a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born at Camden, S. C. May 3, 1825. He experienced religion in 1839, became class leader at the age of seventeen, received license to preach in 1854, and was admitted into the Mississippi Conference. He died Oct. 26, 1867. As a declaimer Mr. Berry had few superiors, and as an humble, patient, and faithful pastor he excelled. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M. E. Church South, 1867, p. 140.
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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