a Presbyterian minister, was born at Flushing, L.I., July 29, 1807. He graduated from Union College, Schenectady, in 1831, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1834. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New York, February 4 of that year; ordained at Rochester, February 5, 1835; and subsequently was pastor at Knoxville and Columbia, Tennessee. In 1858 he became a voluntary evangelist, devoting half his time to the Presbytery of Columbia, and the other half beyond its bounds. From the time of the division of the General Assembly, in 1861, he adhered to the southern portion. He was for some time president of Jackson College at Columbia. He died January 10, 1879. See Necrol. Report of Princeton Theol. Sem. 1879, page 31.
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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