Avery, Charles a Methodist- Protestant minister, was a native of Westchester County, N.Y., born Dec. 10, 1784. He obtained his education chiefly by private study, experienced religion in early life, and served a long career as local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal, Church. In 1829 he identified himself with the Methodist Protestants and joined their Ohio Conference. He died at his residence in Allegheny City, Pa., Jan. 17,1858. Mr. Avery's specialty was philanthropy. He founded the first Methodist Protestant Church' in Allegheny .City; endowed the 'Preachers' Aid Society of the Pittsburgh Conference with twenty-five thousand dollars, called the Avery Fund; erected an ample college building in Allegheny City for the benefit of people of color; besides making liberal donations to various institutions, as hospitals, missionary associations, etc. See Bassett, Hist.. of the Methodist Protestant Church, p. 386.
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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