Cocker, Thomas an English Congregational minister, was born at Ashton-under-Lyne, April 9, 1840. He early became a member of the Congregational Church and a village preacher, and was educated for the ministry in an academy and in Lancashire Independent College, where he studied from 1860 to 1865. In the latter year he became pastor of Copeland Street Chapel, Stoke-upon- Trent, in which relation he continued during the remainder of his life. He was two years secretary to the North Staffordshire Congregational Union, Ind was also its president. He was accidentally killed, February 1, 1881. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1882, page 289.
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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