a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Tuscarora Valley, Juniata Co., Pa., Jan. 17, 1833. He studied law and was admitted to practice, but in 1870 he commenced teaching in the Soldiers' Orphan School, Cassville, Pa. In 1871 he united with the Church, and was soon after licensed to preach. He was admitted into the Central Pennsylvania Conference in 1872, but after a few months was attacked by consumption, and died at his parents' home, March 8, 1873. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1874, p. 39.
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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