Beard, Edgar a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Connecticut, Oct. 29, 1830. He removed to Michigan when about twenty years of age; experienced religion in 1853; received license to preach in 1854, and entered Albion College for better ministerial qualifications. In 1858 he entered the Michigan Conference. For fourteen years Mr. Beard served the Church with zeal and earnest devotedness. He died March 4, 1873. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1873, p. 97.
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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