History of West Sutton, (Worcester County) Massachusetts United States of America

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Biography of Eunice White (Bullard) Beecher

Eunice White (Bullard) Beecher, author, was born at West Sutton, Mass., Aug. 26, 1812; daughter of Dr. Artemus Bullard. She acquired her education at Hadley, Mass., and taught school for a time. She was married Aug. 3, 1837, to Henry Ward Beecher, and went with him to a small parish at Lawrenceburg, Ind. Two years later they removed to Indianapolis, where they remained until Mr. Beecher's call to Plymouth church, Brooklyn, N.Y. She wrote: "From Dawn to Daylight: a Simple Story of a Western Home" (1859); "Motherly Talks with Young Housekeepers" (1875); "Letters from Florida" (1878); "All Around the House" (1878); "Home" (1883), and, with William C. Beecher and Rev. Samuel Scoville, an "Authentic Biography" of her husband. She died March 8, 1897.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor