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Jane Pierce (1806–1863) Born Hampton, New Hampshire. 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.
About The White House. First Families. Jane Means Appleton Pierce was the wife of the 14th President, Franklin Pierce. She served as First Lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857. In looks...
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.
First Lady Biography: Jane Pierce. Jane Means Appleton Pierce. Born: March 12, 1806 – Hampton, New Hampshire. Died: December 2, 1863 Andover, Massachusetts. Father: Reverend Jesse Appleton (Died 1819) Mother: Elizabeth Means (Died 1844) Siblings: 1 Mary Appleton Aiken.
Jane Pierce. Jane Means Appleton Pierce detested politics. It was unfortunate, then, that she had married a man whose passion was politics. Although Jane opposed her husband's commitment to public service, Franklin Pierce's ambition and popularity assured him of a bright political future -- and guaranteed a disheartened Jane a dismal private life.
Service in the Mexican War brought Pierce the rank of brigadier and local fame as a hero. He returned home safely, and for four years the Pierces lived quietly at Concord, New Hampshire, in the happiest period of their lives. With attentive pleasure Jane watched her son Benjamin growing up. Then, in 1852, the Democratic Party made Pierce their ...
Jane Pierce was the daughter of the president of Bowdoin College and came from a prominent New England family. Her husband believed that she would be a substantial political asset for him. But Jane found Washington to be a depressing, unpleasant place and she wanted Pierce to abandon politics.
