Baer, Charles Alfred a Lutheran minister, was born at Lancaster, Pa., May 28, 1831. After graduation, he engaged in study at home for two years, and in October, 1853, he entered the theological seminary of the Lutheran Church at Gettysburg. He was in due time ordained a minister of that Church, and for the two years prior to his decease was pastor of a Church in Norristown, Pa. His care for the sick and wounded at. Gettysburg seriously impaired his health, and he died at Norristown in September, 1863. See Obituary Record of Yale College, 1864.
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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