When Lydia Beecher was born on 10 June 1805, in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Beecher Sr., was 45 and her mother, Mary Ann Albrecht, was 42. She married Stephen Beecher Cook Jr. on 19 March 1822, in Pequea Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Kentucky, United States in 1870. She died on 31 July 1885, in Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
English (Kent): from Middle English becher, denoting one who lived by a beech-tree, from an agent derivative of Middle English beche ‘beech-tree’ (see Beach ), the -er suffix having a locative sense. This English name is also common in Ireland, particularly in Cork.
Americanized form of German Bücher (cognate with 1 above) (see Bucher ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesStephen Cook and Lydia Beecher “Lydia Beecher born June 10, 1805, Reading, Pennsylvania, died July 31, 1885 in Cynthiana, Kentucky. Lydia is the 16th child of John and Mary Ann Albert Beecher. Mary …
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