Schmid, Christoph Von

CHRISTOPH VON SCHMID (1768-1854) was born at Dinkelsbuhl, Germany, Bavaria. He studied theology at Dillington, and became an ordained priest. He served as an assistant in different parishes and then was placed as head over a large school in Thannhausen on the Mindel. He wrote many children's stories in German that been translated into English. GREGORY TOWNSEND BEDELL (1793-1834) was born in Staten Island, New York. He attended the Episcopal Academy at Cheshire, Connecticut and Columbia College in New York. He was ordained a Deacon in 1814. He served at a Church at Hudson, New York, 3 years. He...