Samuel Griswold Goodrich, better known under his pseudonym Peter Parley, was an American author. Wikipedia
Born: August 19, 1793, Ridgefield, CT
Died: May 9, 1860 (age 66 years), New York, NY
Children: Mary Wolcott Lowell and Emily Goodrich Smith
Previous offices: Massachusetts State Senator (1837–1837) and Massachusetts State Representative (1836–1836)
Grandchild: Frederick Eldridge Lowell
Grandparents: Elizur Goodrich, Sarah Worthington, John Ely, and more