Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869)

Name:

Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869)

Title:

Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives
Member, United States House of Representatives, 1833-1837 Member, United States Senate, 1837-1842
President, United States, 1853-1857
Colonel, Infantry, United States Army, 1847
Brigadier General, United State Army, Mexican-American War, 1847

Born:

11/23/1804

Birthplace:

Hillsborough, NH

Died:

10/08/1869

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Hillsborough, NH
Brunswick, ME
Amherst, NH
Northampton, MA
Concord, NH 1842-1853, 1857-1869
Washington, DC 1853-1857

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Statesman
Lawyer

Father:

Pierce, Benjamin (1757-1839)

Mother:

Kendrick, Anna

Relations:

Half-Sister:
Pierce, Elizabeth A. (1788-1855; m. John McNeil 1811; 4 children -- John Winfield Scott McNeil 1817-1837, Elizabeth A. McNeil m. Henry Washington Benham, Frances McNeil m. Chandler E. Potter, Benjamin P. McNeil d.1835)
Full siblings:
Pierce, Benjamin Kendrick (1790-1850, m1. Josephine La Framboise, m2?,m3?; 6 children: Langdon Pierce, Harriet Josephine Pierce m. James Brewerton Ricketts, Benjamin Pierce, Elizabeth Pierce, Amanda Pierce, Charlotte Pierce)
Pierce, Nancy M. (1792-1837, m. Gen. Solomon McNeil 1815, 3 children: Anna McNeil m. Tappan Wentworth, Solomon McNeil, John McNeil m. C.M. Morse)
Pierce, John Sullivan (1796-1824, m. Marietta Puttoff 1818, 2 children: Mary O. Pierce m. A.B. Warbaugh, Anne K. Pierce m. Dr. C.E. Parker)
Pierce, Harriet B. (1820-?; m. Hugh Jameson 1822)
Pierce, Charles G. (1803-1828)
Pierce, Charlotte (d. inf.)
Pierce, Henry D. (1812-1880, m. Susan Tuttle 1841, 2 children: Kirk D. Pierce m. Mary A. Collins 1879, Frank H. Pierce b.1848)
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864) longtime friends.

Spouse:

Jane Means Appleton

Children:

Franklin, born 1836; died 1836
Frank Robert, born 1839; died 1843
Benjamin, born 1841; died 1853

Notes:

He was born in a log cabin now flooded by the man-made Pierce Lake in Hillsborough/Antrim. Lived in what is now called the Pierce Homestead from the age of 4 months until age 30. Moved down the road in Hillsborough after his marriage and ended up in Concord at a later date.

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), 360.