Parton, James, an American writer; born in Canterbury, England, Feb. 9, 1822. He wrote many valuable biographies. He died in 1891.


Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.

(James' entry does not mention that his wife Sara was also a well-known writer under the name of "Fanny Fern," though her entry mentions him.)

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