Ayers, Alexander a Baptist minister, was born in Cortland County, N. Y., in 1813. He was converted in 1830, and united with the Free Communion Church in Virgil, N. Y. In 1833 he was licensed, and was ordained in 1838 in Chenango County, where he spent most of his time preaching in different churches until the spring of 1853, when he removed to Illinois. A brief illness closed his life at his residence in Sherman, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Nov. 17,1874. He was a faithful pastor and a man of prayer. See Free-will Baptist Register, 1856, p. 91. (J. C. S.)
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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