BEECHER, Henry Ward Henry Ward Beecher June 24, 1813, Lichfield, CT – March 8, 1887, Brooklyn, NY Pastor, Newspaper Editor, Brooklyn Heights Resident. Henry Ward Beecher was the son of Reverend Lyman Beecher and the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. A graduate of Amherst College and Lane Theological Seminary in Ohio, Beecher became the inaugural pastor of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights. The church was fou…