Banghart, George a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born near Bridgeville, N. J., March 10, 1782. He experienced religion in his youth, received license to preach in 1810, and in 1812 entered the Philadelphia Conference. In 1837 he became a member of the newly formed New Jersey Conference, and in 1856, on the division of the conference, he fell into the Newark Conference, in whose active ranks he served till about 1861, when.he became superannuated. He died Feb. 9, 1870. As a preacher, Mr. Banghart was earnest and pathetic; as a pastor, laborious and sympathetic. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1870, p. 70.
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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