Born: June 24, 1813, Litchfield, Connecticut. Died: March 8, 1887, Brooklyn, New York. Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Phoebe Knapp and Thomas Hastings lie nearby. |
Brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Charles Beecher, his major contribution to hymnology was his Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes (New York: AMS. Barnes and Burr, 1855); it is named after Plymouth Church, in Brooklyn, New York, where he was pastor.
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