Codington, George Spencer a Congregational minister, was born at Seneca Falls, N.Y., April 8, 1838. After having studied at the Syracuse High School, he wrent to sea, returning in 1860, after three years' absence. In 1861 and 1862 he was a student in Michigan University, During the three years following he served in the army, and then entered the Commercial College in Indianapolis. In 1870 he graduated from the Chicago Theological Seminary, and was ordained an evangelist July 1 of that year at Lacon, Illinois, where he was acting pastor till 1871. In 1872 he removed to Dakota, there organized churches at Dell Rapids and Medway, in charge of which he remained until death, at Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 19, 1878. He was a representative in Dakota legislature in 1876. See Cong. Year-book, 1879, page 40.
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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