Andre, John George a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Michlen, duchy of Nassau, Germany, Aug. 22, 1828. He emigrated to New Orleans in 1846, and in the following spring settled in Louisville, Ky. In 1848 he was converted; in 1850 received license to preach; and six years later entered the travelling connection of the South-west German Conference, and in it continued faithful until 1863, when hemorrhage of the lungs compelled him to retire. He died Aug. 19, 1872. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1872, p. 81.
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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