a Congregational minister, was born at Attleborough, Massachusetts, March 29, 1785. His pastor, Reverend Nathaniel Holman, assisted him in his preparatory studies, and he graduated from Brown University in 1809, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1812. He was ordained November 2, 1814, over the Church in West Medway, Mass., and died in office, January 5, 1880, although relieved from active service in 1865. Besides numerous sermons and other literary work, he edited the works of Dr. Nathaniel Emmons, in seven volumes. See Cong. Year-book, 1881, page 26.
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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