a Protestant-Episcopal clergy-man, became rector, in 1857, in Amesbury, Mass.; the following year in Danvers, of Calvary Church, a position which he continued to hold until 1865, when he was made assistant rector of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, Pa., and this position he retained until 1868, when he became rector of St. Matthias's Church, in the same city. In 1870 he resided there without charge, but in the following year was rector of the Memorial Mission of St. Peter's Church. He died Aug. 3, 1872. See Prot. Episc. Almanac, 1873, p. 33.
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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