Cate, Noah a Baptist minister, was born in Jefferson County, East Tenn., May 17,1805. He was baptized in 1822, began to preach when but little more than a boy, and was ordained when only eighteen years old. He spent the early part of his ministry in East Tennessee, and was among the first Baptist missionaries in that section. In 1837, being in the employ of the State Convention, he took charge of the Church at McMinnville, Warren Co., and performed much itinerant work in Middle Tennessee. In 1842 he became pastor at Blountville, Sullivan Co. He remained in this section several years, and built up some of the most active and powerful churches in the state. In 1849 he removed to Abingdon, Va., and did good service in missionary work. — Subsequently he returned to Tennessee, and itinerated in West Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, and Missouri. The closing years of his life were spent in Arkansas, where he died Oct. 23, 1871. See Borum, Sketches of Tenn. Ministers, p. 1551-60. (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