Barnhart, Thomas, a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Maryland, May 22, 1823. He entered the Baltimore Conference in 1845; was appointed presiding elder of Juniata District in 1865; elected to Chicago General Conference in 1868; removed to Iowa in 1876, and died in that state, at Red Oak, while presiding elder of Council Bluffs District, May 8, 1880. He was a worthy gentleman and a faithful minister. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1880, p. 253.
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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