Choules, John Overton, a Baptist minister, was born in Bristol, England, Feb. 5,1801. He was baptized by Dr. Ryland in 1820, and emigrated to America in 1824. After teaching three years at Red Hook, he became pastor of the Second Baptist Church, Newport, R. I., in 1827, but removed in 1833 to Buffalo. After serving as pastor there and in New York, he returned to Newport, where he remained as pastor of the Second Church during the rest of his life. He died while on a visit to New York, Jan. 7, 1856. He was a frequent contributor to periodicals, and at one time edited the Boston Christian Times. Besides smaller works, he published The Origin and History of Missions, by J. O. Choules and Thomas Smith (Boston, 1837, 2 vols. 4to. See Hague, Discourse commemorative of Dr. Choules (N. Y.1856). — Duyckinck, Cyclopaedia of American Literature, 2:317; Christian Review, 1856, p. 310.
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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