Cameron, Finlator an English Baptist minister, was born at Chatham in 1782. He united with the Church, by baptism, June 29, 1800, and, in the latter part of 1801 began his theological studies under the tuition of Rev. Dan Taylor of London. He. was ordained as pastor of the General Baptist Church in Louth, July 4,1805.: He had supplied the pulpit of this church for more than a year and a. half, previous to his ordination. His ministry was so prosperous as to make necessary an enlargement of the building in 1808. Some division hawing sprung up in his Church, he retired from the pastorate, and for ten years served the Baptist Church at Coningsby, returning to Louth, by the unanimous request of the Church, in 1822. Prosperity again attended his labors. He died Aug, 29, 1848. See (Load.) Baptist Hand-book, 1849, p. 41. (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