Adams, Ira, a Universalist minister, was born at Newtonville, Mass., April 5, 1841. He removed with his parents to Frewsburg, Chautauqua Co., N.Y, in 1847; studied for the. ministry at Dunkirk, N. Y., and Canton Theological School, and in 1867 began preaching. He was ordained to the work of the ministry at Stockton, N. Y., where he labored faithfully and successfully two years, when ill-health obliged him to relinquish the regular ministry and enter secular business. He died Dec. 21, 1869. Mr. Adams was characterized by fidelity, modesty, purity of life, consecration, and geniality. See Universalist Register, 1871, p. 99.
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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