Breed, William James a Congregational minister, was born in Massachusetts in 1810. He graduated from Yale College in 1831, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1834; was pastor in Nantucket from 1835 to 1839; district secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in the valley of the Mississippi from 1840 to 1841; pastor in Bucksport, Maine, from 1841 to 1845; supply in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1845 to 1846; and pastor in Providence, R.I;, from November 11, 1846, to April 13, 1852. From 1853 to 1858 he acted as financial agent for Yale College; for five years (1858-63), he was pastor of the Congregational Church in Southborough, Massachusetts; for one year acting-pastor of the Church at Hamilton, and the same for about four years (1865-69), at Raynham. He died at West Taunton, April 12, 1869. See Memorials of R.I. Congregational Ministers; Andover Triennial Catalogue. (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