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Pierce, Jane Means Appleton (1806-1863)

Name: Pierce, Jane Means Appleton (1806-1863)

Title: First Lady of the United States, though she neglected her duty while in mourning for her son.

Other Names: Appleton, Jane

Born: 03/12/1806

Birthplace: Hampton, NH

Died: 12/02/1863

Death Location: Andover, MA

Residence: Hampton, NH 1806-1807
Brunswick, ME 1807-1819
Amherst, NH 1819-1821
Keene, NH 1821-1823
Hillsborough, NH
Concord, NH 1842-1853, 1857-1863
Washington, DC 1853-1857

Nationality: American

Father: Appleton, Jesse (1772-1819)

Mother: Means, Elizabeth

Spouse: Pierce, Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), November 19,1834, Amherst

Children: Franklin, born February 2, 1836; died February 4, 1836
Franklin Robert, born August 27, 1839; died November 14, 1843
Benjamin, born April 13, 1841; died January 16, 1853

Notes: "Marriages," New Hampshire Observer, Concord, New Hampshire, November 28, 1834, 3.

"Death of Mrs. Pierce," New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, New Hampshire, December 9, 1863, 2.

Old North Cemetery, Concord, NH

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