Cutler, Elbridge Gerry a Congregational minister, was born in Maine. He studied theology one year in Andover Theological Seminary as a member of the class of 1839; was a student in Harvard College; graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1839; was stated supply at Phippsburg, Maine, in 1840 and 1841; was ordained January 15, 1842; and was pastor at Belfast from that year until his death at Reading, Pennsylvania, April 28, 1846. See Trien. Cat. of Andover Theol. Sem. 1870, page 140.
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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