President Benjamin Franklin Pierce b. 23 Nov 1804 Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA d. 8 Oct 1869 Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA: The Wilder Family Tree

1804 - 1869 (64 years)

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Name	Benjamin Franklin Pierce [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
Title	President
Birth	23 Nov 1804	Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA [1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
Gender	Male
Death	8 Oct 1869	Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA [1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16]
Burial	Minot Enclosure, Old North Cemetery, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States [2, 3, 11, 13, 14, 15]
Person ID	I24139	My Genealogy
Last Modified	16 May 2026

Father	Governor Benjamin Pierce, II, b. 25 Dec 1757, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d. 1 Apr 1839, Hillsboro, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States (Age 81 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Anna Kendrick, b. 30 Oct 1769, Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States d. 7 Dec 1838, Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States (Age 69 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F7111	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Jane Means Appleton

Marriage 19 Nov 1834 Amherst, Hillsborough Co, NH [16]

Children

	1. Benjamin Pierce, b. 1829, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA d. 1840 (Age 11 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Jerry Pierce, b. 1843, Hillsboro,Sc d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Mr Franklin Pierce Jr., Jr., b. 2 Feb 1836, Hillsboro, Hillsboro, N. H. d. 5 Feb 1836 (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Benjamin Pierce, b. 13 Apr 1841 d. 6 Jan 1853, Andover, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 11 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Pierce, b. 1825, Hillsboro,, N.H. d. 1825 (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Benjamin Pierce, b. 1841, d. Jan 1853 (Age 12 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Frank Robert Pierce, b. 27 Aug 1839, Hillsboro, Hillsboro, N. H. d. 14 Nov 1843 (Age 4 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Infant Pierce, b. 1836, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA d. 1838, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA (Age 2 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	9. Boyd Pierce, b. 1844, Hillsboro,Sc d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	10. Shiloh Pierce, b. 1842, Hillsboro,Sc d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	11. Franklin Pierce, Jr., b. 2 Feb 1836, New Hampshire d. 5 Feb 1836 (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	12. Frank Robert Pierce, b. 27 Aug 1839, Concord, New Hampshire d. 14 Nov 1843, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States (Age 4 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	13. Shiloh Pierce d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	14. Second Son Pierce d. Died young [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F7155 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 16 May 2026

Sources

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Record for Franklin Pierce
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President Benjamin Franklin Pierce
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[S113] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, Transcription of headstone image from billiongraves.com. Image taken at Old North Cemetery (Concord, New Hampshire, United States) on 18 August 2016.
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Headstone image of Franklin Pierce from billiongraves.com
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Franklin Pierce, "BillionGraves Index"
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[S187] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Birth year: 1804; Birth city: Hillsboro; Birth state: NH.
Record for Franklin Pierce
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