Alton, Abel a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Waterford, Vt., June 16, 1803. He began his Christian life at the age of ten; joined the New England Conference in 1828, and was immediately transferred to the Maine Conference. His latter years were spent laboring in the Provnidence Conference. He died in Marion, Mass., March 11, 1867. As a preacher, Mr. Alton was clear, methodical, instructive, earnest; as a pastor, devoted, zealous. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1867, p. 102.
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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