. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . n-genial was married 1111834. Public obser-vation was extremelypainful to her, andshe always preferred the quiet of her New England home to the glareand glitter of fashionable life in \Va-hiiisrtoii. Afriend said of her : How well she filled her stationas wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, thoseonly can tell who knew her in these private rela-tions. In this quiet sphere she found her joy. andhere her gentle but powerful influence was deeplyand constantly felt, through wise counsels anddeliente suggestions, the purest,
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . n-genial was married 1111834. Public obser-vation was extremelypainful to her, andshe always preferred the quiet of her New England home to the glareand glitter of fashionable life in \Va-hiiisrtoii. Afriend said of her : How well she filled her stationas wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, thoseonly can tell who knew her in these private rela-tions. In this quiet sphere she found her joy. andhere her gentle but powerful influence was deeplyand constantly felt, through wise counsels anddeliente suggestions, the purest, finest tastes, anda devoted life. She was the mother of threechildren, all boys, but none survived her. Twodied in early youth, and the youngest. Benjamin,was killed in an accident on the Boston and Mainerailroad while travelling from Andover to Law-rence, Mass., on 6 Jan., 1853. only two months be-fore his fathers inauguration as president. Mrs. Pierce were with him at the time, and theboy. a bright lad of thirteen years, had been amus-. 12 PIEECE PIERCE ing them with his conversation just before the acci- ]dent. The rar was thrown from the track and (dashed the rocks, and the lad met his jdeath instantly. Both parents were long deeplyaffected by the shock of the accident, and never recovered from it. The sudden be-reavement shattered the small remnant of herremaining health, yet she performed her taskat the White House nobly, and sustained the dig-nit v of her husbands office. Mrs. Robert K. Lrrwrote in a private letter: I have known manyof the ladies of the White House, none more trulyexcellent than the afflicted wife of PresidentPierce. Her health was a bar to any great efforton her part to meet the expectations of the pub-lic in her high position, but she was a refined,extremely religious, and well-educated lady. Shewas buried by the side of her children, in thecemetery at Concord, X. II., where also the re-mains of Gen. Pierce now rest. PIERCE,
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