Moore, Henry Eaton an American composer of music, both sacred and secular, was born at Andover, N.H., July 21, 1803, and took up the study of music while engaged in the printing business. In 1826 he began to teach it, and then published several valuable contributions to the science of this fine art, among which are of interest to us, N.H. Coil. of Ch. Music: — Collect. of Anthems, Choruses, and Set Pieces: — The Northern Harp, a Collection of Sacred Harmony. He died at East Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 23, 1841. A brother of his, John Weeks Moore, who was born at Andover April 11, 1807, has published A Cyclop. of Music: — Sacred Minstrel; etc. See Drake, Dict. of Amer. Biog. 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