a Presbyterian minister, was. born at Elizabethtown, N.J., September 21, 1804. He graduated from Princeton College in 1823, and from the Theological Seminary there in 1826; spent two years in evangelistic work in Pennsylvania; was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Chatham in 1828, of which he became pastor emeritus in 1873, but continued to reside there until his sudden death, February 13, 1884. See Necro. Report of Princeton Theol. Sem. 1884, page 9.
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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