Schley, Winfield Scott – Schouler, James
Schley, Winfield Scott
naval officer, explorer, author, was born Oct. 9, 1839, near Frederick, Md. He attended the naval academy during 1856-60; and was promoted to master in 1861. He was in all the engagements which led to the capture of Port Hudson in 1863.
In 1866 he was commissioned a lieutenant-commander; and commander in 1874.
During 1880-83 he was light-house inspector; in 1884 was in charge of the Greely expedition; and in 1885-89 was chief of the bureau of equipment and recruiting. He was promoted to captain in 1888; and in 1898 gained distinction during the Spanish-American war in the destruction and capture of the Spanish fleet. He is the author of The Rescue of Greely.
Schmauk, Theodore Emanuel
journalist, author, was born May 30, 1860, in Lancaster, Pa. He has been president of the Pennsylvania German society, and chancellor of the Pennsylvania Chautauqua. He is editor-in-chief of The Lutheran and several church publications; and the author of The Negative Criticism; The Art of Conversation; The Voice of Speech and Song; and various other works.
Schmidt, Frederick Augustus
educator, clergyman, journalist, author, was born Jan. 2, 1837, in Germany. He has for years been a leader among the Norwegian lutherans. In 1873 he was sent as delegate from the Norwegian synod to the general assembly of the Norwegian Mission society at Christiania, Norway.
He was editor of the Lutheran Watchman in Decorah, Iowa, in 1864-65.
Schmidt, Henry Immanuel
educator, clergyman, author, was born Dec. 21, 1806, in Nazareth, Pa. He was a lutheran clergyman and educator of New York city, professor of German in Columbia college in 1848-80, and the author of History of Education; The Lutheran Doctrine of the Lord's Supper; and Course of American Geography. He died Feb. 11, 1889, in New York city.
Schmitz, John Peter
merchant, physician, surgeon, lecturer, author, was born Feb. 24, 1834, in Germany. In 1855 he emigrated to America and engaged in mercantile pursuits.
In 1875 he entered the Cooper Medical college of San Francisco; and subsequently attended the California Medical college, graduating therefrom in 1881, and has since attained prominence as a successful physician of San Francisco, and a noted lecturer and teacher of physiology to medical students, having held the chair of physiology in the California Medical college since 1886. He is the author of a work on Human Physiology, Analysis and Digest, for the use of Medical Students and Practitioners; and valuable papers and pamphlets on the cause of diphtheria and croup have appeared from his pen.
Schmucker, John George
clergyman, author, poet, was born Aug. 18, 1771, in Germany. He was a frequent contributor to periodicals, and a poet of merit. Among his works are, Prophetic History of the Christian Religion, or Explanation of the Revelation of St. John. He died Oct. 7, 1854, in Williamsburg, Pa.
Schmucker, Samuel Mosheim
author, was born Jan. 12, 1823, in New Market, Va. He was a Philadelphia author who was in the early part of his career a lutheran minister. He was the author of Errors of Modern Infidelity; The Spanish Wife, a play; History of the Four Georges; History of All Religions; Court and Reign of Catharine II.; Lives of Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, Webster, Clay, Dr. Kane, Fremont Memorable Scenes in French History; History of the Modern Jews; History of Napoleon Third; Arctic Explorations; and History of the Civil War in the United States. He died May 12, 1863, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Schmucker, Samuel Simon
educator, clergyman, author, was born Feb. 28, 1799, in Hagerstown, Md. He was a lutheran clergyman and educator, and professor in the Theological seminary at Gettysburg in 1826-64. He was the author of Elements of Popular Theology; Psychology; Lutheran Manual; Lutheran Symbols, or American Lutheranism Vindicated; Church of the Redeemer; and The Unity of Christ's Church. He died July 26, 1873, in Gettysburg, Pa.
Schneck, Benjamin Shroder
clergyman, author, was born March 14, 1806, in Upper Bern, Pa. He was a lutheran clergyman, pastor at Chambersburg from 1855, and the author of Die deutsche Kanzel; The Burning of Chambersburg; and Mercersburg Theology. He died April 19, 1874, in Chambersburg, Pa.
Schodde, George Henry
educator, clergyman, author, was born April 15, 1854, in Allegheny City, Pa. He was professor at Capitol university from 1880; and the author of The Book of Enoch translated from the Ethiopic, with Notes; and A Day in Capernaum, from the German of Delitzsch.
Schoepfle, Henry
educator, lawyer, was born Feb. 12, 1867, in Sandusky, Ohio. He received his education in the Northwestern Normal university of Adair, Ohio, and graduated from the Cincinnati Law school. For many years he was engaged in educational work; is now a prominent lawyer of Sandusky, Ohio; is serving as city solicitor, and takes an active part in public affairs.
Schofield, John Mcallister
soldier, was born Sept. 29, 1831, in Chautauqua county, N. Y. In 1853 he graduated from the United States Military academy; was assigned to the first regiment of artillery, and during 1855-60 was professor of natural philosophy. In 1861 he was commissioned captain. During the civil war he served as major of the first Missouri volunteers; was appointed chief of staff, and the same year became brigadier-general of the Missouri militia. In 1862 he was appointed major-general of volunteers, and in 1864, for his services at the battle of Franklin, he was made brigadier-general and brevet major-general in the regular army. General Schofield succeeded Edwin M. Stanton as secretary of war; and in 1869 he was appointed major-general. During 1876-81 he was superintendent of the United States Military academy; and in 1895 was retired from active service.
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
ethnologist, author, poet, was born March 29, 1793, in Albany county, N. Y. He was an eminent ethnologist and geologist, thirty years of whose life were spent among the Indians, chiefly at Mackinaw.
He discovered the source of the Mississippi. Among his many works are included, View of the Lead Mines of Missouri; Algic Discoveries; Historical Information Concerning the Indian Tribes; Narrative of an Expedition to Itasca Lake; Oneota, reissued as The Indian and His Wigwam; The Myth of Hiawatha; Personal Memoirs of Thirty Years' Residence with Indian Tribes; Scenes and Adventures in the Ozark Mountains; Life of General Cass, and several volumes of verse. He died Dec. 10, 1864, in Washington, D. C.
Schoolcraft, John L
merchant, banker, congressman, was born in Albany, N. Y. He was for many years president of the Commercial bank of Albany, and was a representative in congress from New York from 1849 to 1853. He died in May, 1860, in Canada.
Schoolcraft, Mrs. Mary
(HOW- ARD), author, was born in Beaufort, S.
C. She is the author of The Black Gauntlet, a Tale of Plantation Life.
Schoonmaker, Augustus
lawyer, was born March 2, 1828, in Rochester, N.
Y. In 1876-77 he was a member of the New York state senate, and in 1878-79 he was attorney-general of New York.
Schoonmaker, Cornelius C
congressman, was born in June, 1745, in Rochester, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1791 to 1793, and was, for fourteen years, before and after the above term, a member of the New York assembly, from the county of Ulster. He died in 1796, in Shawangunk, N. Y.
Schoonmaker, Marius
lawyer, congressman, author, was born April 24, 1811, in Kingston, N. Y. He was elected to congress as a whig and served from 1851 till 1853. In 1854 he was auditor of the canal department, and in 1855-56 he served as superintendent of the bank department of the state of New York. He has published speeches in congress on Public Lands; The Slave Question; and is the author of a History of Kingston from its First Settlement to 1820.
Schoonmaker, Martinus
clergyman, was born in 1737 in Rochester, N. Y.
In 1784 he fixed his residence at Flatbush, and assumed charge of the six congregations in Kings county. He died in 1824 in Flatbush, N. Y.
Schott, Charles Antony
civil engineer, author, was born Aug. 7, 1826, in Germany. He entered the service of the United States coast survey, and is the author of numerous works on meteorology.
Schouler, James
educator, lawyer, author, was born March 20, 1839, in West Cambridge, Mass. He is a lawyer and historian of Boston, professor in the law school of Boston university; and the author of The Law of Bailments; The Law of Personal Property; The Law of Husband and Wife; Law of Executors and Administrators; Law of Wills; A History of the United States under the Constitution; Life of Thomas Jefferson; and Historical Briefs.