Barr, Hugh a Presbyterian minister, was born in North Carolina in 1790. In 1820 he was ordained by the Shiloh Presbytery, and sent as a missionary to Northern Alabama, and was settled at Courtland in that state, where he remained for fourteen years. In 1835 he joined the Illinois Presbytery, and was stationed at Pisgah, Morgan Co. In 1836 he settled at Carrollton, Ill., where he remained until his death, in 1852. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1863, p. 287.
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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