Cross, Abijah a Congregational minister, was born in Massachusetts in 1793. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1821; studied in Andover Theological Seminary in 1823; was ordained March 4, 1824; was pastor at Salisbury, N.H., until 1829; at West Haverhill, Mass., stated supply until 1831, and pastor until 1853.; without charge at the same place thereafter until his death, July 16, 1856. See Trien. Cat. of Andover Theol. Sem. 1870, page 67.
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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