No great advance has been made in science, politics, or religion without controversy.

The following year he married Harriet Porter and fathered four more children: Frederick C. He purchased the home built by Elijah Wadsworth and reared a large family. But it was soon found that he preferred study.

Beecher. Lyman Beecher (October 12 1775 – January 10 1863) was a Presbyterian minister American Temperance Society co-founder and leader and the father of 13 children many of whom became noted figures including Harriet Beecher Stowe Henry Ward Beecher Charles Beecher Edward Beecher Isabella Beecher Hooker Catharine Beecher and Thomas K.