a Congregational minister, son of Dr. Joshua Tenney, was born at Corinth, Vermont, June 11, 1801. He studied at Bradford Academy; in 1826 graduated from Middlebury College; in 1829 from the Andover Theological Seminary; was ordained pastor, January 5, 1831, at Lyme, N.H., and was dismissed August 12, 1867. From 1867 to 1880 he resided at Westborough, Massachusetts, without charge; and from 1880 until death, November 13, 1882, at Norwich, Connecticut. See Cong. Year- book, 1883, page 33.
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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