The Grave of Franklin Pierce. By Rachael

Franklin Pierce for Kids Family Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) Jane Means Appleton Pierce (1806-1863) Wife Children: •Franklin Pierce (1836) Died in infancy. •Frank Robert Pierce (1839-1843) •Benjamin Pierce (1841-1853)

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•Married Jane Means Appleton of Amherst Massachusetts on November 19, 1834.
She was 28 and he was 29 years old. She died on December 2, 1863.
 
 
 

Children:
•Franklin Pierce, Born: February 2, 1836. Died: February 5, 1836.
•Frank Robert Pierce, Born: August 27, 1839. Died of Typhus. November 14, 1843.
•Benjamin Pierce, Born: April 13, 1841. Died in a train accident, January 6, 1853.

•Franklin Pierce died on October 8, 1869 at 4:40 am in Concord, NH.
He is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Concord, NH.
Read Franklin Pierce's obituary. See his grave close up.
 

Franklin Pierce's Parents
•Father: Benjamin Pierce, (1757-1839) Revolutionary War hero, hero in the War of 1812, two term governor of New Hampshire.  Franklin drew off his fathers political experience as he was campaigning for president.
•Mother: Anna Kendrick (1769-1838)

See a postcard from the Pierce Homestead.
See the Pierce Manse.

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This page was created by Miss Fiske, Mrs.Latina and their 1999-2000 4th grade class at Amherst Street School, Nashua, NH.
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