First Ladies: Jane Pierce


Martha Washington Abigail Adams Martha Jefferson Dolley Madison Elizabeth Monroe Louisa Adams Rachel Jackson Hannah Van Buren Anna Harrison Letitia Tyler Julia Tyler Sarah Polk Margaret Taylor Abigail Fillmore Jane Pierce Harriet Lane Johnson Mary Lincoln Eliza Johnson Julia Grant Lucy Hayes Lucretia Garfield Ellen Arthur Frances Cleveland Caroline Harrison Ida McKinley Edith Roosevelt Helen Taft Ellen Wilson Edith Wilson Florence Harding Grace Coolidge Lou Hoover Eleanor Roosevelt Bess Truman Mamie Eisenhower Jacqueline Kennedy Lady Bird Johnson Pat Nixon Betty Ford Rosalynn Carter Nancy Reagan Barbara Bush Hillary Rodham Clinton Laura Bush Michelle Obama	Jane Appleton Pierce Jane was born on March 12, 1806 in Hampton, New Hampshire. Jane Pierce's father died when she was thirteen. Franklin Pierce met Jane in 1826. They were engaged for eight years. They were married on November 19, 1834. Franklin was in the U.S. House of Representatives when they were married. Library of Congress Their first son, also named Franklin, died when he was only a few days old. Their second son Frank also died at an early age. He died of typhus when he was four years old. Their third son, Benjamin (Bennie) died in a train accident in 1853. He was 11. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce witnesssed the train accident. Jane never recovered from their third child dying. She stayed upstairs in the White House and wrote letters to Bennie. First Lady Jane Pierce and President Pierce lived on an island for two years after he left the White House. She died of tuberculosis on December 2, 1863 and is buried in Concord, New Hampshire.	Topics First Ladies Home U.S. Presidents Home

	Sources of Information: Books: Barden, Cindy,Meet the First Ladies, Lorenz Corp. Gormley, Beatrice,First Ladies: Women Who Called The White House Home (First Ladies) , Scholastic Paperbacks, 1997 Smith, Carter, Editor,Smithsonian Presidents and First Ladies DK Publishing, New York, 2002 Web Sites: The White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/
	This page was last update: May 11, 2012

Jane Appleton Pierce