Bellman Henry Wise a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Lycoming County, Pa., March 11, 1824. He experienced religion when about sixteen; soon afterwards received license to preach, and in 1849 entered the Baltimore Conference. His health failed in 1853, and in 1856 he took a local relation. He studied law and practiced it until 1859, when he again entered the itinerancy, and toiled cheerfully and with great energy until his decease, in 1860. Mr. Bellman was an earnest, faithful, exemplary Christian. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M. E. Church South, 1860, p. 238.
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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