Burton, James Daniel an English Wesleyan minister, was born in Manchester, July 25, 1784, and commenced his itinerancy in Wakefield in 1805. He labored efficiently and zealously until 1814, when his health failed. He died at Liverpool after a tedious illness, which he bore with fortitude and resignation, March 29, 1817. He was a minister of much promise. ,See Wesl. Meth. Mag. 1817, p. 881.
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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