a Baptist minister, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1818. While residing in Greensburg he was converted and joined a Methodist Church, and subsequently united with a Baptist Church in Virginia. In 1842 he. was ordained, and was pastor of three churches successively in Ohio- Mount Vernon, Wooster, and Warren. In 1863 he was appointed chaplain in the Second Ohio Cavalry, and served till the close of the war. For some time he resided at Sedalia, Missouri, where he accomplished much spiritual good among the people. He died June 9, 1879. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclop. page 144. (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