a Presbyterian minister, was born at Madison, Connecticut, October 23, 1799. He studied theology in the seminary at Bangor, Maine, was licensed by a Congregational association in 1827, and about 1837 joined the Detroit Presbytery. He was secretary of the American and Foreign Christian Union, agent for the New York Temperance Society for three years, and for the same length of time secretary of the Illinois State Temperance Society. He died in Rochester, N.Y., March 25, 1864. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1866, page 212.
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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