a Presbyterian minister, was born in North East, N.Y., December 3, 1789. He graduated from Union College in 1814, studied theology one year thereafter at Princeton Seminary, was licensed by Hudson Presbytery in September 1816, and ordained pastor at Adams, Jefferson County, N.Y., in 1819, Where he remained till 1823. In 1827 he founded the Oneida Manual Labor Institute at Whitesborough, and in 1832 Knox College, at Galesburg, Illinois. He died there, September 13, 1862. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1863, page 296; Genesis Cat. of Princeton Theol. Sem. 1881, page 18; Nevin, Presb. Encyclop. s.v.
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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