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James Parton (February 9, 1822 – October 17, 1891) was an England-born American biographer.

on was born in Canterbury
Canterbury

Canterbury lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
, England in 1822. He was taken to the United States when he was five years old, studied in New York City and White Plains, New York, and was a schoolmaster in Philadelphia and then in New York. He moved to Newburyport, Massachusetts
Newburyport, Massachusetts

Newburyport is a small coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, 38 miles northeast of Boston, Massachusetts. The population was 17,189 at the United States Census, 2000....
, where he died on October 17, 1891.

Parton was the most popular biographer of his day in America.






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James Parton (February 9, 1822 – October 17, 1891) was an England-born American biographer.

Biography

Parton was born in Canterbury
Canterbury

Canterbury lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
, England in 1822. He was taken to the United States when he was five years old, studied in New York City and White Plains, New York, and was a schoolmaster in Philadelphia and then in New York. He moved to Newburyport, Massachusetts
Newburyport, Massachusetts

Newburyport is a small coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, 38 miles northeast of Boston, Massachusetts. The population was 17,189 at the United States Census, 2000....
, where he died on October 17, 1891.

Parton was the most popular biographer of his day in America. His most important books are Life of Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley was an United States editor of a leading History of American newspapers, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party , a reformer, and a politician....
 (1855), Life and Times of Aaron Burr
Aaron Burr

Aaron Burr, Jr. was an United States politician, American Revolutionary War hero, and adventurer. He served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States , under Thomas Jefferson....
 (1857), Life of Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy....
 (1859–1860), Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin

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 (1864), Life of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States....
 (1874), and Life of Voltaire
Voltaire

Fran?ois-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Age of Enlightenment writer, essayist, and philosophy known for his wit, philosophical sport, and defense of civil liberty, including freedom of religion and free trade....
 (1881). Among his other publications are General Butler in New Orleans (1863), Famous Americans of Recent Times (1867), The Peoples Book of Biography (1868); Noted Women of Europe and America (1883), and Captains of Industry (two series, 1884 and 1891), for young people.

His first wife, Sara (1811–1872), sister of Nathaniel Parker Willis
Nathaniel Parker Willis

Nathaniel Parker Willis, also known as N. P. Willis, was an United States author, poet and editing who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow....
, and widow of Charles H. Eldredge (d. 1846), attained considerable popularity as a writer under the pen-name Fanny Fern
Fanny Fern

Fanny Fern was the pseudonym of Sara Willis Parton. She was a popular American columnist, humorist, novelist, and author of children's stories in the 1850s-1870s....
. They were married in 1856. Her works include the novels, Ruth Hall
Ruth Hall

Ruth Hall: a Domestic Tale of the Present Time is a roman ? clef by Fanny Fern , a popular 19th-century newspaper writer. Following on her meteoric rise to fame as a columnist, she signed a contract in February 1854 to write a full-length novel....
 (1854), reminiscent of her own life, and Rose Clark (1857); and several volumes of sketches and stories. In 1876 Parton married Ellen Willis Eldredge, his first wife's daughter by her first husband, Charles Eldredge. His adopted daughter, Ethel, the daughter of Grace Eldrege (Fanny Fern's daughter) and writer Mortimer Thomson (also known as Philander Doesticks), was adopted by Parton in 1872, and she later adopted Parton's last name. Ethel Parton became a famous writer of children's books about 19th century life in Newburyport, MA, published in the 1930s and 1940s. James and Ellen had two children, Hugo and Mabel. Hugo's children (James Parton's actual grandchildren) were James Parton and Niké (pronounced Ni-KAY, not like the shoes) Parton. James Parton(1912-2001) was founder and publisher of American Heritage
American Heritage

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 and Horizon Magazines. Niké Parton (1922-2005) was a prominent Florida artist.

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