Cowden, James a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in May 1836. He received an early religious training; experienced conversion in 1853, and in 1855 entered the Rock River Conference. In 1858 he removed to Minnesota for the improvement of his health, but continued effective, and six years later returned and united with the Central Illinois Conference, wherein he served zealously to the close of his life, March 22, 1871. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1871, page 195.
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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