Bodley, Thomas a Baptist minister, was born in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 5, 1792. In his youth he followed the seas for several years, and was in the War of 1812. He joined a Reformed, Dutch Church in 1816, and subsequently united with a Baptist Church; was licensed and afterwards ordained in Auburn, N. Y., in September, 1830; preached for a time at Saline, Mich., also at Adrian and Tecumseh, After preaching in one or two other places, he removed to Chillicothe, Ill., in 1850, where he preached for a year, then went to Lacon, and in January, 1872, moved to Princeton, and thence to Bradford, Stark Co., where he died, April 30, 1879. See Minutes of Illinois Anniversaries, 1879, p. 10, 11. (J. C. S.)
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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