a Congregational minister, was born at Sutton, Mass., April 27, 1793, and graduated from Brown. University in 1815. His first settlement was at Sturbridge, where he remained ten years, and then accepted a professorship in the Bangor Theological Seminary, Me. In 1835 he returned to the active duties of the ministry, and became pastor of the Church at Norwich, Conn., where he continued twenty-eight years, resigning in i864. He died July 19, 1882. Dr. Bond was a man of high scholarly and biblical attainments, and was the author of a History of the Bible. See Providence Journal, July 21, 1882. (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