Rev. O. P. Clinton was born on November 22, 1808 at Ferrisburg, Vermont. Clinton first visited the area in December 1845 and in March 1846 moved his family from Lake Mills, Jefferson County, Wisconsin to Winnebago Rapids (Neenah). At the time Rev. Clinton represented the American Home Missionary Society and worked as a missionary in northern Wisconsin. Rev. Clinton organized a Congregational Church in 1847 and moved to Menasha in 1848. On September 4, 1862 he enlisted and served as a Chaplain for the 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment in the Civil War. He died in Menasha on June 19, 1890.