Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-06-24
45olithal Rfaal ing.
From the NashoilIe Aq q'e'4ea
Gen. Franklin Pierce.

tItn. CTdHhiln iOlVO'
FRANKLIN PIERCE, the nominee Oh
the Democratic National Convention
! for President of the United otates'
mae hor, IN the town of Hillsboro,
New Hampshire, in 1901, and IS now :
forty-seven years Of age. :, LIE IS o.
Revolutionary stock, as will be seen /
! by the following sketch OF the lle 81
bis father. :
BENJAMIN PIERCE, the father Of
Fra nklin Pierce, was born ut ChelnS-
ford, a town near Lowell, Massfqeshal I
setts, in 1857; and, as be was the
son Of a farmer, his early life vas de-
voted to agriculture. He was de-
scehded from a respectable Irish fam
lily, who originally enligrated from
LONDONDERRY, Ireland, aud settled III
! New Londonderry, in New llamp-
4 shire. On the memorabl ble 10Th OF
! April, ITS, the revolutionary com
mittee OF Boston sent oat couners,
lin every direction, and one Of these
messengers came up to tile door Of
/ the farm house, while young I lerce'
then only eighteen years Of age, was
blowing IN IFS father field; and hay
ing delivered a brief message, has
tened on to arouse the country to
action. 1t was the news Of the bat
tie Of Lexington which the stranger
was commissioned to proclaim, and
which, like trumpet's voice, reused
all the inhabitants OF the land
Young Pierce lett the plough, and
IsAouldering his musElet, proceeded on
foot towards Lexington, where he
foand, on his rival that the troops
had fallen back i pon Boston; and he
proceeded to Boston, and enlisted as
a private soldier in the Army Of the
Revolution, was assigned to the re-
giment commanded by Col. Brooks
!, In the battle Of Bunker Hill, which
occurred on the 18th Of June follow
ING, Pierce took a part, aud from
that ii me to the close Of the Revoln-
ton, He continued in the service, and
followed the fortune Of his regiment,
fighting when il was called INTO ac-
ton, and attracting the notice and
) winning tie concentrations Of his
superior officers for his gallantry and
good conduct, by viii ch means he
GRADUALLY rose TO the command Of a
company, So that at the disbanding
of the Revolutionary Army Il784
) he held the rank Of Captain. The
: leaders of the revolution had been
driven, BY necessity, 10 the issuing
of paper money; and in that furreh
cy, already depreciatins, the troops
{ were paid of Pierce was mongs
the sufferers; and when he SGT op
TO return to his native village, h'
found the continental money Whifi
! he had received from Congress SO ili
: derrcciatcd, that tie whole amount
e IN his possession, the arrears Of III
D pay for eight years of service, Foul'
, not suffice'for the purchase of Il farm
: He was obliged, like many othfr 81
:. ficcrs of tile Revolution, 10 go latf
! the wilderness, where hnds wqf'
:, cheap, and begin the cultivation 9
n wlld land. lie removed to the Stat
S Of New Hampshire, into the tow
T and county of IIillsboroush, an
el having made a clearing, erected
cl rude habitation, felling the tree
ol with his axe, and procuring food 70
u sastenance with his gun. lni tia
l-itoyn his son, Franklin Pierce, wa
I born, and there lived until he re
7 moved to Concord, the capitol Of III
= State, where he now resides.
r In Che autumn Of 1856, Genera
III John Sullivan, who was then GoN
#. ernor ol+Neu Hampshire, and who's
,, grandson, John Sullivan, is now at
= torney General Of that State, deter
IS mined to form the militia Of tn
L county Of Hillsborough INTO or
D oadp. and having sought out Ben
N Pierce. commissioned him as "a br
I gade MAJOR; and be, beng Z Yefera
c. soldier Immediately took the nece
sary steps Tor the perfect organiz
. tionhnd discipline Of the several I
d. gHnents. He had already serve
D. eight years in the regular army, al
to he continued for twenty-dne yea
It, in tile militia, leaving it finally
t. the station of brigadier geneFal,.. 1.
10 Gen. Miller and Gea. John McNi
(who Was a son-in-law Of IBenjam