Bath, Levi, a Baptist minister, was born at Unadilla, N. Y., in 1819. He pursued his preparatory studies at Poultney, Vt., and was a graduate of Union College, N. Y. , Michigan was the field of his ministerial labors for several years, he having had pastorates in several places in that state. In 1861 he took up his residence in Columbus, Wis., where he was pastor until obliged on account of ill-health to resign. He was elected by his fellow-citizens to fill several offices of public trust both in the town and in the county in which he lived. He died at his home in Columbus, March 4, 1876. See Baptist Encyclop. p. 85, 86. (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