a Baptist minister, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland, about 1820. In early life he went to Providence, R.I., where he was converted, and subsequently graduated from Columbian College, Washington. His first settlement was at Norfolk, Virginia; next at Williamsburg, and then at Wilmington N. C. Afterwards he became pastor at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; then successively of churches at Oil City, Woburn (Massachusetts), Meadville (Pennsylvania), and Cheyenne (Wyoming), where he died suddenly, February 20, 1879. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclop. page 1288. (J.C.S.)
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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