Davies, Isaac (1)
a Welsh Baptist minister, was born near Corwen, October 21, 1817. He studied at the college in Bradford in 1843; became pastor of the united churches of Swanwick and Riddings, in Derbyshire; in November, 1850, removed to Cupat-Fife, Scotland; and in September 1853, to Newcastle- on-Tyne, where he remained three years, and died July 19, 1860. See (Lond.) Baptist Hand-book, 1862, page 106. (J.C.S.)
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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