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Beecher
[ bee-cher ]
noun
- Catharine Esther, 1800–78, U.S. educator: advocated educational rights for women.
- Edward, 1803–95, U.S. clergyman, educator, and abolitionist.
- Henry Ward, 1813–87, U.S. preacher and writer.
- Lyman, 1775–1863, U.S. preacher and theologian (father of Catharine Esther Beecher, Edward Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Henry Ward Beecher).
Beecher
/ ˈbiːtʃə /
noun
- BeecherHenry Ward18131887MUSRELIGION: clergymanPOLITICS: abolitionist Henry Ward . 1813–87, US clergyman: a leader in the movement for the abolition of slavery
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The housekeeper at Bloomberg’s ranch later told the FBI that Beecher had confessed to her about the burglary.
According to local outlet 9News, which previously reported on the incident, Beecher had “no known connections” to either the victim or the Bloomberg family.
Harriet Beecher Stowe was present, and others of that eminent family.
After services Mr. Beecher invited him to return home with him for a quiet talk.
The wedding-service was about seven o'clock, for Mr. Beecher had a meeting at the church soon after that hour.
No, we could not, with Ward Beecher, "bless the man who discovered the immortal berry."
Together they attended one of the sessions, on a day when Beecher himself was on the witness-stand.
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