a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in New York city, Sept. 14,1852; was left motherless when an infant; received a fair academic education and a good commercial training; married in early manhood; received license to preach in 1873, and united with the Florida Conference, and was appointed to the Cuban work where he worked faithfully and beyond his endurance until his death, by typho-malarial fever, June 7,1875. Mr. Van Duzer was a man of great energy and remarkable consecration. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M. E. Church, South, 187b, p. 179.
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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