It's a popular (but untrue) myth that upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abraham Lincoln said, "So this is the little lady who started this great big war." Lincoln's rumored greeting first surface...
Father: Reverend Lyman Beecher (1775-1863)Mother: Roxana Foote Beecher (1775-1816)Sister: Catharine Beecher (1800-1878)Brother: William Henry Beecher (1802–1889)Brother: Edward Beecher (1803-...