This week's famous cousin is my 4th cousin 6x removed Jane Means (Appleton) Pierce (1806-1863), the wife of the 14th President of the United States.
Here is Jane Means (Appleton) Pierce's Family Search Family Tree short biography:
When Jane Means Appleton was born on 12 March 1806, in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Jesse Appleton, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Means, was 26. She married President Franklin Pierce on 19 November 1834, in Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States in 1850. She died on 2 December 1863, in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Old North Cemetery, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States.
The Wikipedia profile for Jane Means (Appleton) Pierce includes this information:
Jane Means Pierce (née Appleton; March 12, 1806 – December 2, 1863) was the wife of Franklin Pierce and the first lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857. She married Franklin Pierce, then a congressman, in 1834 despite her family's misgivings. She refused to live in Washington, D.C., and in 1842, she convinced her husband to retire from politics. He sought the Democratic presidential nomination without her knowledge in 1852 and was elected president later that year. Their only surviving son, Benjamin, was killed in a train accident before Franklin's inauguration, sending Jane into a deep depression that afflicted her for the rest of her life. Pierce was a reclusive first lady, spending the first two years of her husband's presidency mourning her son. Her duties at this time were often fulfilled by Abby Kent-Means. After Franklin's presidency, they traveled abroad for two years before settling in Massachusetts. She died of tuberculosis in 1863.
Pierce disliked political life and was unhappy in the role of first lady. She took interest in abolitionism, and attempted to influence her husband's decisions on the subject. A Puritan, Pierce was strictly religious and believed the tragedies she suffered were divine retribution for her and her husband's sins. Jane has been described as the opposite of her husband, who was outgoing, political, and a heavy drinker. She was reclusive, averse to politics, and a teetotaler.
Here is the Relative Finder chart showing my relationship to Jame Means (Appleton) Pierce:
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