a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Person County; N.C., November 12, 1799, of Baptist parents. In early life. he removed to Tennessee; was converted November 9, 1817; licensed to preach the same year; the next year was admitted into the Tennessee Conference, and after laboring on several circuits and in important stations, was elected president of La Grange College, Alabama, in 1830, a position which he retained until his elevation. to the episcopacy in 1846. He had been a member of every General Conference from 1824, and was active in, the discussion that led to the division of the Methodist Church in 1844. His extensive labors as a bishops closed with his death, October 20, 1882. He was a very able preacher, a ready speaker, and a devoted Christian. He wrote Life and Times of Bishop McKendree. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M.E. Church South, 1882, page 147; Simpson, Cyclop. of Methodism, 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