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Jane Pierce  Early Life Jane Appleton was born in the town of Hampton, New Hampshire on March 12, 1806. She came from a family of six children - herself being the third eldest daughter, born to Jesse Appleton (a Congregationalist minister) and his wife Elizabeth. When her father was appointed as president of Bowdoin College in 1807, the family relocated to Brunswick, Maine, which at the time was part of Massachusetts. Sadly, her father's religious fasting practices had a negative impact on his health and he passed away in 1819.  Growing up in the Appleton household, Jane developed a strong Puritan, evangelical, and Calvinist religious devotion. Following her father's passing, the family moved in with her grandmother in Amherst, New Hampshire.  President Franklin Pierce Marriage & Family Apple and Franklin Pierce got to know each other after he relocated to Amherst for his law studies at Bowdoin. Their first meeting might have happened during a thunderstor...

Abigail Fillmore  Abigail Fillmore, the wife of President Millard Fillmore, served as the first lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853. At the age of 16, she began her teaching career and even taught her future husband as a student. While her husband pursued his political career, she continued to work as a teacher and lived in Buffalo, New York. She occasionally joined him in Albany, New York, and Washington, D.C., where she became involved in local social activities. After her husband was elected vice president, she became the second lady of the United States in 1849 and then the first lady in 1850 when her husband assumed the presidency. First Books of White House 1850!  One of Fillmore's notable accomplishments as first lady was the establishment of the first White House Library. Being an avid reader herself, she believed that a home without books was incomplete. The library not only became a popular reception room but also served as a literary salon. Additionally, she...

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