HARRIET ELIZABETH BEECHER STOWE, a celebrated American writer, was born June 14, 1812, at Litchfield, Connecticut.
She was a daughter of Lyman Beecher and a sister of Henry Ward Beecher, two noted divines; was carefully educated,
and taught school for several years at Hartford, Connecticut. In 1832 Miss Beecher married Professor Stowe, then
of Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio, and afterwards at Bowdoin College and Andover Seminary. Mrs. Stowe published
in 1849 "The Mayflower, or sketches of the descendants of the Pilgrims," and in 1851 commenced in the
"National Era" of Washington, a serial story which was published separately in 1852 under the title of
"Uncle Tom's Cabin." This book attained almost unparalleled success both at home and abroad, and within
ten years it had been translated in almost every language of the civilized world. Mrs. Stowe published in 1853
a "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin" in which the data that she used was published and its truthfulness was corroborated.
In 1853 she accompanied her husband and brother to Europe, and on her return punlished "Sunny Memories of
Foreign Lands" in 1854. Mrs. Stowe was for some time one of the editors of the Atlantic Monthly and the "Hearth
and Home," for which she had written a number of articles. Among these, also published separately, are "Dred,
a tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" (later published under the title of "Nina Gordon"); "The
Minister's Wooing;" "The Pearl of Orr's Island;" "Agnes of Sorrento;" "Oldtown Folks;"
"My Wife and I;" "Bible Heroines," and ''A Dog's Mission." Mrs. Stowe's death occurred
July 1, 1896, at Hartford, Connecticut.
A Biographical Record
Of Schuyler County, New York
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
New York and Chicago 1903.
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