Young, Nicholas Dominic a Roman Catholic missionary, was born near Washington, Maryland, June 11, 1793. He studied with the English Dominicans at Bornhem, Belgium, and became a member of their order in 1810. In December 1817, he was ordained priest by bishop Flaget, at Bardstown, Kentucky, and in 1822 became superior of the Convent of St. Joseph, Perry County, Ohio. He was provincial of his order from September 1832, to May 1857. In 1851 he established a house of his order at Washington. He died in that city, November 28, 1878. See (N.Y.) Catholic Annual, 1882, page 55.
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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