Comstock, Thomas a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, March 2, 1829. He was converted in 1841, and in 1854 licensed to preach, and received into the North Indiana Conference. In 1858 he was elected professor in Fort Wayne College. After laboring in that capacity two years, he again held regular appointments until 1864, when he once more occupied, for a year, a professorship in the same college, then resumed his place in the active ministry, and continued until his death, June 17, 1872. Mr. Comstock was a man of rare culture, a practical, earnest preacher, an extraordinary pastor, and a Christian of deep and uniform piety. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1873, page 59.
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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