Davies, James Adams a Presbyterian minister, was born in York District, S.C., May 20, 1829. He was converted in early life; educated in Davidson College, N.C.; graduated from the theological seminary at Columbia, S.C., in 1855, when he was licensed by the Bethel Presbytery; was ordained, in 1857, pastor of Beersheba Church, and died at Yorkville, March 18, 1867. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1868, page 325.
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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