Jane Means Appleton Pierce

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Jane Means Appleton Pierce was the First Lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857 and the wife of 14th U.S. president Franklin Pierce, known for her frail health and deep religious piety.

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Jane Means Appleton Pierce canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Lady of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedLocation Bowdoin College (through her father Jesse Appleton, former president) ⓘ
associatedWith Franklin Pierce presidential administration ⓘ
birthDate 1806-03-12 ⓘ
birthName Jane Means Appleton ⓘ
birthPlace Hampton, New Hampshire ⓘ
burialPlace Old North Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire ⓘ
causeOfEmotionalDistress death of all three sons before adulthood ⓘ
child Benjamin Pierce ⓘ
Frank Robert Pierce ⓘ
Franklin Pierce Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Franklin Pierce
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1863-12-02 ⓘ
deathPlace Andover, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Andover
devotionalPractice intense private prayer and Bible reading ⓘ
educatedAt Boarding school in Keene, New Hampshire ⓘ
endTime 1857 ⓘ
ethnicity New England Yankee ⓘ
father Jesse Appleton ⓘ
fullName Jane Means Appleton Pierce ⓘ
givenName Jane ⓘ
healthStatus chronically ill ⓘ
householdRole managed Pierce household largely from seclusion ⓘ
knownFor deep religious piety ⓘ
frail health ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
limitedPublicRoleAsFirstLady true ⓘ
marriageDate 1834-11-19 ⓘ
marriagePlace Amherst, New Hampshire ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Means Appleton ⓘ
linked to: Jane Means Appleton
notableEvent witnessed fatal train accident that killed her son Benjamin in 1853 ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
officeHeldWithNumber First Lady to the 14th President of the United States ⓘ
politicalPartyOfSpouse Democratic Party ⓘ
positionHeld First Lady of the United States ⓘ
predecessor Abigail Fillmore ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
residence Concord, New Hampshire ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
signature Signature of Jane Means Appleton Pierce ⓘ
spouse Franklin Pierce ⓘ
startTime 1853 ⓘ
style Mrs. Pierce ⓘ
successor Harriet Lane ⓘ

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Franklin Pierce → spouse → Jane Means Appleton Pierce ⓘ
Jane Means Appleton Pierce → fullName → Jane Means Appleton Pierce ⓘ
Jane Pierce → fullName → Jane Means Appleton Pierce ⓘ