Introduction

Biography

Beale was the was the son of Sam­uel Si­mon Schmuck­er (pro­fess­or at the Lu­ther­an Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry in Get­tys­burg) and Ma­ry Ca­the­rine Steen­berg­en, and hus­band of Chris­ti­a­na M. Pretz.

He gra­du­at­ed from Penn­syl­van­ia Col­lege in Get­tys­burg in 1844, and from the se­mi­na­ry in 1847, en­ter­ing the min­is­try that same year.

His first charge was the Lu­ther­an con­gre­ga­tion at Mar­tins­burg, Vir­gin­ia, where he served un­til 1851.

The next year he ac­cept­ed a call to Al­len­town, Penn­syl­van­ia, where he or­gan­ized an Eng­lish con­gre­ga­tion and built St. John’s Church.

In 1802, he ac­cept­ed a call to St. John’s Lu­ther­an Church in East­on, Penn­syl­van­ia, and in 1867 to St. James’ Lu­ther­an Church, Read­ing, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Schmucker served as sec­re­ta­ry of the Ex­ec­u­tive Com­mittee of the Sy­nod of Penn­syl­van­ia, and of the Board of Di­rect­ors of the Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry in Phi­la­del­phia, and was on the Board of Trus­tees for Muhl­en­burg Col­lege.