Bowles, Nathaniel (2), a Free-will Baptist minister, was born at Richmond, N. H., Aug. 12, 1788, and was a son of the preceding. In 1811 he became a Christian, and united with a Free-will Baptist Church at Lisbon. He labored with great zeal and success in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. He was ordained in 1815. The last twenty-five years of his life were spent in Bethlehem, N. H., where he died, July 6, 1881. See Morning Star, April 26, 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