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| | Franklin Pierce |
 | | On November 10, 1834, Pierce married Jean Means Appleton, daughter of a former president of Bowdoin College. |
 | | --His wife, Jane Means Appleton Pierce, born in Hampton, New Hampshire, 12 March, 1806; died in Andover, Massachusetts, 2 December, 1863, was a daughter of the Reverend Jesse Appleton, D. (q. |
 | | She was brought up in an atmosphere 0f cultivated and refined Christian influences, was thoroughly educated, and grew to womanhood surrounded by most congenial circumstances. |
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