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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.