James Parton

James Parton
Parton c. 1870
Born	(1822-02-09)February 9, 1822 Canterbury, England
Died	October 17, 1891(1891-10-17) (aged 69) Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Writer
Subject	Biography
Spouse	Fanny Fern ​ ​ (m. 1856; died 1872)​ Ellen Willis Eldredge ​ ​ (m. 1876)​

James Parton (February 9, 1822 – October 17, 1891) was an English-born American biographer who wrote books on the lives of Horace Greeley, Aaron Burr, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Voltaire, and contributed three biographies to Eminent Women of the Age.^[1]