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Stowe (HARRIET ELIZABETH BEECHER)

HARRIET ELIZABETH BEECHER, an American novelist, daughter of Lyman Beecher and sister of STOWE Henry Ward Beecher; born in Litchfield, Conn., June 14, 1811; was educated at Litchfield Academy and at the school of her sister Catherine in Hartford; at the age of 14 she began teaching; in 1832 removed to Cincinnati, O. In 1836 she was married to Prof. Calvin Ellis Stowe; in 1850 she removed to Brunswick, Me., and later to Andover, Mass.; Mass.; in 1864 she settled in Hartford, Conn., where she spent the remainder of her life. She published: "The Mayflower; or Sketches of Scenes and Characters among the Descendants of the Pilgrims" (1843); "Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly" (1852); "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1853); "Uncle Tom's Emancipation" (1853); "Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands" (1854); "The Mayflower, and Miscellaneous Writings" (1855); "Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" (1856); "Our Charley and What to Do with Him" (1858); "The Minister's Wooing" (1859); "The Pearl of Orr's Island" (1862); "Agnes of Sorrento" (1862); "House and Home Papers" (1864); "Stories about our Boys" (1865); "Religious Poems" (1867); "Queer Little People" (1867); "The Chimney Corner" (1868); "Oldtown Folks" (1869); with Catherine E. Beecher; "Lady Byron Vindicated" (1870); "Little Pussy Willow" (1870); "Pink and White Tyranny" (1871); "Sam Lawson's Fireside Stories" (1871); "My Wife and I" (1871); "Palmetto Leaves" (1873); "Woman in Sacred History" (1873); "We and our Neighbors" (1875); "Deacon Pitkin's Farm, and Christ's Christmas Presents" (1875); "Footsteps of the Master" (1876); "Captain Kidd's Money, and Other Stories" (1876); "The Ghost in the Mill, and Other Stories" (1876); "Poganuc People" (1878); "A Dog's Mission" (1881); etc. Her best known work, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (suggested by the life of Josiah Henson) has been translated into many languages, its sale exceeding that of any previous work of English fiction.

She died in Hartford, Conn., July 1, 1896. an