The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-13
OBITUARY


O'Clock Friday morning, and remained 10 state OF
tire unconsciousness until her death. The funeral
Will take place at ten O'Clock Tuesday morning, at
Park Church, In Elmira.
Catherine Esther Beecher the Oldest child OF
Rev. DR.. Lyman Beechcr and Roxapa Foote. his wife.
and was born IN the old parsonage at Easihampton,
Long Island, tho 9th OF September, $780, Her
carly years knew enough of the discipline that comes
inevitably when the scantiest Of incomes is all that
can DO commanded by people Of cultivated mind and
tasto for during tho nrst period Of his married lilo
Dr. Becchers salary was but $500 per annum. As
the eldest daughter In large family her services
were In constant demand her mothers chief assist
mt, being made heavier from tho fact that much OF
the moihor's time absorbed In the school room,
where epdcavored TO add somewhat to tho family
support
GATHERINGS desire for knowledge, however, was
not TO be rcpressed discouraged by tho TACT that
sho was far from having uninterrupted leisure Tor It's
pursuit Sho succeeded before she twenty In
acquiring education broader aud moro thorough
than that oil many men who graduate with honor at
college. When sho was but sixteen she lost her
mother, and for tho next TWO years her domestic
were greatly increased until the time OF her
lather's second marriage. In 1892, when she was
twenty-five years OF age, her betrotncd, Professor
Fisher OF Yale College, TO whom she bad been en-
gagged about year, was drowned Off tho OF Ire
land with all board the vessel This event affected
her whole life, and, Henry Ward Beecher says,
nearly destroyed her religious faith. 1t was not IN
tended that she should tho letter announcing
tho CALAMITY, but she came upon II accidentally tho
absence OF the family, and when they returned she
was lying Insensbie on the floor. II was some time
before she could become reconcled TO Lor tate. She
wrote TO her iather that sho "was like helpless
being in trail bark swift current bearing 10
tremendous prcclpice, where is inevitable destruc-
ton and despair" Finally she became resigned 10
the Christian iath In IT'S deepest sensc ana she rc
ana Improvement OF her sex In 1872
she went to Hartford, Conn.,, and opened
school tor young ladies' Shc remained therc
Tor ten years, meeting win brilliant success Mrs.
Harriet Bcecher her sister, her assistant
put her health became broken ana In 1882 Dr. Lyman
Beecher having accepted the Presidency OF Lane The
illogical Seminary, his daughters accompanied him 10
Cincinnati anu opened school there which within
two or three Years was discontinued, partly on ac-
count OF Catherine's state OF health As she rccov-
her normal condition she devoted herself IN q
broader way and systematizsd energy 10 the fur
thering Of womans education. For nearly forty
years she worked persstcnty IN organizing societies
10 support training SCHOOLS Tor teachers ana Tor send
ing these teachers abroad pioneer settlements
anu newer States in the Northwest and Inducing tho
tiers TO support tnem She wrote uch 10 furtherance
OF her main object 10 magazines and newspapers.
And with tnis she gave 10 the public her books ad-
dressed directly TO women. giving her views OF tho
proper direction OF wonan's training aud develop
mens OF character. Her ideas differed widely from
those Of tho leaders OF the woman's rights move.
who knew beforehand little or nothing OF her theories
ana work. They were entitled domestic Service"
..rne Domestic Roceip! Book, DUTY Of American
Wrongs OF Women, (" Letters to tho People on Health
and happiness" domestic Economy" Physiology
and Caiisthenics" "Religious Training OF Children"
1.-THE American WOnan's Home, T" "Common Sense
Applied 10 Religion" an "Appcal 10 the People. Al
sne Authorized Interpreters OF the Bible" ana
.sMemoir Of the Rev. George Beccher her brolneE.
who died in l843.
Mr. Beecher says that Hundreds OF the bes. teach
tbo Waatr mt or
this system. But their careers were ehOrt mostly,
for III year they married Then sho conceived
The idoa OF great rnal female Summaries In the
Northwestern States. Her religious feelings
strong; her religious views varied or esa Dur
a commitment OF tho Protestant Episcopal Church,
having Returned latc ia lie to tue Church Of her
mother. For twenty-five years she has suffered from
lalnoness ana weakness OF nerve aud body"
For tho last heon or twenty years, owing TO hor III
health, she did engage any active employ mens,
but busted her industrious nina with writing books
and -ur0jsctng plans Tor educating the young, tor
founding home Tor poor working girls, whore they
Her iriends say that II had been younger anu had
money she would have carried out her 70
practical end she was humorous, witty ana almost
eccentric ~ times.
Miss Beecher lived for several years. and until
quito recently, al the residence OF her BROTHER DR..
EDWARD Bcecner, IN Macon street, Brookyn.
Although iceple aud more than seven yve years old,
she organized the lwentytLIrd Ward Charity Mission
In Brooklyn, an enterprise managed by ladies and
copductod upon principles calculated 10 encourage
the practice or economy In the households OF tho
wealthy, and TO AFFORD temporary relief TO those in dis
uoss without encouraging pauperisln. Her Kindness
TO children was marked, and even when deeply
engrossed IN metaphysical research or discussion sho
would give time ana labor any project for
their benefit but the children were required 70 keep
n profound silence when she was al WORK Sho would
play tho piano Tor little girls 10 dance argue with
college president defonce OF women's capacity TO
labor in literary fields
About year ago Miss Beechcr left Dr.. Beccher's,
IN Brooklyn, and went 10 live with her brother
Thomas, Elmira. She leaves several unpu blished
manuscripts on splrituallsn, charity work and also
a nearly completed autobiography she spent much
time IN investigating the claims Of Spirituasm, but
she no; "A believer in what Is known ''modern
Spirualisn, though she beloved 10 the existence Of
spirits 10 thor proper spnero.
DIR. JEREMIAH SMELL.
Dr. Jeremiah Shell died al hts residence, In Port
Jackson n. Y, yesterday morning, from d,phth cria
aged s,xty.twoye years Hc had been sick but six days
He prominent politician and represented Mont-
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