Lyman was a Presbyterian minister who became best known as a revivalist and social reformer in the years before the American Civil War .
James Chaplin Beecher was born in Boston , Massachusetts , and the youngest child of Lyman Beecher and Harriet Porter Beecher .
Harriet Porter Beecher was a Presbyterian Harriet Porter Beecher who became best known as a revivalist and social reformer in the years before the American Civil War .
James Chaplin Beecher was born in Boston , Massachusetts , and the youngest child of Lyman Beecher and Harriet Porter Beecher .