a Methodist-Episcopal minister and educator, was born in Braintree, Vermont, December 21, 1832. He graduated from the Wesleyan University in 1855, joined the Genesee Conference in 1858, and was the same year appointed principal of the Springville (N.Y.) Academy. In 1865 he was transferred to the Cincinnati Conference, and became president of the Hillsborough (Ohio) Female College. In 1872 he was elected principal of the Wyoming Seminary, and in 1873 was transferred to the Wyoming Conference. He died in Royalton, Vermont, December 6, 1882. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1883, page 88.
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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