Cornforth, Columbus a Baptist minister, was born in Maine in 1833. He was converted at the age of eighteen, received his collegiate education at Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., and his theological at the Rochester Seminary. He was ordained at Smithport, Pennsylvania. During the late civil war he was, for a time, a member of the 42d Pennsylvania Regular Volunteers, and was severely wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Fredericksburg. Subsequently he served as chaplain of the 150th Pennsylvania Volunteers till the close of the war, and then became inspector and examiner of the Soldiers' Orphan School of Pennsylvania. In 1879 he removed to Kansas, and died at Clyde, in that state, February 10, 1883. See The Chicago Standard, March 1, 1883. (J.C.S.)
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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