Cope, David a minister of the Society of Orthodox Friends, was born at East Bradford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, January 24, 1787. His first appearance as a minister occurred in his own monthly meeting, when he was about twenty- four years old, but he was not fully approved as such until 1814, four years thereafter. His ministerial labors were mostly within the limits of Philadelphia, but in 1852 he visited the subordinate meetings of Ohio. He died September 24, 1864. See Memorials, etc., for Pennsylvania, 1879, page 479.
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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