Амос Купер Дейтон: Америкалық дін қызметкері және жазушы өмірі мен қызметі

American minister
Amos Cooper Dayton (April 1, 1811 – June 11, 1865) was an American physician, Baptist minister, author, editor and educator, perhaps best remembered for his religious novels of the late 1850s and his role in the Landmarkism movement.

Dayton was born at Plainfield, New Jersey, April 1, 1811, the son of Robert Dayton and his wife. He attended local common schools, then went to college. Dayton graduated from medical college in 1834.

Dayton married Lucinda H. Harrison and they had children together.

By 1839 Dayton and his wife had moved to Mississippi, where they lived in Columbus and Vicksburg, while he had a practiced as a dentist. He stayed there until 1852. Dayton was reared Presbyterian, but was influenced by meeting J. R. Graves. He united with the Baptists in 1852. James Robinson Graves, Dayton, and James Madison Pendleton were known as "The Great Triumvirate" of the Landmark movement. From 1854 through 1858, Dayton was the corresponding secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention Bible Board. He moved with his family to Nashville, Tennessee to take the position. Both Graves and Dayton were members of the First Baptist Church of Nashville. Dayton made significant contributions to the Landmark movement of the mid nineteenth century in the area of religious fiction, which "popularized Landmark tenets." He published the Baptist Banner in Atlanta, Georgia (1863–1864). At the time, he was pastor of Houston Lake Baptist Church and First Baptist Church, and the president of Houston Female Institute, all in Perry, Georgia.

Dayton died of tuberculosis at Perry, Georgia on June 11, 1865. He was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery.