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.
Portrait of Jesse Appleton
Appleton's daughter, Jane Pierce with her last surviving son, Benjamin Pierce, who died in 1853 in a train crash, two months before his father was sworn into office as president.
Alpheus Spring Packard Sr.
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Alpheus Spring Packard was an American academic who was a professor for more than 40 years at Bowdoin College. Trained as a minister, he was an educator, librarian, and acting President of Bowdoin Col
Jesse Appleton
…Mary Means Appleton (1801–1883), who married John Aiken (1797–1867) Frances Appleton (1804–1839), who married famed Bowdoin professor Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr. (1798–1884) who edited The Works of Rev. Jesse Appleton, D.D., with a Memoir of His Life and Character in 1837. Jane Means Appleton (1806–1863), who…
Alpheus Spring Packard