Cornelius, Samuel (2)
a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born at Baltimore in 1827. He was at first a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but in 1867 connected himself with the Protestant Episcopal, officiating at first in Severn Parish, Maryland. In 1870 he was rector of St. Paul's Church, in Calvert County; in 1878 he removed to Baltimore. He died in October 1879. See Prot. Episc. Almanac, 1880, page 170.
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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