a Presbyterian minister, was born in Jonesborough, Tennesee, June 28, 1812. He was a student of Washington College; graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1833; was ordained by the Lexington Presbytery, June 26, 1835; served as pastor at Lexington, Virginia, until 1840; stated supply at Chattanooga, Tennessee, for a short time; pastor at La Grange, Georgia, from 1841 until his death, March 3, 1870. See Genesis Cat. of Princeton Theol. Sem. 1881, page 75.
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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