a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born at Pittston, Maine, October 30, 1820. He graduated from the Alexandria Theological Seminary in 1845, was ordained deacon the same year, and became rector of St. John's Church, Jacksonville, Florida; in 1846 was ordained presbyter, and removed to Texas as a missionary; in 1850 to Mississippi, and in 1852 to Louisiana; subsequently became assistant minister of Trinity-Parish, New York city; was consecrated bishop of Florida, July 25, 1867, and died in New York city, November 15, 1885. See The Church Almanac, 1886, page 102.
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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