Background
Schaeffer, Charles William was born on May 5, 1813 in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. Son of Frederick Solomon and Catherine Elizabeth (Cremer or Graber) Schaeffer.
Schaeffer, Charles William was born on May 5, 1813 in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. Son of Frederick Solomon and Catherine Elizabeth (Cremer or Graber) Schaeffer.
Graduated from the University Pennsylvania, 1832, honorary Doctor of Divinity, 1879. Attended Gettysburg Theological Seminary, 1833-1835. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania, 1887.
Michael’s Church, Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1849-1875. President or treasurer Ministerium of Pennsylvania, many years. President General Synod, Lutheran Church, 1859, General Council, 1868.
Trustee Pennsylvania College, 1855-1873, Muhlenberg College, 1868-1876, University of Pennsylvania, 1859-1896. Assistant professor Philadelphia Theological Seminary, 1864, Burkhalter professor church history and pastoral theology, 1874, professor emeritus, 1894, Author: Family Prayer for Morning and Evening and the Festivals of the Church Year, 1861. Translator A Golden Treasury, 1858.
The Life of Doctor Martin Luther (Wilhelm Wackernagel), 1883. Wittenberg Nightengale, 1883. Halle Reports, 1892; also numerous hymns included in Lutheran Common Hymnal, published 1915.
Editor The Lutheran, The Foreign Missionary, The Philadelphian.
Author: Family Prayer for Morning and Evening and the Festivals of the Church Year, 1861. Translator A Golden Treasury, 1858. The Life of Doctor Martin Luther (Wilhelm Wackernagel), 1883.
Wittenberg Nightengale, 1883. Halle Reports, 1892
also numerous hymns included in Lutheran Common Hymnal, published 1915. Editor The Lutheran, The Foreign Missionary, The Philadelphian.
Married Elizabeth Ashmead, 1837, 4 children.