a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born at Greenwood, Virginia, August 5, 1814. He was educated in the military academy at West Point, N.Y.; became a Methodist minister in Texas in 1840; held various parishes in Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana from 1847 until 1855, when he was admitted to the bar. He served as captain in the battle of Manassas. He died at Belvidere, Mississippi, January 19, 1884.
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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