Bishop, Alfred (2), a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born near Deposit, Delaware Co., N. Y., date unrecorded. He embraced religion when about fourteen, received license to preach in 1840, was employed as a preacher in north-west Illinois in 1849, and in 1851 entered the Iowa Conference. For two years he braved the storms and hardships of the extreme northern frontier. He died in 1855. Mr. Bishop was a good, plain, practical preacher, and won many souls for Christ. See Minutes of Annual Conf., 1855, p. 646.
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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