Zelona Eaton journal, 1843-1925, bulk 1843-1844.

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Zelona Eaton journal, 1843-1925, bulk 1843-1844.

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The Zelona Eaton journal is the diary of a Baptist minister from Troy, Ohio, who was active in the local anti-slavery and temperance movements. The volume is composed of a diary, in which Eaton discussed his ministerial duties and local issues concerning abolition, temperance, fornication, and sodomy (1843-1844); 3 pages of accounts for house-building materials (1843-1844); 9 philosophical essays with an introduction (undated); and 2 letters addressed to Lottie Churchill of Washington, Vermont (1823).

166 p. (1 journal) and 2 letters.

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Eaton, Zelona, b. 1797.

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Zelona Eaton was born in 1797. He married Almira (1802-1853), whose maiden was also Eaton, from East Hoosac, Massachusetts, in 1821. Eaton served as a Baptist minister in Troy, Ohio, and was active in the local anti-slavery and temperance movements. He was also involved with several Baptist associations, and served as a trustee of the Ohio Baptist Convention, which organized conversion work throughout Ohio and helped foster the Baptist faith throughout the state. From the guide to th...