a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Brattleborough, Vermont, January 24, 1812. In 1831 he entered the ministry, and the following year joined the Vermont and New Hampshire Conference, where he served eleven charges in New Hampshire. His health failing, he became superannuated, supplying, for a season, East Cambridge. Taking a transfer in 1844 to New England Conference, he; filled four more pastorates; and from 1859 was again a superannuate. During the Rebellion he entered the work of the Christian Commission, until himself prostrated by disease, which terminated his life at Waltham, Massachusetts, March 10, 1881. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1881, page 83.
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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