a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Royalton, Vermont, February 3, 1819. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1841, and joined the New England Conference in 1846. He was editor of the Sunday-School Messenger and Sunday-School Teacher, 1844-45, and agent of the Sunday-School Union, 1854-56; superintendent and chaplain of the State Industrial School at Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1856-62; chaplain of the House of Refuge on Randall's Island, N.Y., 1862-72; editor of Zion's Herald for sixteen years, and finally financial agent for Boston University. He died April 19, 1889. See Minutes of Annual Conferences (Spring), 1890, page 104.
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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