Davis, Ebenezer an English Baptist minister, son of the Reverend Richard Davis of Walworth, was born in 1800. He was baptized at fifteen, and for some years followed mercantile pursuits, preaching occasionally. In 1834 he was chosen pastor at Deal, Kent; afterwards had a pastoral charge at Lewes, Romford, Wyconbe, and Southsea; and finally settled at Belvedere, Kent, where he had a stroke of paralysis in 1868, and died October 23, 1870. See (Lond.) Baptist Hand-book, 1872.
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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