a Baptist minister, was born in South Carolina in 1825, and began to preach in 1852. For fifteen years he labored with zeal and success in his native state. In 1867 he removed to the northern part of Arkansas, and after spending a few years in that section of the state, he went to the southern part and labored for some time among the churches in the Columbia Association. He died in 1872. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclop. p. 197. (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