a Presbyterian minister, was born at Culpepper Court-House, Virginia, May 1, 1805. He was educated at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, graduated from the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, in 1830; was licensed by the Ohio Presbytery, and commissioned by the Board of Domestic Missions to make a tour through Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. In 1835 he accepted a call to the old church of Fagg's Manor, Chester County, Pennsylvania, in New Castle Presbytery, where he remained for twenty-three years as pastor. He died in Chicago, Illinois, September 13, 1867. He was for some years associate editor of the Northwestern Presbyterian. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1868, page 103.
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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