Vannuys, James Harvey a Presbyterian minister, was born in Franklin, Ind., Dec. 18, 1831. He was, educated in Hanover College; graduated at the Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J., in 1861; was licensed by the Donegal Presbytery, and went West; and was ordained by the Rock River Presbytery in 1863 as pastor of the Church at Andover, Ill. He subsequently preached at Wilton Station and Sugar Creek, Ia. He died Nov. 25,1866. He was a warm- hearted Christian, and an earnest and very acceptable preacher. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1867, p. 213.
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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