Daws, Josiah a Baptist minister, was born in Callaway County, N.C., in 1826. His family moved to Tennessee in 1827. He was baptized in 1849, ordained it 1851 or 1852, and, for three years, was pastor of the Antioch Church. In 1857 he moved to Kentucky, and preached two years for the Columbus Church, and four years. for the Cane Run Church. During the war he resided in Tennessee, but at its close returned to Kentucky, and died at Rutherford. Tennessee, March 1, 1872. See Borum, Sketches of Tenn. Ministers, page 200. (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