Buck, William Calmes a Baptist minister, was born in what is now Warren County, Virginia, August 23, 1790. He was ordained in 1812, served as a lieutenant in the United States army during the war of that year lived in Union County, Kentucky, a number of years, having the pastoral charge of several churches, and moved to Louisville in 1836, where he became pastor of the First Church While living there he was, for most of the time, editor of the Baptist Banner and Western Pioneer. For three years (1851-54) he was secretary of the Bible Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, and pastoi in Columbus, Mississippi, for three years (1854-57). After preaching for a short time in one or two other places he removed to Marion, Alabama, and after being engaged for a year or two in editorial work, he labored as a missionary in the Confederate army. In 1866 he removed to Texas, and died at Waco, May 18, 1872. Among his published writings are
The Baptist Hymn-book, The Philosophy of Religion, and The Science of Life. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclop. pages 156, 157. (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