SHUCK, Jehu Lewis (shook), missionary, born in Alexandria, Virginia, 4 September, 1812; died in Barnwell, South Carolina, 20 August, 1863. He was educated at the Virginia Baptist seminary (now Richmond college), and on 22 September, 1835, embarked with his bride for China. He began his labors in Macao, where he baptized the first Chinese converts, met with success also at Hong Kong, whither he removed in 1842, and subsequently settled at Canton. In 1844 he came to the United States with his Chinese assistant, and visited various parts of the country in the interest of the missions. He returned to China in 1846, and settled at Shanghai, where he preached for years with good results, having completely mastered the Chinese idioms. When the Chinese were attracted in considerable numbers to California after the discovery of gold, the missionary board selected Mr. Shuck for that field, and he labored there for seven years, retiring in 1861 to Barnwell, where he preached to the neighboring churches during the remainder of his life. He published "Portfolio Chinensis, or a Collection of Authentic Chinese State Papers" (Macao, 1840).--His wife, Henrietta Hall, born in Kilmarnock, Virginia, 28 October, 1817; died in Hong Kong, 27 November, 1844, was the daughter of a Baptist minister. She soon learned Chinese after arriving at the field of her intended labors, and was an earnest teacher of Christianity among the heathen till her death. She was the author of "Scenes in China, or Sketches of the Country, Religion, and Customs of the Chinese" (Philadelphia, 1852). Jeremiah B. Jeter published her " Life" (Boston, 1848).--Their son, LEWIS HALL, clergyman, born in Singapore, India, 3 August, 1836, was graduated at Wake Forest university, North Carolina, in 1856, taught for some years, studied theology, and since 1883 has been pastor of a Baptist church in Charleston, South Carolina.