Brown, Caleb a Baptist minister, was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, December 4, 1791. In early manhood he removed to Rockingham, Vermont, where he united with that Church. He spent about two years at the theological institution in Hamilton, N.Y.; in 1829 became pastor of the Church in Wilton, N.H., and subsequently preached in Townsend, Winchester, and Westminster, Massachusetts. For three years he was pastor in Scituate, then removed to Wairner, N.H., and supplied churches in the vicinity. In 1842 he went to Weare, remaining there nearly three years, then returned to arne and labored as before. In 1851 he became pastor of the Church at, Conway. At the end of three years he took up his residence in Concord, where for four years he acted as chaplain in the state prison. He died at Concord, October 30, 1875. (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