a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Dixfield, Me., Jan. 30, 1806. He experienced conversion in 1826; entered the Maine Wesleyan Seminary in 1829, where he pursued his studies for ibouat a year anld a half, and in 1832 joined the Maine Conference. During his ministry, he received twentvthree different appointments, two of which were in the East Maine Conference, and in all of which he succeeded well, and in some had glorious revivals. He died March 27, 1867. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1867, p. 133.
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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