a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Greensboro, Ky., Oct. 8, 1809. He embraced religion in Texas in 1843, - was licensed to preach in 1844, and in 1845 joined the East Texas Conference. He continued to fill the appointments assigned him as circuit and station preacher, presiding elder and president of Fowler Institute, until 1871, when he became superannuated, a relation which he held to the close of his life, Oct. 15, 1873. Mr. Burks was a man of fair literary attainments, an .excellent and useful preacher. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M. E. Church South, 1873, p. 894.
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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