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Parson Weems

Biographer of George Washington

Died when: 65 years 224 days (787 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

Parson Weems

Mason Locke Weems (October 11, 1759 – May 23, 1825), usually referred to as Parson Weems, was an American minister, evangelical bookseller and author who wrote (and rewrote and republished) the first biography of George Washington immediately after his death.

Some of the popular apocryphal stories about Washington can be traced to Weems, including the cherry tree tale ("I cannot tell a lie, I did it with my little hatchet").

That bestseller depicted Washington's virtues and was intended to provide a morally instructive tale for the youth of the young nation.

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