Abel, David an English Congregational minister, was born at Llanybri, near Carmarthen, March 1, 1789. At the age of eighteen he was admitted into the college at Carmarthen as a student for the ministry. On leaving college, Mr. Abel preached at Gower for six months, and he responded to Bardon's Park Chapel Leicestershire, where he was ordained, and continued be pastor for fifty-eight years. In March, 1870 he removed to Rugby and there died, Aug. 18, 1871. See (Lond. ) Cong. Year-book 1872, p. 304.
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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