Charlton, Frederick, a Baptist minister, was born in Connecticut in 1822, and united with the Church :in 1840. Having pursued a course of study at Madison University, he was pastor in Webster, Mass. three years, and in Wilmington, Del., five years. For two years he was in the service of the American Baptist Publication Society. He went to -California in 1860, and was pastor of the Church in Sacramento till his death, Aug. 9, 1871. Under his ministrations this Church grew to be one of the largest and most influential in the state. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclop. p. 205. (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