a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Staunton, Virginia, June 20, 1807. He entered the Ohio Conference in 1830, and served as a pastor, with the exception of a few years spent as agent for Ohio Wesleyan University, Cincinnati Female College, the American Tract Society, and the Preachers' Relief Society. He died August 25, 1887. He was a member of the General Conferences of 1856, 1860, 1864, and 1868. See Minutes of Annual Conferences (Fall), 1887, page 365.
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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