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Beecher family reunion recalls famed 19th century brains
In Hartford over the weekend more than 80 direct descendants of Lyman Beecher gathered at Nook Farm for a reunion. The attendees ranged from 95-year-old Joseph K. Hooker to 8-month-old Anne Powers, with many descendants noted as doctors, engineers and educators. The gathering, organized by Joseph Van Why of the Stowe-Day Foundation, honors the Beecher lineage that includes Harriet Beecher Stowe and famed 19th century preacher Lyman Beecher known for temperance sermons and anti-Catholic sentiment.
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Hartford
Lyman Beecher
William O'Neill
America
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Joseph K. Hooker
Aetna Life & Casualty
Anne Powers
Providence
R.J
Stowe
Norman Beecher
Concord
Mass
Tufts University
Barbara Beecher
Burnsville
N.C
John Beecher
Henry Freemain Allen
Boston
William Beecher Scoville
Hartford Hospital
Connecticut
Beecher
Mary Beecher Perkins
Eugene Perkins
Palmdale
Als
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Joseph van Why
Stowe-Day Foundation
Katharine S. Day
Forest Street
Mark Twain
van Why
Matthew B. Brady
Yale University
Lane Seminary
Cincinnati