Elena "Lena" R. Dayton (b. Renwick) (1852-1837) was born in Cuba, New York, and died in Concord, New Hampshire. In 1876 she married Frank L. Dayton, an insurance agent, and they lived in Friendship, New York, until sometime prior to 1892 when they moved to Buffalo, New York. Dayton wrote to Mary Baker Eddy in 1886 requesting information about studying Christian Science. She and her husband both joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 1, 1898, and their daughter, Lola R. Dayton, joined on November 7, 1899. Both Lena and Lola studied Christian Science with Annie V. C. Leavitt, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's. At various times Lena Dayton was a member of the First and Second Churches of Christ, Scientist, Buffalo, and she was a practitioner listed in The Christian Science Journal from 1899 until her passing. She moved from Buffalo back to Cuba for a brief time in the late 1930s and then to Pleasant View Home for Christian Scientists in Concord where she remained for the rest of her life.

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