a German Reformed minister, was born at Fahr, kingdom of Hanover, Sept. 10, 1844; emigrated to America; was licensed by the Indiana Classis at Lafayette in the spring of 1867; began preaching at Crothersville, Ind., where he died, March 18, 1868, from suffocation, having fallen in an epileptic fit with his face in the water. See Harbaugh, Fathers of the Germ. Ref. Church, 4:502.
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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