Steele, David, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born about 1791. When about eighteen years of age he joined the Church, and in 1820, was admitted on trial into the Baltimore Conference. From that time he labored with great acceptance and success until 1847, when he took a supernumerary relation. This relation was changed to superannuated in 1849, and was continued until his death, at Washington, D. C., May 4, 1852. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1853, p. 313.
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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