a Presbyterian minister, was born in Chester County, Pa., in 1801. He made a profession of religion in 1819; graduated at Jefferson College in 1820 and Princeton Seminary in 1826; and entered the ministry of the Presbyterian Church in 1827. In 1828 he was employed by the American Sunday school Union for the purpose of establishing Sabbath schools through the states of New York and Pennsylvania. He labored in Georgia as a missionary for nearly three years, when he removed to Alabama and joined the Tuscaloosa Presbytery. He died at Eastoun Pa., July 5, 1865. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1866, p. 89.
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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