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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.
Apr 25, 2024 · Jane Pierce, American first lady (1853–57), the wife of Franklin Pierce, 14th president of the United States. The Franklin family was beset by numerous tragedies, which she believed were connected to her husband’s political success, and a deeply depressed Jane rarely left the White House.
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Dec 2, 2009 · Jane Pierce (1806-63) was the wife of the 14th U.S. president and the first lady from 1853 to 1857. She disliked political life, suffered from depression and tuberculosis, and died in Massachusetts.
Jane Pierce was the wife of President Franklin Pierce and the mother of four sons who died young. She suffered from depression and grief and held séances at the White House to contact her deceased loved ones.
Jane Pierce was the wife of President Franklin Pierce and the mother of Benjamin, who died in a train accident before his father's inauguration. She suffered from poor health and grief throughout her husband's term and died in 1863.
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.
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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.
