a Presbyterian minister, was born in Liberty township, Trumbull Co., O., July 22, 1802. He was converted in 1823. He graduated at Western Reserve College at Hudson, O., in 1830, and studied theology in Princeton Seminary, N. J. In 1832 he was ordained by the Philadelphia Presbytery, and expected to sail immediately to the foreign mission-field; but before the vessel started he was attacked with cholera, and died near Petersburgh, Va., Oct. 25, 1832. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 4 445.
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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