Backus, Almond Luce a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Herkimer County, N. Y, Sept. 16, 1820. He was converted in 1838; was licensed to preach in 1843, and in 1856 entered the Genesee Conference. In 1.872 he was transferred to the North-west Indiana Conference, and in 1875 was granted a supernumerary relation, which he held till his death, at Stockwell, Ind., Jan. 10, 1876. Mr.-Backus was a man of rare endowments, stalwart in frame, and energetic; forcible in manner, sound in theology. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1876, p. 367.
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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