Cushing, James Royal a Congregational minister, was born at Salisbury, N.H., November 24, 1800. He studied at the Thetford (Vermont) Academy; graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1828; the next year, August 12, he was ordained pastor of the Church in Boxborough, Massachusetts, where he remained until June 10, 1833; the next two years was city missionary in Boston; from June 1835, until April 1844, pastor in East Haverhill; from November following uitil May 1854, pastor in Wells, Maine. After this he was acting pastor il the following places: Taunton, Massachusetts, until 1861; North Rochester till 1869; Cotuit Port the next year; Waquoid, 1871-74; subsequently resided without charge at East Haverhill until his death, June 11, 1881. See Cong. Year-book, 1882, page 27.
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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