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| − | Lyman Beecher (1775–1863) was a New England clergyman who had two influential children in the abolitionist movement.
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| − | His daughter was Harriet Beecher Stowe, who penned the abolitionist novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
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| − | His son was Henry Ward Beecher, a New York preacher who denounced slavery. He also criticized government corruption, and supported women's suffrage.
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| − | McGuffey's Eclectic Sixth Reader (1907) quotes Lyman Beecher as saying, "While most nations trace their origin to barbarians, the foundations of our nation were laid by civilized men, by Christians."
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