Bewley, Thomas Henry an English Wesleyan minister, was converted at the age of seventeen, entered the ministry in 1823, travelled the Whitehaven, Edinburgh, and Manchester circuits, and in 1829, on account of affliction, retired from the work. In 1836 he was most cordially received by the Conference again, and appointed to the general superintendency of the missionschools in Jamaica, W. I. He died at Stewartstown, Jamaica, July 14, 1838, aged thirty-eight. See Minutes of Brit. Conference, 1839, p. 429; Bleby, Romance without Fiction, chap. 30.
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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