[Pippin]

Hi, Billie!

I gotta save this thread for sure!

I love reading about the First Ladies.

My favorite First Lady from the 19th centuary is Dolley Madison.

I think the saddest First Lady was Jane Means Appleton Pierce, she didn't want to marry a politician, she even made her husband promise not to run for any office. But he was drafted as a dark horse candidate for the democratic party nomination in I think 1848?

they had three sons two of whom died in infancy and one died in a train wreck at the age of 11 just a few months before Franklyn Pierce was inaugerated as the 14th president of the US.

[Pippin]

RE #10

I need to correct the year, it was not 1848. it was 1852!

[Billie]

Good morning, Pip - I was sure this would interest you, being the History Buff that you are. Wish I'd had 'room' to include more pics and more bios, but felt the thread was long enough with these few (not to mention, I had run out of steam myself - cropping and editing and uploading those that made the cut.) :)

[LadyX]

Hi, Pippin, and thank you for the sketch on Jane Pierce.
Truth is, there were so many children lost at early ages, as were women during or following childbirth; or both through illnesses and injuries before the 20th Century.
Each loss was devastating, and we are blessed to have the medical advantages we do.