Wainright, David an English Congregational minister, was born at Leeds, Jan. 28, 1835. He was educated at Airedale College, and became the minister of the Wesleyan Free Church, Great Horton. He was ordained, April 6, 1860, pastor of the Congregational Church at Chorley, Lancashire, and died Sept. 28, 1862. Mr. Wainright was a truth-seeker, and to find and communicate what he believed to be truth seemed to be the joy of his ministration. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1863, p. 271.
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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