Thomas K. Beecher

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Thomas K. Beecher
Thomas Kinnicut Beecher
Born	Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (1824-02-10)February 10, 1824 Litchfield, Connecticut, US
Died	March 24, 1900(1900-03-24) (aged 76) Elmira, New York
Occupation(s)	Protestant Clergyman Union Civil War Chaplain
Parent(s)	Lyman and Harriet Porter Beecher

Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (February 10, 1824 - March 14, 1900) was a Congregationalist preacher and the principal of several schools. Also a minister, his father, Lyman Beecher, moved the family from Beecher's birthplace of Litchfield, Connecticut, to Boston, Massachusetts, and Cincinnati, Ohio, by 1832.

After college and some teaching experience, Beecher settled in Elmira, New York, where he became the minister of a Congregational church. His services were popular and he presided over the construction of a new church to accommodate the large congregation. Beecher became a close friend of the writer Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) and presided at Clemens' marriage to Olivia Langdon.