Bright, George a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Virginia, in 1812. He removed to Georgia when a young man; devoted himself to teaching; received license to preach in 1840, and in 1841 entered the Georgia Conference, in which he occupied many important appointments, laboring without interruption, save one year, first in the Georgia, then in the Missouri, then in the Louisiana, and finally two years in the Florida Conference. He died at Key West, Florida, September 20, 1874. Mr. Bright was an active and faithful minister and pastor. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M.E. Church South, 1874, page 40.
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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