Boyd, Benjamin a Presbyterian minister, was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., Dec. 25, 1776. He was educated at Jefferson College, and was licensed and ordained in 1801, and labored in Erie County until 1811, when he removed to Western Virginia. He was chaplain in the army during the war of 1812. In 1814 he removed to Kentucky. In 1827 he was a member of the Cincinnati Presbytery; in 1834, of the Madison Presbytery. He died Oct. 1, 1859. See Wilson,-Presb, Hist. Almanac, 1861, p. 79.
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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