a Presbyterian minister, was born at Spring Hill, Pennsylvania, December 3, 1828. He pursued his academical studies at Danville, McEwansville, and Lewisburg, and his theological at Princeton Seminary, where he graduated in 1855. He was licensed to preach in 1859, and was ordained and installed pastor of the Church at Ashland, Pennsylvania, by the Presbytery of Northumberland. In 1868 he was called to take charge of the Pine Grove Church, Pennsylvania, where he soon won the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. On every question of reform he took no equivocal position. He died at Pine Grove Mills, April 13, 1873. See Presbyterian, April 29, 1873. (W.P.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