Clark, Caleb (1), a Presbyterian minister, was born at New Salem, Mass., in 1790. He graduated at Middiebury College,Vt., in 1814, and studied theology under Rev. Dr. Theophilus Packard. He served the Church in Trenton, N. Y., from 1820 to 1830, and at intervals afterwards, as stated supply, and was clerk of the Presbytery of Cortland from 1825 to 1830. He died Oct. 24,1863, laying eighteen thousand dollars to the Presbyterian Board of Publication and the Board of Foreign Missions. Mr. Clark was a man of decided ability, well informed in science and literature, and careful in Biblical study. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1864, p. 296.
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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