Curtiss, Samuel Ives a Congregational minister, was born at Meriden, Connecticut, March 5, 1803. He studied in the preparatory department of the Bangor Theological Seminary, and in 1832 graduated from Yale Divinity School. In November of that year he was ordained pastor in East Hampton, remaining there five years. From 1837 to 1839 he was acting pastor in West Woodstock, four years acting pastor at Union, and from April 12, 1843, regular pastor until his death, March 26, 1880. See Cong. Year-book, 1881, page 20.
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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