Axtell, Anthony Dey a Presbyterian minister, was born at Geneva, N. Y., March 5, 1834. He was educated at Williams College, Mass., and studied in the Theological Seminary at Auburn, N. Y. He was ordained by Troy Presbytery in 1864, and labored at Olean and at Laisingburgh, N. Y. He had several urgent calls to the pastorate of churches within the bounds of his own presbytery but his health was rapidly failing. He made a visit to St. Paul; Minn., but he soon became worse, and was advised by his physicians to hasten home. He died Oct. 17, 1866. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1867, p. 270.
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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