Boozer, John Jay, a Presbyterian minister, was born at Newberry, S. C., in 1825. He was educated in Oglethorpe University, Milledgeville, Ga., and studied in the theological seminary at Columbia, S. C. He was licensed about 1850 by the South Carolina Presbytery, and became pastor of Hopewell Church. In 1855 he removed to North Carolina; in 1858 to Arkansas, and became pastor of Pine Bluff Church, where he remained until his death in August, 1864. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1866, p. 346.
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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