Bradshaw, Fields a Presbyterian minister, was born in Lincoln County, N.C., in 1799. He preached in the Baptist Church tel years; but afterwards joined the Presbyterian Church in Montgomery, Alabama. In 1830 he was received under the care of the Tuscaloosa Presbytery. He pursued a course of study in Danville College, and, after examination by the Presbytery, was sent forth, his previous license and ordination being satisfactory. He supplied the churches of Montgomery and Antango, after which he took charge of Concord and Mount Zion churches. After remaining two years he accepted a call to the Mesopotamia Church, where many souls were converted and the Church enlarged. His next charge was the churches of Ebenezer and Hebron. For the last seven years of his life he was the faithful and successful pastor of Oak Grove Church, where he died, June 12, 1859. (W.P.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