[Fledermaus]

Pierce was awful

[woodbutcher1963]

Pierce's wife and son died in a train accident on their way from NH to his inauguration. His son was decapitated.
He basically hit the bottle after that and was never the same.

He got married in a house to the daughter of Robert Means about two miles south of where I live in Amherst, NH.
The Robert Means homestead still stands today. It was built in the 1785. https://www.hsanh.org/pdfs/Rehab_of_Means_Mansion.pdf