Adkins, Joseph, a Baptist minister, was born in Warren County, Ga., in 1802, and remained there all his life. For many years he was a preacher in that section :of country. During the late war he was a warm friend of the Union, and when Georgia was reconstructed he was elected a state senator. A delegation having been appointed to visit Washington to complete the legal reconstruction of the state, he was made a member of it. The anger of his political opponents was awakened against him for the decided stand he had taken, and he was murdered in Warren County, Ga., May 10, 1869. (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