Burrell, Samuel an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Edmonton, Middlesex, Aug. 7, 1820. He was converted at the age of seventeen; spent three years at the Richmond Theological Institution; was sent in 1846 to Jamaica; labored there for fourteen years;' returned to England and proved himself, in several home circuits, a faithful minister. -He died at Thetford, May 13, 1867. Mr. Burrell was of a kind and gentle spirit. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1867, p. 25.
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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