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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.