a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Accomac County, Va., Aug. 15, 1804. He was converted at the age of seventeen; soon began to preach; and in 1827 was admitted into the Baltimore Conference. In 1865 he supernumerated; and died at Shrewsbury, Pa., May 28, 1872. Mr. Allen was practical, scriptural, tender, affectionate, fervent. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1873, p. 21.
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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