a Baptist minister, was born at Stevensville, Va.. June 16,1820. He pursued his studies, in part, in the Virginia Baptist Seminary, now Richmond College, and completed them in Columbian College, where he graduated in 1839. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar, but finally decided to enter the ministry, and was ordained in 1842. He accepted a call in 1842 to the Church in Bruington, King and Queen Co., Va., where he remained for twenty-eight years. In 1870 he was elected associate secretary of the State Missionary Society, Va. He rendered efficient service in promoting the interests of his denomination in his native state. He died Oct. 29,1870. See Baptist Encyclopaedia, p. 56. (J. C. S.)
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More