a Presbyterian minister, was born in Abbeville District, S.C., February 9, 1807. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1833; spent two years in the Princeton Theological Seminary; was ordained by the Presbytery of Tuscaloosa, April 8, 1837; became pastor at Clinton, Alabama, the same year; professor of chemistry in East Tennessee University in 1841; pastor of First Church of Knoxville, Tennessee, the same year; president of Stewart College in 1858, and died at Clarkesville, January 14, 1865. See Genesis Cat. of Princeton Theol. Sem. 1881, page 100.
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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