Lakeside: A Memorial of the Planting of the Church in Northwestern Pennsylvania
| Title | Lakeside: A Memorial of the Planting of the Church in Northwestern Pennsylvania |
| Year of Publication | 1880 |
| Publication Type | Novel |
| Number of Pages or Episodes | 306 p. |
| Language | English |
| Authors | Eaton, Samuel John Mills |
| Publisher | Presbyterian Board of Colportage |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| Keywords | ministers; missionaries; Protestants; romantic relationships |
| Abstract | Set in Lakeside, a fictitious pioneer community near Presque Isle. Mr. Eaton sets up a church in the wilderness, does missionary work in the Northwest Territories that are to be Ohio, and then travels to Laurel Hill to find his true love. After they marry, they go back to Lakeside to begin his ministry anew. |
| Notes | Laurel Ridge is referred to as Laurel Hill, as it is often known. Based on the lives of the author’s parents: Rev. Johnston Eaton (1776-1847) and Elizabeth Canon (1780-1872). |
| Author Biography | Samuel John Mills Eaton (1820-89), born in Fairview, Erie County, graduated from Washington & Jefferson College and the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. A Presbyterian minister, for many years he served as pastor in Franklin, Venango County and wrote a number of books. |
| Time | 1800s-40s |
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