Brayton, Isaac Henry a Presbyterian minister, was born in Deerfield, N.Y., November 29, 1821.. He graduated at Harvard College in 1846, and at Union Theological Seminary in 1849: was ordained January 18, 1850, and in that year became stated supply at San Jose, California; agent at San Francisco in 1853; editor in 1854; pastor at Marysville, California, some years thereafter; professor in California College, Oakland, in 1860; and died at Nevada City, California; April 12, 1869. See Gen. Cat. of Union Theol. Sem. 1876, page 52.
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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