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Jane Pierce. Jane Means Pierce (née Appleton; March 12, 1806 – December 2, 1863) was the wife of Franklin Pierce and the first lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857. She married Franklin Pierce, then a congressman, in 1834 despite her family's misgivings. She refused to live in Washington, D.C., and in 1842, she convinced her husband ...
Dec 2, 2009 · Live TV; Your Profile; Your Profile. History. Find History on Facebook (Opens in a new window) ... Jane Pierce (1806-63) was an American first lady (1853-1857) and the wife of Franklin Pierce, the ...
Jane Pierce (born March 12, 1806, Hampton, New Hampshire, U.S.—died December 2, 1863, Andover, Massachusetts) was the American first lady (1853–57), the wife of Franklin Pierce, 14th president of the United States. Jane Appleton was the third of six children born to Jesse Appleton, a Congregational minister and president of Bowdoin College ...
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Jane Pierce. Jane Appleton was born on March 12, 1806, to parents Elizabeth and Jesse Appleton. Following the death of her father, a Congregationalist minister and president of Bowdoin College, Jane attended boarding school in Keene, New Hampshire. She later met a Bowdoin graduate, a young lawyer with political ambitions, Franklin Pierce.
Benjamin Pierce (Born April 13, 1841 in Concord, New Hampshire – Died in a train wreck on the way to Washington with his parents on January 6, 1853 near Andover, Massachusetts) 12 years of age. Jane Pierce survived all 3 of her sons – No descendents survive today. First Lady: Because of the tragic death of Benjamin, she did not attend her ...
Jane Means Appleton Pierce had already experienced the death of two sons when her husband Franklin Pierce was elected president. Then, two months before his inauguration in 1853, their only surviving child, Benjamin, was killed before her eyes in a train accident. She never recovered from her loss. Desperate to communicate with her dead son, she had mediums hold a séance at the White House ...
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Jane Means Appleton Pierce. 1806-1863 Born: Hampton, NH Married: Franklin Pierce, 1834 Children: Frank, Benny First Lady: 1853-1857. Franklin Pierce. Jane Pierce's life was tragic. Two months before her husband's inauguration, their only surviving child, eleven-year-old Benny, was killed in a train crash. Grief nearly killed her, as well.
