a Baptist minister, was born in Yarmouth, Me., about 1810, and was a graduate of Bowdoin College in the class of 1829. Having received a license from the Church in Yarmouth, he began his ministry in Greene, Me., in 1833, of which Church he was ordained pastor in 1835, where he remained one year, and then removed to Wayne, Me., where his ministry continued for two years (1836-38). Resigning at Wayne, he went to Cornville, Me., where he was pastor from 1839 to 1843. In 1844 he became pastor of the Church in St. Albans, Me., where he remained many years. His death occurred about the year 1875. See Millet, Hist. of the Baptists of Maine, p. 433. (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