Pierce, Benjamin K. (1790-1850)

Name:

Pierce, Benjamin K. (1790-1850)

Title:

First Lieutenant, United State Army, 1812
Captain, United States Army, 1813
Brevet Major, Unisted States Army, 1823
Major, United States Army, 1836
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, 1836
Brevet Colonel, United States Army, 1844

Other Names:

Pierce, Benjamin Kendrick

Born:

08/29/1790

Birthplace:

Hillsborough, NH

Died:

04/01/1850

Death Location:

New York, NY

Residence:

Hillsborough, NH
Fort Mackinac, MI
Pensacola, FL
Plattsburgh, NY
Fort Houlton, ME
New York, NY

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Military Officer

Father:

Pierce, Benjamin

Mother:

Kendrick, Anna

Spouse:

(1) Josephine Laframboise, 1817
(2) Amanda Boykin, 1823
(3) Louisa Gertrude Read

Children:

Harriet Josephine, born 1818; died 1854
Benjamin Langdon, born 1820; died 1820
Elizabeth Poykin, born 1827; died 1847
Charlotte Boykin, born 1828; died 1852
Henry Jackson, born 1829; died 1830
Amanda Boykin, born 1830; died 1857
Benjamin Kendrick, born 1831; died 1831

Notes:

George W. Browne, The History of Hillsborough, New Hampshire. 1735-1921. Volume Two. (Manchester, New Hampshire: John B. Clarke Company, 1922),

Charles K. Gardner, A Dictionary of All Officers, Who Have Been Commissioned, or Have Been Appointed and Served, in the Army of the United States... (New York: G. P. Putnam and Company, 1853), 359.

Death Notice, New-Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, NH, April 16, 1850, 2.