Beardsly, Nehemiah Beach, a Congregational minister, was born at Stratford, Conn., June 20, 1780. He graduated at Yale College, and studied theology in private. He was licensed to preach by the Hampshire South Association in October, 1806, and for several vears performed home missionary work in Maine. In January, 1816, he was ordained, and settled over the Congregational Church in Chester, Conn., where he labored for more than six vears. From April, 1824, to 1831 he was pastor of the Congregational Church in Union, Conn. This was his last charge. He died in Somers, Conn., Feb. 28, 1868. See Obituary Record of Yale College, 1868.
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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