a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Mechanicsville, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1818. He professed religion in early life; became a teachler among the Chippewa Indians at Green Bay, Wis., in his eighteenth year; and in 1839 entered the Illinois Conference. Ten years later ill-health obliged him to locate. On recovering, he began preaching for the Congregationalists, and remained with them fifteen years. In 1863 he re-entered the Illinois Conference. and continued zealous and faithful until his death, Feb. 19, 1877. Mr. Barrett won the reputation of being the wittiest man ever connected with the Illinois Conference. Always cheerful and buoyant, he scattered sunshine wherever he went. He was conscientious and strong in all his convictions; was brave, and wielded a scathing irony against all that he thought to be wrong; was generous and eloquent. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1877, p. 134.
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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