Blacklidge, John a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born and reared in South Carolina. In early manhood he joined the Church, served a short time as class-leader and exhorter, and twenty-five years as local preacher. In 1867 he entered the Mississippi Conference, and labored diligently for two years, when failing health obliged him to retire from active life. He died in the latter part of 1870. Mr. Blacklidge was characterized by consistent piety, fervent zeal, and fidelity. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M. E. Church South, 1871, p. 573.
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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