Shuck, J. Lewis (Jehu Lewis), 1812-1863

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Missionary to Chinese under American Baptist Board of Foreign Missions, sailed from Boston, 1835; lived in Singapore and Macao, 1836-42; became first Baptist missionary to live in China; organized first Baptist Church in Hong Kong, 1842; Chinese church in Sacramento, Calif. after 1852; pastor in S.C. 1861-1863.

From the description of [Letter] 1854 May 13, Sacramento to "Dear Bro. Broadus" [John Albert Broadus] / Lewis Shuck. 1854. (SBTS Library). WorldCat record id: 48214482

J.L. Shuck was the first Baptist missionary to China appointed by the Triennial Convention, 1835; in 1846 the Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Mission Board appointed him to Canton, China. He was later transferred to Shanghai.

From the description of Jehu Lewis Shuck Letter, 1848 (Wake Forest University - ZSR Library). WorldCat record id: 59882854

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referencedIn Day, Samuel Stearns, 1808-1871. Correspondence, 1825-1912. Southern Baptist Historical Library & Archives
creatorOf Shuck, J. Lewis (Jehu Lewis), 1812-1863. Jehu Lewis Shuck Letter, 1848 Wake Forest University - ZSR Library, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
creatorOf Shuck, J. Lewis (Jehu Lewis), 1812-1863. [Letter] 1854 May 13, Sacramento to "Dear Bro. Broadus" [John Albert Broadus] / Lewis Shuck. SBTS Library, James P. Boyce Centennial Library
referencedIn Autograph File, S, 1556-1996. Houghton Library
referencedIn Jones, James L. [Letters] 1854, Beaumont to "Dear Bro. Broadus" [John Albert Broadus concerning Lewis H. Shuck] / Jas. L. Jones. SBTS Library, James P. Boyce Centennial Library
referencedIn Shuck, Lewis Hall, 1836-. [Letters to John Albert Broadus from L.H. Shuck] 1857 May 4-June 3]. SBTS Library, James P. Boyce Centennial Library
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associatedWith American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. corporateBody
correspondedWith Broadus, John Albert, 1827-1895 person
associatedWith Day, Samuel Stearns, 1808-1871. person
associatedWith Jones, James L. person
associatedWith Shuck, Lewis Hall, 1836- person
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Birth 1812

Death 1863

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