Thomas K. Beecher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas K. Beecher

United States clergyman and educator

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1824

Place of Birth: Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 14-Mar-1900

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (10 February 1824 - 14 March 1900) was a Congregationalist preacher and the principal of several schools.
As a Congregational minister, his father took the family from Beecher's birthplace of Litchfield, Connecticut, to Boston, Massachusetts, and Cincinnati, Ohio, by 1832. After college and some teaching experience, Beecher later settled in Elmira, New York, where he was minister of a Congregational church.
His services became popular and he presided over construction at a new church to accommodate the large congregation.
Beecher became a close friend of writer Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) and presided at Clemens' marriage to Olivia Langdon.
A memorial statue was erected to him in Elmira, where he worked and lived most of his life.