a Presbyterian minister, was born at Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y., June 4,1796 . He graduated at Union College, Schenectady, in 1824, and at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1827. He was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Madison, Morris Co., N. J., from 1832 to 1851, and Ridgebury, Orange Co., N. Y., from 1851 to 1863. He died Sept. 25, 1863. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1865, p. 157.
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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