Size | 3 1/2" x 7" (standard stereoview) |
Mount | flat |
Publisher / Photograph |
Elisha M. Van Aken, Elmira, New York |
Title |
Rev. Thomas K. Beecher. Pastor, Park Church, Elmira, N.Y. |
Condition | very good |
Keywords | -- |
Notes: From Wikipedia:
Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (February 10, 1824 - March 14, 1900) was a Congregationalist preacher and the principal of several schools. As a Congregational minister, his father took the family from Beecher's birthplace of Litchfield, Connecticut, to Boston, Massachusetts, and Cincinnati, Ohio, by 1832.
After college and some teaching experience, Beecher later settled in Elmira, New York, where he was minister of a Congregational church. His services became popular and he presided over construction at a new church to accommodate the large congregation. Beecher became a close friend of writer Sam Clemens, (Mark Twain) and presided at Clemens' marriage to Olivia Langdon. A memorial statue was erected to him in Elmira, where he worked and lived most of his life.
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