Jane Pierce
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Jane Means Pierce was the first lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857, being married to Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States. Born in Hampton, New Hampshire, she married Pier
Pierce in 1857
Jane Pierce with her last surviving son, Benjamin Pierce. The child died in 1853 in a train crash, two months before his father was sworn into office as president.
2010 commemorative First Spouse coin featuring Jane Pierce
Jesse Appleton
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Jesse Appleton was the second president of Bowdoin College and the father of Jane Pierce, the First Lady of the United States.
Jane Pierce
…reclusive, averse to politics, and a teetotaler. Jane Means Appleton was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, on March 12, 1806, to Congregationalist minister Jesse Appleton and his wife Elizabeth Means Appleton. The Appletons had six children: three elder daughters, of which Jane was the third, and three younger sons. Their…
Portrait of Jesse Appleton