Harriet Beecher Stowe
Status: Upcoming
(1811-1896) author – born Litchfield, CT, June 14, 1811; published works include An Elementary Geography (1833), The Mayflower (1843), Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1853), Trip to England (1853), Sunny Memories (1854), Dred (1856), Our Charley (1858), Minister’s wooing (1859), Pearl of Orr’s Island (1862), Agnes of Sorrento (1863), House and Home Papers (1864), Little Foxes (1865), Nina Gordon (Dred) (1866), Religious Poems (1867), Queer Little People (1867), The Chimney Corner (1868), Men of Our Times (1868), Oldtown Folks (1869), Lady Byron Vindicated (1870), Little Pussy Willow (1870), The History of the Byron Controversy (1871), Pink and White Tyranny (1871), Old Town Fireside Stories (1871), My Wife and I (1872), Palmetto Leaves (1873), Library of Famous Fiction (1873), We and Our Neighbors (1875), Betty’s Bright Idea (1876), Footsteps of the Master (1877), Bible Heroines (1878), Poganuc People (1878), and A Dog’s Mission (1881); husband, Calvin Ellis Stowe (1802-1886, married 1836-1886); children, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1836-1907), Eliza Tyler Stowe (1836-1912), Henry Ellis Beecher Stowe (1838-1857), Frederick William Stowe (1840-1871), Georgiana May Stowe (1843-1890), Samuel Charles Stowe (1848-1849), and Charles Edward Stowe (1850-1934). Resident of Hartford (1815-1832 & 1863-1896) and of Asylum Hill (Oakholm, 1863-1873, and 73 Forest Street, 1873-1896). Member of the Beecher family that included Lyman Beecher (father), Catharine Esther Beecher (sister), Henry Ward Beecher (brother), and Isabella Beecher Hooker (half-sister).
