New-York tribune., 1878-05-13
OBITUARY..
CATHERINE ESTHER BEECuER.


ELNiRA, y. Y, May 2.-Catherine e.
Beechcr died In this city at to-day, a The resdenee
Of the Rev. Thomas X. BeechcF The Immediate cause
of her death ayopIexy. She taken I'll at O'Clock
Friday morning sad remained in state OF entire un'
consciousness until her death. The funeral win take
place at 10 O'Clock Tuesday morning at Park Church. Ill
this city.
Catherine Esther Beecher not the least re-
merka6e of a remarkable family, was born at East
Hampton. Long Island september &, 1890 She was
the daughter of the Rev. Lyman Beecher and IN" eldest
Of thirteen children When the family removed to i1ieh
field, Conn., in 1870 Catherine placed at the best
school there TO be found. She describes herself at
that time having great activity Of body and mind
great checruuess of spirits, strong love OF the ludl-
crous. ana an Imagination teeminS with poetry and
ronaucc but she had no taste for study or for anything
demanding close attention When she was about the
age Of twenty years great GRIEF ovcrshadowcd her life
She was bctrOthed Professor Fisher Of Yale College
who persisted by shpwreck while on voyage to
England. Her whole religious faith was unsettled
by the announcement Of Profes or Fishers DEATH
and she found relief in her distress, rom the ord
nary consultations of religion. She determined th'n TO
give her whole life to benefit other persons, and In ls2
opened school Tor young ladies at Hartford, Conn.,
which soon numbered from 100 to 100 pupils
from every State ia the Union Comprchending the
deficiencies OF existing textbooks. she prepared for use
IN her own school an Arithmetic, work on Theology
and a third upon Mental and Moral Philosophy Ihe
last has never been published though II has been printed
and used as textbook In OF the colleges Tor young
men bliss GeecEer remained at Hartford until The ar
duous duties OF her school impaired her health
and compelled her to give up the work. In
1892 when her father removed to Cincinnati she accom-
panied hl, ana for two superintendent an iusit
ton for fclac education which she established in that
clty Mrs stowe OF hcr assistants This school,
too, she WIS Obliged 10 abandon account Of heaith
hiss Bocccr had peculiar ideas about education ana
10 the propagation of these ideas she devoted
herself for tnuty years, organizing societies Tor
training teachers, establishing plans for supply
ing the Territories with good educators, writing
pleading and travelling with persistent energy and
carncsnes- Har object, as stated hy herself wa' no
unite American women in an effort toproYl Christian
education FOR 10000 children in oGr country" "ho
war. destitute OF schools Her Held oi labor Wa cspec
tall, p tc West and South She fr,t sought % secure
inc immediate services OF a great BODY OF edl-
Gated women. Her second purpose was to c'tah"s!i
prauiuc.t institutions, regularly oTsauhrd upon 'i'
coc, plan, for the education Of ienaie icachcrs An
association was organized At JacksonyiIc. H., which
wa TO hod in trust all the libraries and apparatus cn-
ploycd I'm q portion Of her work. Miss Bcechcr coop
Grated with the Board OF National Popular Education
Of wLi, Governor s,dc the general agent To Ger
tain extent these plans succeeded, and were found bcne
fetal
VIII. engaged In this work Mis. EoochCr found time
20 prepare several WORKS IOf thc iN' "u" 1" ' ~''
contribute 10 several periodicals. Her books mainly It.
at, 10 tine trimming Of women and among them may bc
enumerated Domestic Service duty Of American
Women 70 Trrr Country" " Hous S''pcr'' Re
ccpt Book" nSiJl, " Tie True R-msdy for TIE Wrongs
Of Women US5D, " Domestic Economy for i'c Use oI
Young Ladies .ut Homo and at -"nup.' "if'ih
STRANGER tr4u Fiction G~tn'. Letter. &" o. re- Fr"I!
ON Health uuui Happiness" G~'. fhf Ni''-N HnH
-u,re-' . a --1J " & rMluuu sense Applied &" So
hgi,n" u-J7i and "App.al 10 The Fgupr - a..
.ionully yrui, ycr. ul respectable bat moi remarkable
character; and snc Na1 sometime, an aii"niaHt ~
,rofggu's conventions aud cOugTr--r- Slr was not
9yrr>n 10 controversy. and, a, sur showed d. her
"Tmtb stranger than Fiction" ,u'ircut! bold m
denouuyiug what she believed % be- wrong.
For many years bliss B"cchrr sun Ted from lam
and weakness OF nerve and body, and al her Work was
carried on under great difficulties. Her rrnOu- i,,i
uz, were strou-, and Der yicTs varied Dtrtn- Tie
last fifteen or twenty year, OF her life, however
-hc was "a conuuuiciut uf The Protestant bps
copal CAurch-hCr mothers church. one oi inc last
letters she wrotc-a warm defence OF hrr Dfulht !:
Henry ard Beccher. AGAINST improved accusa'lpu.
-yas addressed 10 TIM TRIBUNE rom Em,ra, April l6.