Carney, Thomas Johnson a Universalist minister, was born in Dresden, Me., June 10, 1818. He was taught Universalism from childhood; traveled quite extensively in the West in 1838 and 1839; resided in South Carolina from 1840 to 1844, and was engaged as private tutor; returned to Maine in 1845; received private instruction in theology; and in 1846 began preaching. In 1848 he was ordained pastor of the Kensington Society, Philadelphia. He had charges in Livermore, Leeds, Wayne, and Livermore Falls, Me., in 1850; labored at Cooperstown, N.Y., in 1851; spent several years as missionary in Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas, and died May 4,1871. Mr. Carney was essentially a Church organizer and pioneer. See Universalist Register, 1872, p. 141.
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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