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Schenck, Ferdinand S

physician, jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 11, 1790, in Middlesex county, N. J. In 1829 he was elected to the state legislature, and was re-elected in 1830 and 1831. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1833 to 1837. He was soon afterward elected a justice of the court of errors and appeals, which he held for eight years. He died May 17, 1860, in Camden, N. J.

Schenck, Noah Hunt

clergyman, journalist, author, was born June 30, 1805, in Pennington, N. J. He founded and edited The Western Churchman during his pastorate in Chicago, and in 1867 became co-editor of The Protestant Churchman in New York. He was the author of numerous published sermons and addresses, of which a collection has appeared in book form. He died Jan. 4, 1885, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Schenck, William Edward

clergyman, author, was born March 29, 1819, in Princeton, N. J. He is a presbyterian minister of Philadelphia; and the author of Children in Heaven; Nearing Home; and The Fountain for Sin; Church Extension in Cities.

Schermerhorn, Abraham M

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1849 to 1853. He died Aug. 22, 1855, in Rochester, N. Y.

Schieren, Charles A

manufacturer, inventor, was born Feb. 28, 1842, in Germany. In 1882 he established the present firm of Chas. A. Schieren and Co. of Brooklyn, N. Y., manufacturers of leather belting. He was the inventor of the electric belt, consisting of a coating of composition spread over the belt to preserve the leather.

Schindler, Solomon

clergyman, author, was born in 1842 in Silesia. He is a Hebrew clergyman now living in Cambridge but formerly in charge of Temple Adath Israel, Boston. He is the author of Young West, a sequel to Looking Backward; Messianic Exhortations and Modern Judaism; and Dissolving Views on the History of Judaism. en-

Schleicher, Gustave

civil gineer, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 19, 1823, in Germany. He moved to Texas in 1847; served in the state legislature in 1853 and 1854; and from 1859 to 1861 served in the state senate. In 1874 he was elected a representative Texas to the forty-fourth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-fifth and fortysixth congresses as a democrat. He died Jan. 10, 1879, in Washington City, Pa. from

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.

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.

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.