About Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe
Born on: June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut
Died on: July 1, 1896 in Hartford, Connecticut
Father: Lyman Beecher (1775-1863)
Mother: Roxana Foote Beecher (1775-1816)
Siblings:
Husband: Calvin Stowe (1802-1886)
Children:
Died on: July 1, 1896 in Hartford, Connecticut
Father: Lyman Beecher (1775-1863)
Mother: Roxana Foote Beecher (1775-1816)
Siblings:
- Catharine Esther Beecher (1800-1878)
- William Henry Beecher (1802 – 1889)
- Edward Beecher (1803 – 1895)
- Mary Foote Beecher Perkins (1805-1900)
- George Beecher (1809-1843)
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887
- Charles Beecher (1815 –1900)
- Isabella Holmes Beecher Hooker (1822-1907)*
- Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (1824-1900)*
- James Chaplin Beecher (1828-1886)*
Husband: Calvin Stowe (1802-1886)
Children:
- Harriet "Hattie" Beecher Stowe (1836-1907)
- Eliza Tyler Stowe (1836-1912)
- Henry Ellis Stowe (1838-1857)
- Georgiana "Georgie" May Stowe Allens (1843-1890)
- Samuel "Charley" Charles Stowe (1848-1849)
- Charles Edward Stowe (1850-1934)
Timeline of Stowe's Life
1811- Harriet Beecher born on July 14 in Litchfield Connecticut
1816-Roxana Beecher, Harriet's mother, dies of tuberculosis
1817-Lyman Beecher, Harriet's father, married ________
1820-Lyman preaches against slavery in the new state of Missouri, and Harriet takes his words to heart
1823-Harriet began attending the school her sister Catharine founded (Hartford Female Seminary). When she graduated, Harriet began teaching there.
1832-Lyman Beecher became president of the Lane Theological Seminary, so the Beecher's moved to Cincinnati. Harriet joins the Semi-Colon Writing ........Group and starts
1834-Harriet had her first published story in the Western Monthly Magazine
1836-Married Calvin Stowe, and gave birth to twins Harriet "Hattie" Beecher Stowe Jr. and Eliza Tyler Stowe
1838-Henry Ellis Stowe born
1840-Frederick William Stowe born
1843-Georgiana May Stowe born. The Mayflower Published
1848-Samuel Charles Stowe born
1849-Samuel Charles Stowe died of cholera
1850-Charles Edward Stowe born. Moved to Brunswick, Maine because Calvin Stowe became a professor at Bowdoin College. Fugitive Slave law passed, ........Stowes indignant.
1852-Uncle Tom's Cabin published, which outraged readers and encouraged abolition. Moved to Andover, Massachusetts because Calvin Stowe had ........become a professor at Andover Theological Seminary.
1853-Critics stated that Harriet had blown slavery's cruelty out of proportion, so she published Keys to Uncle Tom's Cabin to defend her ideas. She was ........invited to speak about Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin in Great Britain.
1856-Harriet went to Europe once more to talk about slavery and Uncle Tom's Cabin. Published Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp.
1857-Henry Ellis Stowe dies while swimming in the Connecticut river.
1859-Invited to Europe once again. Published The Minister's Wooing to cope with Henry's death.
1864-Moved to Hartford, Connecticut, where Stowe oversaw the building of Oakholm
1869-Stowe and her older sister Catharine wrote The American Woman's Home, a novel talking about respecting women. Old Town Folks also published.
1870-The Stowe's could not continue paying for the expensive house they had built, so they moved. Frederick William Stowe moved to California and was ........never heard of again. He was assumed dead.
1873-The Stowe's moved into their final home, on Forester Street in Hartford, Connecticut (coincidentally, Mark Twain lived across the street)
1878-Catharine Beecher passed away
1886-Calvin Stowe passed away
1890-Georgiana Stowe died of a morphine addiction
1896-Harriet Beecher Stowe died herself on July 1st
1816-Roxana Beecher, Harriet's mother, dies of tuberculosis
1817-Lyman Beecher, Harriet's father, married ________
1820-Lyman preaches against slavery in the new state of Missouri, and Harriet takes his words to heart
1823-Harriet began attending the school her sister Catharine founded (Hartford Female Seminary). When she graduated, Harriet began teaching there.
1832-Lyman Beecher became president of the Lane Theological Seminary, so the Beecher's moved to Cincinnati. Harriet joins the Semi-Colon Writing ........Group and starts
1834-Harriet had her first published story in the Western Monthly Magazine
1836-Married Calvin Stowe, and gave birth to twins Harriet "Hattie" Beecher Stowe Jr. and Eliza Tyler Stowe
1838-Henry Ellis Stowe born
1840-Frederick William Stowe born
1843-Georgiana May Stowe born. The Mayflower Published
1848-Samuel Charles Stowe born
1849-Samuel Charles Stowe died of cholera
1850-Charles Edward Stowe born. Moved to Brunswick, Maine because Calvin Stowe became a professor at Bowdoin College. Fugitive Slave law passed, ........Stowes indignant.
1852-Uncle Tom's Cabin published, which outraged readers and encouraged abolition. Moved to Andover, Massachusetts because Calvin Stowe had ........become a professor at Andover Theological Seminary.
1853-Critics stated that Harriet had blown slavery's cruelty out of proportion, so she published Keys to Uncle Tom's Cabin to defend her ideas. She was ........invited to speak about Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin in Great Britain.
1856-Harriet went to Europe once more to talk about slavery and Uncle Tom's Cabin. Published Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp.
1857-Henry Ellis Stowe dies while swimming in the Connecticut river.
1859-Invited to Europe once again. Published The Minister's Wooing to cope with Henry's death.
1864-Moved to Hartford, Connecticut, where Stowe oversaw the building of Oakholm
1869-Stowe and her older sister Catharine wrote The American Woman's Home, a novel talking about respecting women. Old Town Folks also published.
1870-The Stowe's could not continue paying for the expensive house they had built, so they moved. Frederick William Stowe moved to California and was ........never heard of again. He was assumed dead.
1873-The Stowe's moved into their final home, on Forester Street in Hartford, Connecticut (coincidentally, Mark Twain lived across the street)
1878-Catharine Beecher passed away
1886-Calvin Stowe passed away
1890-Georgiana Stowe died of a morphine addiction
1896-Harriet Beecher Stowe died herself on July 1st
Stowe's Works
- Elementary Geography (1833)
- Mark Meriden (1841)
- The Mayflower (1843)
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin aka Life Among the Lowly(1850)
- The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1853)
- Sunny Memories (1854)
- Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856)
- Our Charley (1858)
- The Minister’s Wooing (1859)
- Pearl of Orr’s Island (1862)
- Agnes of Sarento (1863)
- House and Home Papers (1864)
- Little Foxes (1865)
- Nina Gordon, also known as Dred (1866)
- Religious Poems (1867)
- Queer Little People (1867)
- The Chimney Corner (1868)
- Men of Our Times (1868)
- The American Woman's Home (1869)
- Old-Town Folks (1869)
- Little Pussy Willow (1870)
- Pink and White Tyranny (1871)
- Oldtown Fireside Stories (1871)
- My Wife and I (1872)
- Palmetto Leaves (1873)
- Woman in Sacred History (1873)
- We and Our Neighbors (1875)
- Betty’s Bright Idea (1876)
- Footsteps of the MAster (1877)
- Bible Heroines (1878)
- Poganuc People (1878)
- Dog’s Mission (1880)
- Lady Byron Vindicated (1870)
- The History of the Byron Controversy (1871)
Other Works Include:
- Deacon Pitkins Farm
- Hen that Hatched Ducks
- Hum, the Son of Buz
- Miss Katy-Did and Miss Cricket
- Mother Magpies Mischief
- Our Country Neighbours
- The Diverting History of Little Whiskey
- The First Christmas of New England
- The History of Tip Top
- The Like of Harriet Beecher Stowe
- The Nutcrackers of Nutcracker Lodge
- The Squirrels that live in the House
- Capatin Kidd’s Money
- Christmas in Pogunac
- Christmas, aka The Good Fairy
- Conversation on Conversation
- Cousin William
- The Ghost in the Cap’n Brown House
- The Ghost in the Mill
- Let Every Man Mind His Own Business
- The Minister’s Housekeeper
- The Ministration of our Departed Friends--A New Year’s Revelation
- Mis’ Elderkin’s Pitcher
- Our Second Girl
- A Scholar’s Adventures in the Country
- The Sullivan Looking-Glass
- Trials of a Housekeeper
- Uncle Lot
- The Two Altars, aka Two Pictures in One
- The Widow’s Bandbox