a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born at Marianna, Florida, in 1840. He served in the Confederate army during the war, and entered the Georgia Conference in 1865 became superannuated in 1880, and returned to his birthplace, where he died, March 17, 1881. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M.E. Church South, 1881, page 360.
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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