Walsh, William M'Kendree a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Hanover County, Va., Feb. 19, 1814; was converted in 1829; and in 1835 entered the ministry in the Virginia Conference. During the following year he was transferred to the North Carolina Conference, within which he labored for thirty years. In 1867 he was admitted into the Baltimore Conference; was supernumerated in 1870; became effective again in 1871, and was appointed to Green Ridge Circuit, and two years later to Hedgesville Circuit, where he died, Dec. 10, 1875. Few men have shown equal fortitude and devotedness. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1876, p. 20.
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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