Cook, Nehemiah Baldwin a Congregational minister, was born at Hampton, N.Y., September 20, 1798. He graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1821; in 1823 was appointed a home missionary in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, served one year, and was ordained August 31, 1825; from that time till 1833 he was acting pastor of the Presbyterian churches in Babylon and Fresh Pond, L.I., and during the three succeeding years at Riverhead and Southhold. He was installed pastor in Stonington, Connecticut, March 7, 1838, from which he was dismissed in May 1859. From June 1864, to October 1867, he was acting pastor in Ledyard, and subsequently resided there without charge until his death, November 17, 1879. He published two Funeral Sermons. See Cong. Year-book, 1880, page 16.
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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