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Born in the rural town of Hillsboro, New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce was one of the eight children of Benjamin and Anna Kendrick Pierce.
He married Jane Means Appleton (1806-1863) 19 November 1834 in Amherst, New Hampshire, United States. Ancestors are from the United States, the United Kingdom. Franklin Pierce served as president of the United States from 1853-1857. He was the only president ever elected (to date) from New Hampshire, and the youngest at the time to be elected to the presidency.