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
Contributors Author: Samuel John Mills Eaton
Publisher
Presbyterian Board of Colportage
City
Pittsburgh
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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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