Day, Reuben a Baptist minister, was born February 11, 1809, in Russell County, Virginia. In 1827 he removed to Tennessee; in 1841 united with the Church in Savannah, Hardin County; was licensed to preach in 1842; ordained in November the same year, and acted as pastor in Savannah in 1843; spent 1844 in missionary work, in West Tennessee; had a short pastorate at Cotton Grove, in Madison County; took charge, in 1846, of the Pleasant Plains Church, where he remained seven years; afterwards served several churches in Madison, Henderson, Gibson, and Hardeman counties, for ten or fifteen years, including Cane Creek and Liberty Grove. He died in 1880. See Borum, Sketches of Tenn. Ministers, page 197. (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