Carr, Henry a Baptist minister, was born at Moorefield, Hardy Co., Va. He graduated at Union College in 1829, and from the Newton Institution in 1832; was ordained at Newton, Sept. 20 of the same year, and went-to Ohio, where he was pastor of the Church at Granville, and then of the Church at Akron. Subsequently he was secretary of the Ohio Education Society, and afterwards acted as an agent to raise funds for Granville College, now Denison University. He died at Granville, July 24, 1864. See Newton General Catalogue, p. 10. (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