Copeland, Edmund a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Braintree, Vermont, July 3, 1811. He was converted in 1825, licensed in 1829, and joined the New Hampshire Conference in 1833. In 1834 he was ordained deacon, and in 1836 elder. He was a successful preacher and pastor, and filled several of the best appointments in the conference. In 1852 that body sent him as a delegate to the General Conference. When on Middlesex and Montpelier Circuit he was prostrated by excessive labors, from which he never recovered. He died at Barre, April 16, 1881. Mr. Copeland was modest, retiring, prudent, thoughtful, and devoted. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1881, page 94.
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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