a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Montgomery County, Ala., Sept. 15, 1841. He experienced religion when about nine years old, moved with his parents to Florida in 1852, joined the Florida Conference in 1860, and labored in it faithfully until his death, Aug. 19, 1864. Mr. Urquhart was a young man of lively spirit, refined and elevated by grace, and very promising. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the 1M. E. Church, South, 1864, p. 522.
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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