Background
Parton, Sara Payson Willis was born on July 9, 1811 in Portland, Maine, United States. Daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah (Parker) Willis.
Parton, Sara Payson Willis was born on July 9, 1811 in Portland, Maine, United States. Daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah (Parker) Willis.
Attended Catharine Beecher’s School, Hartford, Connecticut.
Contributor to periodical Youth’s Companion. Writer weekly article for New York Ledger, 1856-1872. Wrote novel Ruth Hall, 1855.
Other works include: Little Ferns for Fanny’s Little Friends, 1854.
The Play-Day Book: New Stories for Little Folks, 1857. A new Story Book for Children, 1864.
Married Charles Eldridge, 1837. Married second, Samuel Farrington, January 15, 1849.