Butterfield, George a Congregational minister, was born Sept. 5, 1810. He studied theology at the Bangor, Me., Seminary, and graduated from the Connecticut Theological Institute in 1838. He was ordained at Wilmington, Vt., in June, 1838; installed at Queechy in 1843, remaining there till 1845; was acting pastor at Randolph from 1845 to 1853; pastor at Eagle Point, Ill., from 1855 to 1860. He removed to Monticello, Ia.; and during the civil war he served three years in the Thirty-seventh Iowa Infantry. For two years he was engaged in mission work in York County, Neb. and spent the last seven years of his life in Monticello, where he died, July 15, 1872. See Alumni Records of Conn. Theol. Ins., p. 19. (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