed 14 April 2017
- ^ Phisterer, Freferick, New York in the War of the Rebellion (Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Co., 1912), III, 2661. p. 3635
- ^ White, James Terry. The national cyclopaedia of American biography. Vol. 3. JT White, 1893. p. 131
- ^ "JAMES BEECHER'S ECCENTRICITY". (1882, Nov 30). New York Times (1857-1922) accessed 14 April 2017
- ^ "A PREACHER'S HERMITAGE". (1879, Oct 29). New York Times (1857-1922) accessed 14 April 2017
- ^ "JAMES C. BEECHER'S SUICIDE". (1886, Aug 26). New York Times (1857-1922) accessed 14 April 2017
External links
- Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
- 67th New York Infantry at Internet Archive. Accessed 14 April 2017
- James C. Beecher Biography at Internet Archive. Accessed 14 April 2017
- Papers of James Chaplin Beecher, 1850-1946. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.