Beecher, James Chaplin, 1828-1886

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Birth 1828
Death 1886

Biographical notes:

Clergyman, abolitionist, brother of Catherine and Henry Ward Beecher, and Harriet (Beecher) Stowe; resident of Elmira (Chemung County), N.Y.

From the description of Papers, 1865-1866. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19211025

Beecher, James Chaplin, 1828-1886, clergyman, abolitionist, son of Lyman Beecher, 1775-1863, brother of Catharine and Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe; resident of Elmira, N.Y.

From the guide to the James Chaplin Beecher letter to Captain Foote, 1857, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

James Beecher, son of Lyman Beecher, was commander of the First North Carolina Colored Volunteers in the Civil War.

From the description of Papers, 1850-1946 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006764

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Subjects:

  • African Americans
  • Family records
  • Freedmen
  • Reconstruction

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • South Carolina--Charleston (as recorded)
  • Charleston (S.C.) (as recorded)

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