Edward Beecher

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Edward Beecher

Born	August 27, 1803 East Hampton, New York
Died	July 28, 1895 Brooklyn, New York
Occupation	Theologian
Spouse	Isabella Jones
Parents	Lyman Beecher
Children	Eleven

Edward Beecher (August 27, 1803–July 28, 1895) son of Lyman Beecher and the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe and noted Illinois theologian. He was born August 27, 1803 in East Hampton, New York and graduated from Yale College in 1822 and studied theology at Andover. In 1826, he became the pastor of Park Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts . He married Isabella Jones in 1829 and together they had eleven children. In 1830, he became the first president of Illinois College at Jacksonville, Illinois where he remained president for 14 years. He was a close friend of Elijah P. Lovejoy and helped organized the first anti-slavery society in Illinois. He was the Pastor of Salem Street Church in Boston from 1844 to 1855. In 1855, he returned to Illinois and became the pastor of the First Congregational Church of Galesburg. In 1871 he settled in Brooklyn, New York, where from 1885 to 1889 he was pastor of the Parkville church and he died there on July 28, 1895. He was senior editor of The Congregationalist (1849—1855), and an associate editor of the Christian Union from 1870.