Butler, Joseph a Presbyterian minister, was born on the shores of Lake Champlain in 1799. He was educated at Middlebury College, licensed by the Congregational Association at Montpelier in 1825, and ordained by Champlain Presbytery in 1827. In 1836 he went West, spent some time in Indiana, and then went to Illinois. He was called at once to the Church of Shiloh, in Edwards Co., and there labored, with but short intermissions, for twenty-three years. He removed from Illinois to Pawselin, Minn., where he died, Oct. 27,1872. See Norton, Hist. of the Presb. Church in Illinois; (N.Y.) Presbyterian, Oct. 19, 1872.
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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