Oh, and perhaps (or perhaps not) related, a novel mentioned in A Dictionary of American Authors (available on archive.org):

"Dayton. Amos Cooper. N. J.. 1813-1865. A Baptist clergyman and physician of Tennessee, whose novel Theodosia, or the Heroine of Faith, was very popular. His other works comprise The Infidel's Daughter, a novel ; Baptist Facts and Methodist Fiction ; Baptist Question Book ; Children brought to Christ; Pedobaptist and Campbellite Immersion."