Mary E. Eaton (1871-1938) was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and died in Concord, New Hampshire. While working in the public library in Chelsea in the early 1890s, a relative introduced her to Christian Science. She took the Primary class from Mary Baker Eddy's student Flavia Stickney Knapp (1849-1898) and then joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 6, 1895. She was elected a First Member of the church on February 20, 1901. Eaton was listed as a practitioner in The Christian Science Journal from 1897 until 1938. She was a member of Eddy's last Normal class in November 1898, and at Eddy's invitation also took the Normal class from Septimus J. Hanna in 1907 under the auspices of the Board of Education, after which she began teaching classes of her own.
Eaton had a warm relationship with Eddy, and between 1900 and 1908 she occasionally did shopping and other errands for her and frequently visited with her in person at her Pleasant View home. Eaton's great uncle, Nathaniel Bouton, 1799-1878, had served as pastor of the Congregational Church in Concord from 1825 until 1867, and he baptized Eddy during the time her family attended that church. Bouton was also well acquainted with Enoch Corser, pastor of the Congregational Church in nearby Sanbornton Bridge (now Tilton), New Hampshire, that Eddy's family attended after they moved there in 1835. Corser attended Bouton's ordination in 1825 and Bouton preached at Corser's funeral in 1868. Eaton therefore, through her family connection, was familiar with Eddy's early family life. From 1918 to 1923 Eaton practiced and taught Christian Science in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, also serving in a hospital there during World War I. She lived in Boston from 1923 until 1930, then moved to Seattle, Washington, and finally, in 1935, she moved into the Christian Science Pleasant View home in Concord where she remained for the rest of her life.
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Mary E. Eaton (1871-1938) was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and died in Concord, New Hampshire. While working in the public library in Chelsea in the early 1890s, a relative introduced her to Christian Science. She took the Primary class from Mary Baker Eddy's student Flavia Stickney Knapp (1849-1898) and then joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 6, 1895. She was elected a First Member of the church on February 20, 1901. Eaton was listed as a practitioner in The Christian Science Journal from 1897 until 1938. She was a member of Eddy's last Normal class in November 1898, and at Eddy's invitation also took the Normal class from Septimus J. Hanna in 1907 under the auspices of the Board of Education, after which she began teaching classes of her own.
Eaton had a warm relationship with Eddy, and between 1900 and 1908 she occasionally did shopping and other errands for her and frequently visited with her in person at her Pleasant View home. Eaton's great uncle, Nathaniel Bouton, 1799-1878, had served as pastor of the Congregational Church in Concord from 1825 until 1867, and he baptized Eddy during the time her family attended that church. Bouton was also well acquainted with Enoch Corser, pastor of the Congregational Church in nearby Sanbornton Bridge (now Tilton), New Hampshire, that Eddy's family attended after they moved there in 1835. Corser attended Bouton's ordination in 1825 and Bouton preached at Corser's funeral in 1868. Eaton therefore, through her family connection, was familiar with Eddy's early family life. From 1918 to 1923 Eaton practiced and taught Christian Science in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, also serving in a hospital there during World War I. She lived in Boston from 1923 until 1930, then moved to Seattle, Washington, and finally, in 1935, she moved into the Christian Science Pleasant View home in Concord where she remained for the rest of her life.
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