a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in St. Clair County, Michigan, October 8, 1829, and went to northern Indiana in early life. He was converted while young, and entered the North-west Indiana Conference in 1851. In 1853 he was ordained deacon, and in 1855 elder. Excepting three years, from 1865 to 1868, during, which he was a member of the Louisiana Conference, he remained connected with the Northwest Indiana Conference, where he served the following appointments: Danville; Michigan City; Delphi and Pittsburgh; Eastern Charge; Lafayette; Strange Chapel, Indianapolis; Fifth street, Lafayette; Centenary; Terra Haute; Frankfort, and Valparaiso. He died May 15, 1881. He was for some time a chaplain in the United States army. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1881, page 310.
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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