a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Worthington, O., Nov. 24, 1818. He graduated with high honor at Woodward College, Cincinnati, O.; experienced conversion while a student at college, and.in 1842 entered the Kentucky Conference. In 1848 he was transferred to the Tennessee Conference, and continued one of its most active and efficient workers until his decease, Oct. 8, 1866. Thousands of conversions testified to his ministerial qualifications. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M. K. Church South, 1866, p. 57.
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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