Barrass, Edward, a Baptist minister, was born at Nailstone, Leicestershire, England, Oct. 7, 1790. At the age of about forty he came to America, and received (March 31, 1833) from the Church in Flemington, N. J., a license to preach. He was afterwards ordained, and was pastor of churches in Warren County, N. J. — viz. Delaware, Oxford, and Mansfield and subsequently of two churches in Pennsylvania. After a brief illness, he died at Montana, N. J., Sept. 16, 1869. In the churches of which he was the pastor "his work and worth are held in grateful remembrance." See Baptist Encyclopedia, p. 81, 82. (J. C. S.)
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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