Cady, Lawton a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Killingly, Conn., July 24,1796. He was converted in the South in 1820, where he spent some years amid slave institutions, which he thoroughly abhorred; and in 1842 he joined the Providence Conference, wherein he served the Church until his death, June 18, 1871. Mr. Cady was an excellent man, a thorough Methodist, a lucid, accurate, logical, argumentative preacher, amiable, and a favorite among his acquaintances. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1872, p. 37.
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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